August 2021
NAB employee cuts salary to train for Olympic marathon
High-level sport commitment may or may not bring glory, but it’s usually athletes themselves who pay for it, at the cost of their future economic wellbeing.
- Michael Bleby
Lee wins Australia’s first Olympics marathon swim medal
Australia’s Kareena Lee has won bronze in the Olympic women’s marathon swimming in Tokyo, with Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha taking gold.
- Melissa Woods
February 2020
Running a marathon is good for your knees
A new myth-busting study of novice middle-aged runners by researchers at University College London and Barts Heart Centre found that training for and running a marathon not only wasn't bad for their knees – it actually improved them.
- Jessica Salter
October 2019
Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier, but it won’t be a record
In becoming the first person to cover the marathon distance in less than two hours, the Kenyan achieved a sports milestone granted almost mythical status in the running world.
- Updated
- Andrew Keh