When Matthew Denny steps into the circle at the Melbourne Track Classic, rest assured his preparation has been nothing short of an endless pursuit of perfection in what he says is the sport’s most technical event.
Some of Australia's top junior athletes have travelled to Melbourne to compete at the Australian Junior Combined Event Championships, which begins today.
The 2021 Queensland Track Classic this Saturday night in Brisbane features the best domestic field assembled outside of a national championship for over a decade. There is outstanding quality and depth, many rivalries, and a significant number of new athletes reflecting the best domestic season for years.
Athletics Australia has applauded World Athletics on their unprecedented campaign to gather feedback and set the future strategy for athletics across the world.
The Melbourne Track Classic kicks off a busy week of three high performance meets, in Victoria and Queensland, as the athletes finalise their competition programs ahead of the Australian Track and Field Championships in April in Sydney.
The Board of Athletics Australia is pleased to announce that Peter Bromley has accepted the position of Interim Chief Executive, following the departure of current CEO Darren Gocher next month.
While all eyes were on the Sydney Track Classic over the weekend, Australian athletes dominated both abroad and in Queensland as the countdown towards Tokyo continues.
It was a night for the history books at the Sydney Track Classic as world and national records tumbled, Tokyo qualifying standards were set and Australian 5000m national titles were won.
For most leading Australian athletes, a year without competition was an excruciating exercise of patience. But for Kurts Marschall, the wait through 2020 was even more agonising after missing the 2019 international season due to injuries.
The Australian 5000m Championships have attracted stellar fields to headline a bumper program at Saturday night’s Sydney Track Classic as the Coles Summer Super Series reaches full velocity.
Dual world champion Jaryd Clifford and Rio Olympian Linden Hall have led the charge at the Canberra Track Classic tonight, breaking a world record and clocking an Olympic qualifier respectively at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Adding to a bumper week of athletics action is the third leg of the Coles Summer Super Series - the Sydney Track Classic, just two days after the Canberra Track Classic.