NSW – The Local Organising Committee of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 2021 has partnered with ASICS to launch a global running initiative designed to allow runners around the world to participate and interact with each other in the year leading to the main event. Due to the global pandemic, the World Athletics […]
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2020 Olympics – Marathon event moves to Sapporo
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that both the marathon and the race walking at next year’s Olympic Games will take place in Sapporo and not in Tokyo as originally planned. This is despite repeated assurances from Tokyo’s Governor, Yoriko Koike that the Japanese government wants every aspect of the Olympic spectacle to take place […]
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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 implications of the new IAAF entry process, which includes a single qualification standard and […]
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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 most iconic successes in sport both here at home and on the […]
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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 hospital on the Gold Coast. During his career he set 17 world […]
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Backhouse, Iden take Karlovy Vary World Cup titles
KARLOVY VARY, CZECH REPUBLIC – Australian Gillian Backhouse and Norwegian Gustav Iden claimed the inaugural titles at the 2017 ITU Karlovy Vary World Cup. Backhouse dominated the race from the beginning to the end, and was followed on the finish line by local star, Vendula Frintova (CZE) and Summer Cooks (USA). In the men’s race, Gustav Iden […]
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Ashleigh Gentle debut win ITU World Triathlon Montreal
MONTREAL – Australian triathlete Ashleigh Gentle became today the first ever winner of the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Montreal, in a brand new circuit that has became the newest addition to the WTS. The win was not only a first for the host city, but was a first for Gentle as she captured her first […]
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Australia are ITU Mixed Relay World Champions
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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Hauser, Stanford first wins at Chengdu World Cup
CHENGDU, CHINA – To conclude the season’s first semifinal/finals race format of the season, Australia’s Matthew Hauser and Great Britain’s Non Stanford earned first-time career World Cup wins at the 2017 Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sunday. Matthew Hauser wins Chengdu World Cup Race Starting his ITU World Cup career off on the right […]
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Ironman group acquires CITY2SURF
The IRONMAN Group, a Wanda Sports Holdings company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire four mass-participation events from Nine’s events and entertainment division (formerly Fairfax Events and Entertainment), including the world’s largest fun run, The Sun-Herald City2Surf ® presented by Westpac, which takes place in the heart of Sydney every August […]
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