Aussie teen blows athletics world away
An Australian teenager has entered the record books and put the athletics world on notice in a truly jaw-dropping display.
An Australian teenager has entered the record books and put the athletics world on notice in a truly jaw-dropping display.
NSW schoolboy Cameron Myers produced an extraordinary record-breaking performance in the John Landy Mile, becoming the second youngest ever under four minutes.
Ollie Hoare confessed to an embarrassing pre-race mishap that saw him vomiting on the sidelines after running the John Landy Mile.
Sprint superstar Fred Kerley has told spectators to expect a staggering 200m time at Melbourne’s revamped track meet.
Australian steeplechaser Genevieve LaCaze is peaking at just the right time, and a month out from when she takes the track at the Rio Olympic Games she says everything is falling into place.
POLE vault star Alana Boyd has an injury scare, but the news was better for the other Australians at the Monaco Diamond League meet.
AUSSIE cricketer Mitchell Starc will have more than Sri Lanka’s batsmen on his mind during the third Test in August. His younger brother will be competing in the high jump in Rio.
DESPITE qualifying for Rio, this Aussie athlete has tragically missed out on realising his Olympic dream by the smallest margin.
After announcing the last of Australia’s 410 Olympians going to Rio, team boss Kitty Chiller admits they face a tough task to fulfil their aim of a top-five finish on the medal table.
BRISBANE’S Olympic long jump medal chaser Henry Frayne does not necessarily like the feel of cotton wool.
EIGHTEEN new addition to the track and field team heading to the rio Olympics means Australia is fielding its biggest track and field team since Sydney 2000.
TWO tenths of a second has cost Steve Solomon in his final attempt to qualify for the Rio Games, while Australian 800m record holder Alex Rowe also failed to make the cut.
AS few as one in three Australian Olympic athletes will march behind golden girl Anna Meares at next month’s Rio opening ceremony.
Eloise Wellings is a mother first, and an Olympian second, and she talks exclusively with Swoop about juggling her family and training commitments.
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