Three athletes withdraw from Commonwealth Games Team
Three members of Australia’s Commonwealth Games track and field team set to compete in Birmingham 2022 have withdrawn from competition.
The Final Straight | Buschkuehl and Moloney headline hopes on Day 10
World leader Brooke Buschkuehl took just one look at the Hayward Field runway in the qualifying round of the Women’s Long Jump on day nine, leaping 6.76m (+0.5) to secure the automatic standard and progress to yet another major championship final.
Bol bows out, Buschkuehl leaps into final
Peter Bol has suffered heartbreak on his quest for global gold, placing seventh in the Men’s 800m final on the penultimate day of the World Athletics Championships.
Bol targets gold as medal beckons
Oregon 22 Preview | Day 9
Barber on top of the world with back-to-back gold
Kelsey-Lee Barber is on top of the world once more, becoming the first Australian athlete since Catherine Freeman to win back-to-back world titles when taking out the Women’s Javelin final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.
Reigning world champion Barber ready to launch
Day 8 Preview | Oregon World Athletics Championships
Bol rolls on to medal round, Bisset advances in Oregon
Tokyo sensation Peter Bol (WA) will become the first ever Australian to contest the 800m final at the World Athletics Championships this Saturday, but his pathway to the medal round was not without a nervous wait.
Bol and Bisset to headline Oregon distance day
Commeth the hour, commeth the man. The Peter Bol show rolls on into Day 7 of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, while Australian record holder Catriona Bisset headlines a trio of 800m women and five more Australians take to the track and field.
Bol dazzles as Barber and Little gear up for gold
Australia’s Tokyo stars shone bright on Day 6 of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA with reigning world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber, Olympic finalist Mackenzie Little and Tokyo hero Peter Bol all advancing on their pathway to the podium.
Semi final starts for Beck & Carli, Barber and Bol begin their campaign
A reigning world champion, a Tokyo sensation, a debutant, and two semi-finalists. Day 6 of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon may be void of Australian finals action in the wake of Eleanor Patterson’s historic gold, but while medals can’t be won in early rounds – they can certainly be lost.
Patterson clinches gold to become world champion
Australia has its newest golden girl in high jumper Eleanor Patterson who has been crowned world champion tonight in Oregon, USA.
Finals await McSweyn, Patterson, Olyslagers and Denny
A unique opportunity lies ahead for the Australian Athletics Team to rewrite the history books, as four of the country’s strongest medal hopes prepare for finals on Day 5 of the Oregon edition of the World Athletics Championships.
Top-10 placings for Hull, Griffith and Baden
Three top-10 finishes headlined the Australian action on Day 4 of the World Athletics Championships, as high jumper Joel Baden, and middle distance stars Jessica Hull and Georgia Griffith took their marks at Hayward Field.
Development Tour Underway with Bedford Success
While Australia’s established stars are lighting up Oregon for the World Athletics Championships, a team of Under 23 athletes are completing a development tour in Europe as they bridge the gap to the senior ranks – kick-starting their campaign at England’s U20/U23 Championships.
There's no place like home: Hull ready for world final on home track
Wearing the green and gold at the historic Hayward Field is something Jessica Hull (NSW) is well familiar with.
Tomorrow, on Day 4 of the World Athletics Championships, she’ll step onto her home track as one of two Australians in the Women’s 1500m final, along with compatriot Georgia Griffith (VIC).
Bronzed Aussie Kennedy makes history at World Athletics Championships
Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won Australia’s first medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, clearing 4.80m to win bronze.
Kennedy eyes off top spot, Rayner raring for 25 laps on Day 3 of World Athletics Championships
Australian record holder Nina Kennedy is quietly confident a medal could be hers tomorrow as she gears up for the Women’s Pole Vault final on Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.
Four bound for medal round as Frayne bows out in Oregon
From heartbreak to elation, day two of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA captured the many highs and lows that come with being an elite track and field athlete.