WEEKEND WRAP | Barber produces world-class win in Finland
Australian track and field athletes continued their trek towards Tokyo, with progress made both domestically and abroad.
Michal Burian's Road to Green and Gold
Michal Burian has been obsessed with throwing the javelin since his early days when witnessing world record holder and Olympic champion Jan Železný throwing at his local club in the Czech Republic – so obsessed that decades later he finds himself just eight weeks out from his Paralympic debut in Tokyo.
Paralympic Sprinters Enter Final Straight
A group of Australia’s top Paralympic sprinters and long jumpers are completing their final preparations ahead of this year’s Tokyo Games, lifted by a high-performance training camp on the Gold Coast.
WEEKEND WRAP | Bisset breaks national record and Riseley qualifies for his fourth Olympic Games
With the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, Australia’s athletes have turned it up a notch with national records tumbling and qualifiers rolling in on as the nation’s best time their run for glory in Tokyo.
PREVIEW | Festival of Athletics
Townsville Sports Reserve will become the home of the Festival of Athletics this weekend, as track and field athletes across the country travel north for what will be one of their final opportunities to compete ahead of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Applications open for new Athlete to Coach pathway program
Athletics Australia is aiming to fast-track the development of a new generation of world-class coaches, with the launch of its new Athlete to Coach pathway program.
Statement on Anti-Doping
2014 Commonwealth Games representative Melanie Panayiotou has been suspended from competition due to the presence and use of prohibited substances.
Hunter and Riseley edge closer to Tokyo qualifier and Patterson continues steep rise
All that separates our Olympic track and field athletes from the end of the Tokyo qualifying period is 15 days. 15 days for athletes to make their last attempts of meeting the Olympic qualifying standards and 15 days to boost themselves up the world rankings list and impress selectors.
Historic day at Runaway Bay
It was a day of qualifiers, historic performances and personal bests at the Oceania Athletics Invitational Series on the Gold Coast, headlined by Queensland discus thrower Matthew Denny all but booking his ticket to Tokyo in the men’s discus.
PREVIEW | Oceania Athletics Invitational Series meet 2
The countdown to the end of the Tokyo qualifying period is well and truly on for Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic track and field athletes, but each have a unique opportunity to meet the standards and improve their ranking points at the second meet of the Oceania Athletics Invitational Series on the Gold Coast this Saturday.
Starc flourishes in Florence with an Olympic qualifier
Australia’s premier male high jumper Brandon Starc has cleared the Olympic qualifier at the Wanda Diamond League in Florence, Italy this morning.
Make or break for Australia's relay teams
It has come down to the wire for both the Australian men and women’s 4 x 100m relay teams, who have one last chance to prove themselves worthy of Olympic competition.
Best Day still to come
All eyes were on Usain Bolt in anticipation of witnessing the world’s fastest man strut his stuff at 2017’s Nitro Athletics, but Australians couldn’t help but notice the young girl in the lane to his right sporting green and gold - Riley Day.
WEEKEND REVIEW | Mitrevski leaps forward in Hengelo for a podium finish
Chris Mitrevski impressed with a season’s best performance of 8.04m (2.0) in the men’s long jump, finishing third at the FBK Games in Hengelo.
Bol clinches Olympic qualifier at Oceania Athletics Invitational
Victoria’s Peter Bol has one foot on the plane to Tokyo, after clinching the qualifying standard in the 800m at the first meet of the Oceania Athletics Invitation series on the Gold Coast this evening.
Tokyo Hopefuls Enter Final Straight with Oceania Competitions
For domestic-based athletes, competition resumes this month in Queensland with three events on the Gold Coast and in Townsville.
Marathoners and Race Walker selected for Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team
Australia’s top distance runners and racewalkers have taken the next stride in their marathon journey to the Tokyo Olympics, being announced to the Australian Olympic team for Tokyo today.
Integrated Australian Cross Country Championships announced
In a sign of unity, Athletics Australia and Coles Little Athletics Australia have today announced they will host a joint 2021 Australian Cross Country Championships.