World loses it as ‘insane’ record shattered
Armand Duplantis is an absolute god of athletics, taking the sport of pole vault to height scarcely thought possible in the past.
Armand Duplantis is an absolute god of athletics, taking the sport of pole vault to height scarcely thought possible in the past.
Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson has sparked outrage after questioning athletics as records tumbled in Oregon.
US athletics star Sydney McLaughlin has stunned fans as she absolutely smashed her own world record, leaving her rivals in her wake.
Australia’s Kelsey-Lee Barber has made history as she successfully defended her javelin title at the world athletics championships.
Peter Bol is now fully focused on the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after a disappointing run in the final of the world athletics championships.
Aussie 800m star Peter Bol has made history at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon but it was by the skin of his teeth.
Six years and four months after her previous personal best, long jumper Brooke Buschkuehl smashed it by 8cm. And it came just in time for an athlete who was ready to quit.
Noah Lyles retained his world 200m crown on Friday, breaking the US record, and edging ever closer to Usain Bolt’s world record.
Three years ago Eleanor Patterson was lost to athletics, but after finding a new coach, the high jumper is now on top of the world after a stunning win at the world championships.
Fans have erupted after an American star was seemingly robbed by an overeager stopwatch at the world athletics championships.
South African athlete Caster Semenya will make her first appearance in a world championships in five years this week.
British athlete Jake Wightman upstaged the Olympic champion in a huge upset in the 1500m final at the world championship.
The sporting world was left to do a double take when it became immediately clear that something was amiss at the World Championships.
Nina Kennedy has kicked off Australia’s medal tally at the World Athletics Championships after taking an Olympic champion all the way.
It wasn’t long ago that Nina Kennedy’s injury-riddled body nearly gave up on her. Now the Australian pole vaulter is world championships bronze medallist.
Team USA proved they are still the kings of the athletics world after three Americans swept the medals in the men’s 100m sprint.
Australia had a horror 100m heats at the World Champs but a former Australian titleholder took a national record away from his father.
A Brisbane Olympian says becoming a mother is not going to stop her lofty ambition of competing at a fourth Games.
Olympic star Stewart McSweyn has made a sizzling return to form while opening up about the heart scare that threatened to derail his career.
Rugby league has made a major call on the participation of transgender players after swimming dropped a bombshell earlier this week.
Australian track superstar Peter Bol has put the athletics world on notice after producing the fourth fastest run over 800m this year.
Australian athletics star Stewart McSweyn’s Commonwealth Games prospects are in jeopardy as he continues to battle ongoing effects from a Covid booster shot.
A young runner has died after collapsing at the finish line of Brooklyn’s famous half-marathon, following a difficult race that saw others rushed to hospital.
Sprinting sensation Rohan Browning has made a huge move in his quest to break the 10-second barrier. Find out what the flying Aussie is up to next.
They are some of the most exciting young talent in world athletics. Meet some of the teen tyros heading to the world under 20 athletics championships in Cali, Colombia.
They are the cool kids, teenagers and rising stars who are driving an Australian youth revolution in sport. And if you thought Tokyo was impressive, just wait for three years time.
An emotional Ian Chesterman has reflected on how the Australian athletes in Tokyo have touched the hearts of Aussies back home.
The marathon always throws up some great Olympic scenes and it was no different in Tokyo as a hug at the finish line stole the show.
Social media erupted over a video showing a marathon runner appearing to sabotage his rivals at a watering station, but there may be more to it.
The men’s marathon became difficult to watch as the field was wiped out in scenes described by an Aussie great as “suicidal”.
Nicola McDermott pulled off a stunning finish to the track and field for Australia but the nation was wondering what was in her book.
He was a shock successor to Usain Bolt’s 100m crown but Italy’s Lamont Jacobs is reportedly at the centre of an investigation.
Aussie Stewart McSweyn went with the big guns early and paid the price, fading to finish midfield in the 1500m final when a medal at one stage looked a real possibility.
Only three athletes have tested positive to illegal substances while in Tokyo leading to accusations that the IOC is deliberately delaying the release of other cases to avoid negative publicity.
‘I have had such moments of doubt, such moments of pressure.’ Challenged in ways she never anticipated, Kelsey-Lee Barber bounced back with a performance for the ages in Tokyo.
This confronting admission from American Olympian Emma Coburn prompted an emotional response from her fanbase.
The oldest member of Australia’s athletics team has broken a 33-year drought in the women’s marathon, a sport she took up just 11 years ago.
A pair of amazing women broke two impossible Olympic records on Friday night in a victory for mums everywhere.
The Olympics have given us countless heartwarming moments, and an Ecuadorean athlete has provided us with yet another in the men’s 50km walk.
For so much of this year, Kelsey-Lee Barber couldn’t figure out what was going wrong. Remarkably, she’s now an Olympic bronze medallist.
Ash Moloney made history when he claimed Australia’s first-ever decathlon medal, but it was teammate Cedric Dubler who sent an Olympic message bigger than sport.
Just two days ago, Genevieve Gregson’s devastating injury ripped our heart out. Her heartbreaking interview just did it again.
Australian Linden Hall ran a career-best time, but Kenyan Faith Kipyegon won 1500m gold in a breathtaking Olympic record run.
After announcing himself in Tokyo as the new pin-up boy of Australian sport, there have been some remarkable claims about how good Ash Moloney can be.
Australia’s middle-distance revolution is making the rest of the world sit up and take notice. This is the 15-year journey that has earned global respect and made other countries nervous.
Ash Moloney’s decathlon bronze put the athletics world on notice but his coach says the 21-year-old is just getting started and he will smash the current world record by hundreds of points.
The IOC kicked two coaches out of the Olympic Village after claims they attempted to send an athlete back to Belarus against her will.
The new pin-up boy of Australian athletics won a historic bronze medal but the real hero of Ash Moloney’s triumph was the bloke beside him.
In the toughest event in track and field, Queensland’s Ash Moloney has created history by winning an Olympic bronze medal in the decathlon.
Ashley Moloney’s step-by-step journey to becoming a bronze Aussie and how a State of Origin great helped on the road to becoming a Tokyo Olympic Games bronzed medallist.
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