HAMBURG, GERMANY – In Mixed Relay’s first event since the announcement to be included as an official Olympic sport for the Tokyo 2020 Programme, Australia put forth a fierce come from behind finish to claim its first-ever World Championship title with a team of Charlotte McShane, Matthew Hauser, Ashleigh Gentle and Jacob Birtwhistle. Australia crowned […]
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Australia are ITU Mixed Relay World Champions
Head coach, Hollingsworth, suspended
Eric Hollingsworth, head coach of the Australian athletics team at the Commonwealth Games, has been suspended after publicly criticising team captain and Olympic 100 metre hurdles champion Sally Pearson. [Read more…]
Baxter wins in Australia
Australian Cross Country Championships, Symmons Plains Motor Raceway, Launceston Tasmania – 31 August 2013 Matthew Baxter competing with the Auckland Centre Team produced a standout performance at the Australian Cross Country Championships in Launceston at the weekend by winning the Australian under 20 championships. In Adelaide last year, Baxter won the schools section of the […]
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Sally Pearson launches kids athletics
It’s not usual to see kids lining up to hurl something at a poster of one of Australia’s most popular athletes, but if Kim Mickle had been at Melbourne’s Loreto Mandeville Hall on a sunny Wednesday morning she would not have minded one bit. [Read more…]
Zatopek Results 2012
Emmanuel Bett bests Ben St Lawrence
2012 Zatopek Results – Australian 10,000m Championships
Lara Tamsett and Ben St Lawrence win the National titles while the race is won by Neely Spence (USA) and Emmanuel Bett (Kenya) respectively. [Read more…]
Daniel Batman 1981-2012
Daniel Batman 1981 – 2012
It is with sadness that Athletics Australia announces the passing of sprinter Daniel Batman (NSW) in a car accident in the Northern Territory. [Read more…]
Australian Paralympic Committee select team
Australian Paralympic
The Australian Paralympic Committee has today confirmed the selection of 36 athletes to compete at the 2012 London Paralympic Games. [Read more…]
Australian Junior 2012 Track Results
2012 Australian Junior Championships – Sydney Olympic Park – 14/03/2012 to 18/03/2012
Australia Sprint
Women 100 metres Under 20 Preliminaries 1, Whittaker, Ashleigh, VIC, 12.08Q, w:-1.3. 2, Williams, Carla, QLD, 12.14Q, w:-1.2. 3, Taylor, Sophie, VIC, 12.17Q, w:-1.4. 4, Pires-Parenzee, Brooke, WA, 12.16Q, w:-1.3. 5, Taddeo, Abbie, NSW, 12.31Q, w:-1.4. 6, Green, Ellia, VIC, 12.31q, w:-1.4. 6, Nelson, Ella, NSW, 12.39Q, w:-1.2. 8, Jenneke, Michelle, NSW, 12.38q, w:-1.3. 9, Lineham, Eve, QLD, 12.41, w:-1.2. 10, Morton, Karlie, NSW, 12.41, w:-1.2. 11, Scott, Talissa, NSW, 12.43, w:-1.3. 12, Hulme, Samantha, NSW, 12.57, w:-1.3. 13, Murdoch, Stevie-Marie, QLD, 12.61, w:-1.4. 14, Booth, Kate, SA, 12.72, w:-1.4. 15, Duve, Emily, NSW, 12.81, w:-1.3. 16, Williams, Phillipa, NSW, 12.86, w:-1.2. 17, Baldwin, Georgia, TAS, 12.91, w:-1.2. 18, Hastie, Monique, QLD, 13.01, w:-1.3. 19, James, Sarah, NSW, 13.28, w:-1.4. 20, Sullivan, Alicia, NSW, 13.36, w:-1.4. 21, Jovanovic, Nicole, VIC, 13.46, w:-1.2. [Read more…]
Boyd sets new polevault record
Alana Boyd
With a leap of 4.76m, Alana Boyd has last night broken the Australian Pole Vault record previously held by Kym Howe (4.72m) at the Strive Inter-Club Athletics Meet at the WA Athletics Stadium. [Read more…]
