King of his backyard: Aussie runner’s 764km world title
West Australian endurance runner Phil Gore was the last man standing after slogging for 764km over nearly five days to become a world champion.
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Fitting end to frantic campaign for track star Gout
It took a meet record for Gout Gout to hold off one of the toughest challenges to his soaring career in the GPS Championships in Brisbane.
Jessica Hull hangs tough to claim 1500m bronze in Tokyo
Jessica Hull has claimed bronze in a dramatic 1500m final at the world championships won by Kenyan superstar Faith Kipyegon.
Aussie sensation Gout Gout set to be unleashed in Tokyo
Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis will be the centre of Australian attention in the opening round of the 200m races at the world championships.
Gout Gout cruises through his 200m heat at worlds
Sprint sensation Gout Gout has lived up to the hype by qualifying for the 200m semi-finals at the world championships.
Junior star Gout Gout announces himself on world stage
Sprint sensation Gout Gout has lived up to the hype by qualifying for the 200m semi-finals at the world championships.
Gout Gout bows out – but promises to return even faster
Teenaged sensation Gout Gout's debut world championships campaign has ended in the 200m semi-finals in Tokyo.
‘Amazing’: sprint superstar’s nod of approval to Gout
Noah Lyles has heaped immense praise on Gout Gout, who is pledging to put all the lessons he learnt in Tokyo into practice as he chases world sprint domination.
Super Sunday in store for soaring Aussie team in Tokyo
High jump queen Nicola Olyslagers headlines a batch of Australian medal chances on the final day of the world athletics championships.
Olyslagers soars to high jump gold in Tokyo
Nicola Olyslagers has lived up to her world No.1 ranking by winning gold in the women's high jump at the Tokyo world championships.
Australia’s Tokyo campaign bodes well for future
Australian Athletics high performance boss Andrew Faichney liked what he saw from the green and gold squad in Tokyo.
Usain Bolt’s message to Gout Gout ahead of worlds debut
Usain Bolt has delivered a simple piece of advice to Gout Gout as the Australian teenage sprint sensation prepares for his first world championships.
Quicker and wiser: Rohan Browning set to fly in Tokyo
Rohan Browning and Jessica Hull will be among a host of big-name Australians in action on day one of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.
Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles
The Australian team at the world athletics championships in Tokyo is an intoxicating mix of the now and the next.
Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds
Sprint queen Torrie Lewis has given Australia a flying start to the world athletics championships with a record-breaking 100m run.
Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis
Australian sprint star Torrie Lewis is putting no limits on how fast she could run in Tokyo.
Big blow for Torrie Lewis in 100m semis
Torrie Lewis has come up short in her bid to become the first Australian woman to reach a world championships 100m final.
Gout Gout aiming very high for the 200m in Tokyo
Gout Gout has wowed the world's athletics media ahead of his major senior championships debut.
‘A good beating’: triathletes score top-10 finishes
Two Australian triathletes have scored top-10 finishes after tough battles at major races in Europe
Bronze for Marschall; another world record for Mondo
Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall has won Australia's first medal of the Tokyo world championships and Mondo Duplantis has broken his own world record in the event.
Injury forces pole vault star Kennedy out of worlds
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, who won gold at last year's Olympics, is out of the Tokyo world championships because of a new leg injury.
Huge Australian team for world athletics championships
The Australian team for the upcoming world athletics championships in Tokyo will be even bigger than the one at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Records fall: Hassan, Kiros win Sydney Marathon titles
Dutch superstar Sifan Hassan and Ethiopia's Hailemaryam Kiros have triumphed in the Sydney marathon as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge battled to ninth.
Pole vault queen Kennedy shifts the goalposts for Tokyo
After recovering from major hamstring surgery, pole vault superstar Nina Kennedy is taking a whole new mindset into her world championships title defence.
Two injured stars out of Australian team for worlds
Injuries have ruled two Australian stars out of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.
Diamond bound: Olyslagers leaps to glory in Zurich
Nicola Olyslagers has won the Diamond League high jump title with a record-breaking display that's sent a message to all her world championship rivals.
Winging in the rain: Olyslagers splashes to Diamond win
Despite rain-sodden conditions in Lausanne, Aussie high jump ace Nicola Olyslagers has splashed to a third Diamond League win of the season.
New national record for Australian middle-distance star
Middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth produced the stand-out Australian performance at the Silesia Diamond League meet.
Gout Gout dazzles again on latest European 200m outing
Amazing Gout Gout has won an under-23 race at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco in trademark style, maybe deprived of a sub-20sec 200m by a headwind.
Hull the standout Australian at Diamond League in US
Australian Jessica Hull produced the standout Australian performance as two world records were broken at the Diamond League meet in Oregon.
Gout runs hot in Europe to break Aussie 200m record
Australian 17-year-old sprinter Gout Gout has marked his first senior race abroad by improving his own national 200m record at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet.