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Ron Clarke dies

Ron Clarke dies

17th June 2015 . Ron Clarke has died. Considered Australia’s greatest ever middle-distance runner, Ron Clarke, will be remembered as one of the best athletes in the world for many years. Clarke, AO, MBE, passed away due to kidney failure at the Allamanda...
Message from AA President, David Grace

Message from AA President, David Grace

Athletics in Australia dates back to 1810, when Dicky Dowling won the first documented event, a 50 yard sprint, in Hyde Park, Sydney. Since these humble beginnings, the sport has captured the imagination of millions of people across the country. Some of Australia’s...
Beijing 2015 Selection Policy

Beijing 2015 Selection Policy

Athletics Australia has published the Selection Policy for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing (CHN) on 22-30 August 2015. With the aim of nominating the most competitive possible team to compete for Australia, the Selection Policy (download here) details the...
Head coach, Hollingsworth, suspended

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. It followed a  feud between the duo allegedly dating back to the...
Jeff Riseley takes 1000m record

Jeff Riseley takes 1000m record

The 14-year-old Australian and Oceania 1000m record of Grant Cremer is no longer, with Glasgow 2014 bound Jeff Riseley (Vic) clocking 2:16.09 to improve the previous mark by half a second at the 53rd Golden Spike in Ostrava (CZE). Delivering third place in the race,...
Sally Pearson launches kids athletics

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. For one thing, a woman who...