Patterson crowned champion, Hull third as injury ends Nina’s season
Eleanor Patterson won the women’s high jump at the Diamond League final, as Jessica Hull took third in the women’s 1500m.
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Aussie tastes victory, but headlines snatched by stunning world records
Three Australians were among the top performers at a Diamond League meet lit up by two world record-breaking runs.
History made in astonishing 100m sprint race
The fastest 100m race of all time was staged on Monday morning. The times were so electric that Lachlan Kennedy didn’t make the historic final.
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Legend who slammed Aussie athletics reveals what’s changed
The Olympic gold medallist launched a scathing attack on Australian athletics during the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Five years on, his tune is totally different.
Sprint ace breaks 26-year record as Aussies claim nine golds in Glasgow
Outside the heroics on the track and in the field, Australia won gold medals in the pool and at the gymnastics, sending its table-topping haul of gold medals soaring.
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British phenom smashes men’s mile world record set in 1999
Josh Kerr of Great Britain shattered the men’s mile world record, and Australia’s Jessica Hull enjoyed a commanding 3000m win.
'Grateful I can walk': Star fighting back from freak gym accident
Erin Shaw did so much damage to her lower back that she underwent spinal fusion surgery and spent two months in a brace.
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Huge hand Nike and its rivals have played in Aussie athletics golden age
Many different "jigsaw pieces" have come together to form the richest era in Australian athletics since the 1950s.
Gout Gout shatters world under-20 record in mind-blowing run
In crazy scenes in Sydney on Sunday afternoon, Gout Gout and Aidan Murphy both broke the national men's 200-metre record.
Kennedy's classy gesture for Gout that set tongues wagging
Commercial interest in Lachie Kennedy has picked up in the wake of his 200-metre victory over Gout Gout last Saturday night.