How one jump stopped Aussie from quitting aths dream
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.
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.
OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser refuses to make any gold medal predictions for our swimmers but believes the current crop can bury the demons of the past in Rio.
MARATHON star Jess Trengove says she is not panicking about a foot injury which has sidelined her this month as she flies to the US today to continue her preparation for the Rio Olympics.
IT was the end of an era for Craig Mottram but the start of a new dawn for fellow Victorian marathoner Liam Adams.
HE is a world-renowned German doctor who works with some of the world’s top athletes and could be Sally Pearson’s secret weapon.
RIO aspirant Craig Mottram knows he is going into the unknown when he makes his marathon debut in London on Sunday night.
CHELSEA Jaensch was 19 when she turned her back on athletics for more than seven years.
UPDATE: AUSTRALIAN pole vaulter Liz Parnov has vowed to fight on despite having her Rio Olympic dreams shattered by a broken leg.
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