How two runs in five days made Hull believe golden Olympic dream
Two runs have changed Australian runner Jess Hull’s Paris outlook, from dreaming about winning a medal in the 1500m to knowing she now has all the tools to make history for Australia.
Two runs have changed Australian runner Jess Hull’s Paris outlook, from dreaming about winning a medal in the 1500m to knowing she now has all the tools to make history for Australia.
Aussie athletics competitors have been left even more excited about the Olympics after a unique move for Paris was revealed.
Lauren Ryan holds the national record for both the 5000m and 10,000m on the track, however she almost walked away from the sport entirely.
She famously fled these shores but Marie-Jose Perec has revealed Australia was once the place she wanted to escape to rather than from.
Australian athletes have made history at the pre-Olympics Diamond League meet, but it’s been overshadowed by a huge drama.
The Australian athletics team are coming in hot after claiming a triple gold at a pre-Olympic meet, while the country’s 4x100m women’s relay squad have continued their stunning rise.
Eight years after leaving the Rio Olympics in controversy, hurdler Michelle Jenneke is in the best shape of her career and running faster than ever as she eyes redemption at the Paris Games.
Rohan Browning is Australia’s most recognised sprinter but he faces missing out on our relay team for the Paris Olympics.
A GWS Giants player faces a brutal call over a golden opportunity to watch his girlfriend compete for Australia at the Olympics.
There are so many instances of children following their parent’s lead in a particular sport and the Murphy family will add to that list at this year’s Olympics, with Connor Murphy to compete in the triple-jump as his Dad did three times.
Just five days after smashing her personal best in the 1500m, running the fifth fastest time in that event’s history, Australia’s Jessica Hull smashed the world record in the rarely-raced 2000m.
A Geelong sprinter selected for her first Olympics has opened up on the “scary” decision to help her achieve her dream as a local high jumper was rewarded for his resilience to earn a second Games chance.
Two of Australia’s top athletes have warned of the damage of “digital devices” pulling kids away from the glories of sport to the closed world of smartphones.
Not since the Sydney Olympics in 2000 has the Australian athletics team been as big as the one headed to Paris.
Jessica Hull has made history with one of the greatest runs Australian athletics has ever seen on an insane day of records.
Australia’s Jessica Hull is the fifth fastest 1500m runner in history after a stunning performance which has stamped her as an Olympic title contender.
A fourth North Queensland athlete has officially punched her ticket for Paris, after qualifying for the Australian Olympic heptathlon team. We spoke to her exclusively from Poland:
Torrie Lewis, who made huge news with a record-breaking effort earlier this year, has made a surprise Paris Olympics call.
SA champion runner and mum Jessica Stenson has revealed her secret weapon that will fuel her marathon run at the Paris Olympics.
Australia’s fastest man Rohan Browning, a stunning semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympic Games, is at serious risk of failing to qualify for Paris 2024.
Dubbed the next Matt Shirvington and Australia’s budding super star over the 100 metres, Rohan Browning now finds himself on the brink of missing the Olympic Games in Paris after a semi-final appearance in Tokyo, three years ago.
The Jamaican great, who has won the 100m-200m sprint double at the last two Olympics, won’t have a chance to compete in Paris.
The reigning women’s Olympic 800m champion will not defend her title in Paris after “heartbreaking” scenes at the US trials.
Outspoken American sprint star Noah Lyles pulled a trick from his pocket at the US Olympic trials that had nerds salivating.
She might be Australia’s fastest woman, but Torrie Lewis has a constant battle on her hands just to get to the starting blocks, revealing how coeliac disease could potentially derail her Olympic campaign.
A rising star of Tasmanian athletics has claimed two state records in one weekend in results which even shocked her. Here’s why.
The new Australian 100m record holder has declared it is only a matter of time until she breaks one of the most elusive barriers in Australian athletics. Watch Torrie Lewis’s incredible run.
A teenager has just announced herself as an emerging force in athletics after breaking one of the sport’s most cherished records.
A Ballarat sprinting sensation has put other Australian Olympic hopefuls of notice after a stunning start to 2024 with the quickest times in the country. And he’s only going to get faster.
From NCAA titles to Olympic finals, the promising sportsman still had a long road ahead before he died on Wednesday at home in Kingswood, Texas.
Peter Bol’s path to the Paris Olympics will now include a race in Melbourne in February.
Doctor by day, medal hopeful by night – how javelin star Mackenzie Little juggles the demands of medicine with her Paris Olympic dream.
Police have announced an Olympic runner has been stabbed to death in news that has rocked the athletics world.
Tanielle Crase is a three-time national heptathlon champion, but the financial strains of chasing her Olympic dream forced the Paris hopeful out of the country and to take massive risks in the pursuit of glory on the world stage.
Peter Bol has welcomed new Athletics Australia boss Jane Flemming’s scathing condemnation of his nightmare drug scandal, as he turns his eyes towards the Paris Olympics in 2024.
After leaving the Tokyo Olympics in tears after a shattering injury, an Aussie running star has gone to another exciting level.
Jane Flemming has only just stepped into the hot seat at Athletics Australia, but she’s already made a firm statement on the handling of Peter Bol’s drug testing process.
Two years ago Toowoomba’s Patrick Tiernan defied the odds to finish the 10,000m Tokyo Olympics final after two brutal race falls. The long distance runner has gone from strength to strength since then and now has his sights set on a coveted race win.
Disgraced former Olympian Oscar Pistorius could face chilling revenge attacks from gangsters after he’s released from prison.
Peter Bol was put through hell earlier this year when he was provisionally suspended for a purported failed drug test, before being cleared. The man himself says he wouldn’t change anything.
Sprinter Rohan Browning has ticked off a key milestone ahead of a huge Olympic campaign, and he says the timing couldn’t be better.
Australian athletics cult hero Michelle Jenneke is in mourning after the death of a legendary coach, which has rocked the sport.
As Peter Bol proclaimed his innocence after being provisionally suspended following a failed drug test, Shayna Jack wasted no time reaching out. She knew what he was going through.
A photo of two Chinese athletes has been censored on social media in China with one tiny detail in the photo the reason behind it all.
The women’s marathon world record has been absolutely obliterated in a stunning performance that left runners in awe.
Australian athletes continue to set new records on the track and now giant Matt Denny has joined in to earn a big cheque in the US.
The Olympic stadium in Sydney will forever recognise one of Australia’s greatest Olympians after a grandstand was named in her honour.
Australia’s Stewart McSweyn has shattered a 17-year-old national record at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Saturday morning AEST.
Aussie Nina Kennedy has responded with a victory of sheer class following the “shameful” world championships medal furore.
Pole vault star Nina Kennedy set an Oceania record, personal best and meet record as she claimed another thrilling title — all while commuters watched on from Zurich’s main train station.
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