Olyslagers gold leads Aussie medal flourish at worlds
High jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson have headlined a record seven-medal display by Australian athletes at the world indoor championships.
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Kennedy and Gout vie for Aussie sprint supremacy
Australian men's sprint stars Lachlan Kennedy and Gout will take centre stage with Letsile Tebogo and others at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.
Rohan Browning upstages Gout Gout on his home turf
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout stormed to the U/20 100m crown at the Queensland Athletics Championships, but Olympian Rohan Browning also caught the eye.
Fit-again sprinter Browning not finished yet
Rohan Browning posted his equal fastest season-opener at the Queensland championships and is ready to tackle sprint rivals Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy.
Gout Gout on fire again in 200m at Qld championships
Gout Gout has broken 20 seconds for the 200m for the first time at the Queensland championships with the aid of an illegal tailwind.
Sub-10-second sprint breakthrough beckons for Kennedy
Rising sprint star Lachlan Kennedy and Bree Rizzo both teased Australian 100m records on a lightning night of sprinting at the Perth Track Classic.
One lap no stretch for track star Gout
Sprint star Gout Gout has warmed up for the Maurie Plant meet with an eye-catching 400m performance in Brisbane.
Gout Gout to light up Stawell Gift
The Gout Gout show will hit the road to the Stawell Gift in April.
Australian Cam Myers continues record-breaking streak
Australian Cameron Myers has continued his flying start to 2025 with a record-breaking performance in the Wanamaker Mile in the US.
No more doubts in Aussie marathon man’s race return
Andy Buchanan will run with new-found conviction in his first race since smashing the Australian marathon record last year.
How Bendigo teacher ran fastest Aussie marathon time
School teacher Andy Buchanan learned a lot to become Australia's faster marathon runner, but a powerful lesson came from a former AFL player in his classroom.
Athletics Australia calls on other potential victims
Disgraced pole vault coach Alex Parnov is accused of engaging in alleged predatory behaviour during his time at the West Australian Institute of Sport.
Gout Gout closes in on Australian sprint greats
Sprint star Gout Gout's sights are soaring even higher after a pair of world class performances at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane.
Gout Gout nabs 200m record, eyes more athletics history
Sprint star Gout Gout has taken aim at even higher honours after the 16-year-old claimed Australian track and field's longest-standing record in Brisbane.
Sprint sensation Gout Gout smashes several more records
The remarkable Gout Gout has clocked an astonishing 200m time of 20.29 seconds at the Queensland All Schools Championships.
Nina Kennedy ends golden season with Diamond glory
Olympic champion Nina Kennedy has soared to victory in the Diamond League final once more in Brussels, completing her remarkable 2024 pole vault campaign.
Aussie teen lights up 200m final at world junior champs
Australian sprinters Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis have produced eye-catching performances to win silver in the 200m at the world junior championships.
Aussies set 200m pace at world junior athletics
Torrie Lewis and 16-year-old Queenslander Gout Gout are the fastest qualifiers in the 200 metres, while Tryphena Hewett has won Australia's fourth junior medal.
Jessica Hull storms into Olympic 1500m final
Jessica Hull says she is a legitimate gold medal shot in what is shaping as a classic Olympic women's 1500m final.
Peyton Craig runs personal best in Olympic 800m semi
Hugely-promising Australian middle-distance runner Peyton Craig has just missed out on a spot in the Olympic 800m final.
Stunning silver medal for Jessica Hull in Olympic 1500
Jessica Hull has won a sensational silver medal in the women's 1500m at the Paris Olympics to etch her name in Australia's athletic history books.
Dutch star Sifan Hassan win’s Olympic women’s marathon
Dutch star Sifan Hassan has won the Olympic women's marathon, with Jess Stenson the leading Australian in 13th place.
Jess Stenson leads Aussie charge in Olympic marathon
Dutch star Sifan Hassan has won the Olympic women's marathon, with Jess Stenson the leading Australian in 13th place.
Sinead Diver succumbs to cramping in Olympic marathon
Sinead Diver lasted just one kilometre of the Olympic women's marathon before succumbing to severe cramping.
Nina Kennedy wins gold medal in Olympic pole vault
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won Australia's record 18th gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Medal fancy Hull advances to 1500m semis at Olympics
Easing into the women's 1500m semi-finals, Jessica Hull says she couldn't be better-placed to win Australia's first Olympic track medal in a dozen years.
Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record
Armand Duplantis from Sweden has broken his own pole vault world record - yet again - this time in the Olympic final.
Kurtis Marschall gets front seat for vaulting history
Australian Kurtis Marschall has finished sixth in an Olympic pole vault final won by peerless Swede Armand Duplantis.
Host of Aussie track and field stars chasing Oly medals
The Australian track and field team at the Paris Olympic is arguably deeper than any since the 1956 Melbourne Games.
Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk
Australian Jemima Montag has drawn inspiration from her late grandmother to win a bronze medal in the women's 20km walk at the Paris Olympics.
Australian Bree Masters gets spot in Olympic 100m semis
Sprinter Bree Masters, 800m runner Claudia Hollingsworth and high jumpers Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olsylagers were the stand-out Australians on day one.