Youngster sets example for Games squad
SHE’S just 17, but has already set an example for the Australian Commonwealth Games athletes with her resilience.
Athletics
‘When I’m 100 per cent I’m hard to beat’
A RESURGENT Ryan Gregson showed why his name needs to be added to the Commonwealth Games medal chances after a barnstorming victory in the national 1500m final.
17-year-old emerges as Australia’s next sprint star
RILEY Day will go to the Commonwealth Games reminding herself she is “only 17’’ after racing to automatic selection in the 200m which clinched the sprint double at the national championships.
Rising star nursing hopes of Games inclusion
EMERGENCY patients at a Gold Coast hospital could have the most prompt attention possible in a few years from one of Australia’s fastest women – rising star Riley Day.
Dream team: New sprint star indebted to dad
FATHERS coaching children in sport is the source of perennial dinner table arguments but it has worked spectacularly well for Australia’s fastest man, Trae Williams.
Time disappointing but Sally still in class of her own
THE dress rehearsal for the Commonwealth Games didn’t go completely to plan but Sally Pearson is confident come April things will be a lot smoother on the Gold Coast.
Family ties: Mathews wins with mum in corner
IT was billed as one of the races of the championships but instead Luke Mathews made the men’s 800m a one-act affair, putting the rest of the field to the sword in an impressive Commonwealth Games trial.
Dubler drives to decathlon victory
CEDRIC Dubler has scored a big win in the decathlon at the Commonwealth Games trials and says he has plenty in the bank for the main event.
‘Quadzilla’ wows in stunning 100m win
HE’D just booked a spot in the blue-riband 100m at the Commonwealth Games. But all eyes were focused on Trae Williams’ thighs after his stunning effort.
Hooker’s ‘eerie’ feeling over Aussie vaulter
OLYMPIC gold medallist Steve Hooker has been there and done that. And after watching the trajectory of another young Aussie, he’s hopeful Kurtis Marschall can follow in his footsteps.
Denny hammers home his Games ambition
TWO national titles and two automatic berths for the Commonwealth Games – not a bad day’s work for Darling Downs thrower Matthew Denny.
Fabrice LaPierre jumps all over Wanderers
FABRICE Lapierre may be in the final stages of Commonwealth Games preparations but when the former world champ returned home this week all he wanted was to watch his beloved Wanderers train.
Mathews back on track after dark year
THEY say you learn a lot about yourself in the darkest times.Luke Mathews is now a believer in that theory after a tumultuous 2017 that he describes as a “rollercoaster”.
Pearson happy running her own race
AUSTRALIA’S athletics head coach Craig Hilliard says self-coached Sally Pearson is in a “happy place’’ heading towards her Gold Coast Commonwealth Games career highlight.
Sally open to any role in Games opening
GOLD Coast Commonwealth Games poster girl Sally Pearson says she is willing to do whatever job opening ceremony organisers want her to do as the city’s highest-profile current athlete.
Sally content to be boring
BORING is good for Sally Pearson.That’s how she’s describing her Commonwealth Games preparation which in Sally-speak means everything is progressing exactly the way she wants.
Pearson eyeing off extra event at Games
SALLY Pearson will throw her hat into the ring for the chance to race a second event at the Commonwealth Games if Australia opts to field a relay team on the Gold Coast.
Pearson still building towards peak form
SALLY Pearson is an athlete who is hard to satisfy but even she has to concede things are ticking over nicely after she made predictably short work of the 100m hurdles Queensland titles.
Fast track to Games
COMMONWEALTH Games sprint hopeful Alex Hartmann insists his best is yet to come as he prepares for his date with destiny on the Gold Coast this month.
Pearson chasing season-best time
SALLY Pearson will chase a season-best time at the Queensland athletics championships in Brisbane on Sunday in her third 100m hurdles event of the season.
De Rozario’s nervous wait for 10km test
SHE’S a multiple world champion, Paralympic medallist and the defending champion of the Oz Day 10km but none of that is helping quell wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario’s nerves.
Marathon queens to curb Kenyan influence
MARATHON runners Lisa Weightman and Jess Trengove are planning to help each other combat the inevitable Kenyan challenge at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Wright, Pearson up for Laureus awards
SURFER Tyler Wright’s return from a potentially season-ending knee injury to win a second world crown and Sally Pearson’s comeback to win another world title has seen the pair nominated for prestigious Laureus world sports awards.
Ross to use Bay Sheff as Games launchpad
DUAL Olympian Josh Ross, coming off three years struggling to find his true form, will use the Bay Sheffield at Colley Reserve on Thursday to kickstart his season as he chases a berth at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April.
Sally’s Games prep right on track
WORLD champion Sally Pearson has been reassured about her Commonwealth Games campaign by a rollicking early-season win in Brisbane in her fastest 100m flat time in 10 years.
Island’s King wins Comm Games berth
STEWART McSweyn created history by becoming the first King Island resident to make a Commonwealth Games team after upsetting Zatopek:10 favourite Patrick Tiernan in a thrilling finish.
Meet the heir to Usain Bolt’s throne
REPLACING a legend is a tough gig. Just ask Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse who is being talked up as the next Usain Bolt. And his quest for greatness will start at the Commonwealth Games.
New Games tickets go on sale
ANOTHER 100,000 ‘prime’ tickets to previously sold out events at next year’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games are going on sale today.
Sally Pearson short-listed for world award
IT was one of the comebacks of the year and the accolades continue to flow for Sally Pearson who has been named as one of 10 women short-listed for the honour of IAAF World Athlete of the Year.
From teenage battler to gold medal contender
SA pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall will leap for gold at next year’s Commonwealth Games. But he was once a talented footballer in Adelaide’s southern suburbs who struggled to clear a 2m bar. Here is his story.
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