‘Mondo’ rocked the pole vault at the Paris Olympics, breaking the world record amid high drama at Stade de Frande. And there was no-one happier for Armand Duplantis than Aussie competitor Kurtis Marschall.
A Canadian superstar has completely destroyed the competition with an enormous throw. But something else entirely caught the attention of Aussies.
She was run out of the 200m in the semi finals but Australia’s new track queen Torrie Lewis has proven she is ready to take on LA and Brisbane. Her story is just beginning.
Star Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy cruised through to the finals in Paris, while a main rival crashed out of the Olympics with a risky move that ended her campaign.
A young teenager has avenged her mother’s defeat in the Stawell Gift against the same athlete, while another teenager has won the men’s sprint after a summer with Essendon footballers.
Sprinting ace Rohan Browning has come agonisingly close to breaking the 10 second barrier on his way to a second 100m national title.
The Olympian has addressed claims racism was to blame after his supposedly positive drug test result was leaked for the world to see.
New independent testing has revealed the “catastrophic blunder” that wrongly found champion runner Peter Bol was doping.
Australian Olympic gold medallist Ellia Green has condemned the transgender ban put into place by World Athletics this week.
Lord Sebastian Coe, called it decisive action to protect females as World Athletics fell in line with swimming to ban transgender athletes from elite competition.
Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone.
A leading Australian athletics coach has laid out the major hurdles facing the sport ahead of a seismic vote on whether to allow transgender women into elite-level female competitions.
A star athlete has issued a grovelling apology after he outraged the sports world at a recent athletics championship.
The Australian Olympian’s reality TV switch has been revealed – and he’s already one of the favourites to emerge victorious.
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