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.
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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.
Soaring in Sweden: Olyslagers, Duplantis hit heights
Nicola Olyslagers has won her latest Diamond League high jump duel in Stockholm on a night pole vault legend 'Mondo' Duplantis again soared to new heights.
Sprint sensation Kennedy breaks magical 10-second mark
Lachlan Kennedy has joined fellow sprinter Patrick Johnson in one of Australian sport's most exclusive clubs.
‘Dominant’ discus dynamo Denny’s Doha Diamond delight
Australia's Olympic bronze medallist Matthew Denny has won the discus at his first Diamond League meeting of the year in Doha.
Batt-Doyle refines focus after Tokyo blitz
Izzi Batt-Doyle wants to run the Los Angeles and Brisbane Olympic marathons, but not before squeezing every last drop out of her time on the track.
Star turns handed tough Stawell Gift semi-final draws
Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout will have to pull out all the stops to book their spots in the Stawell Gift final on Easter Monday.
Evans lives the Stawell dream; beats Gout and wins Gift
Adelaide schoolteacher John Evans has followed in the footsteps of his coach Paul Young to win the men's Stawell Gift.
‘Daunting’: Gout, Kennedy dazzle on Stawell Gift debut
Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy both looked impressive in advancing to the Stawell Gift semi-finals on debut at Central Park.
Gout Gout sets tongues wagging with 19.84s in 200m
Lachie Kennedy has been disqualified for a false start in the 200m men's final in Perth, with Gout Gout going on to win in a time of 19.84 seconds.
Alekna and Denny both smash discus world record
Australian Matt Denny has bettered the discus world record in Oklahoma - but so did Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna.
Lachie Kennedy runs 10 seconds flat in 100m in Perth
Australian sprint star Lachie Kennedy has run 10 seconds flat with a legal tailwind in Perth, just a night after Gout Gout posted a wind-aided 9.99 seconds.
Browning pips Kennedy with 10.01 run in 100m final
Sprint star Lachie Kennedy has been beaten in his bid to break through the 10-second barrier, with Rohan Browning coming up trumps in a thrilling 100m final.
Gout cracks 10 seconds for the 100m twice in one night
Gout Gout has twice broken the 10-second mark in the 100m sprint at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth, but both were with illegal tailwinds.
Discus king Matt Denny smashes through 70-metre barrier
Matt Denny is eyeing world championships gold in Tokyo later this year after obliterating his discus personal best.
Kennedy edges Gout in 200m thriller in Melbourne
Lachlan Kennedy has done the sprint double at the Maurie Plant Meet and relegated Gout Gout to second place in the 200m.
Gout-Kennedy sprint rivalry goes to a new level
Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout will renew their sprint rivalry at the national championships in Perth in mid-April.
‘I steer the ship’: Patterson’s big change after Paris
Eleanor Patterson will be among a host of Australian stars at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, having made some major changes since the Paris Olympics.
Schoolyard sprint that hurtled Gout towards greatness
Gout Gout had his heart set on playing soccer until an impromptu schoolyard sprint race, wearing joggers, changed everything.
Kennedy pipped for historic 60m gold at world indoors
Lachlan Kennedy has won the first ever 60 metres medal by an Australian at the world indoor championships, taking silver in an agonising near-miss in Nanjing.
Jess Hull, Ky Robinson hit medal trail at world indoors
Jess Hull and Ky Robinson have won 3000m bronze medals for Australia at the world indoor championships in Nanjing.
Hull an inspiration to fellow Aussie medallist Robinson
Aussie Olympic star Jess Hull has played her part in inspiring middle-distance teammate Ky Robinson to follow her to a world indoor podium place in Nanjing.