August 

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• Athletics Australia Media Operations
  Athletics Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Jump Media to co-ordinate media and communication activities for the remainder of the European athletics season and the 2006-07 domestic season, Telstra A-series and Telstra Australian Championships.
• Commonwealth Games starlet steals the show at the Telstra Australian Half Marathon Championships
  Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Kerryn McCann cruised to victory at the Telstra Australian Half Marathon Championships on Sunday morning.
• Commonwealth Game Stars Head Road Championships Team
  Commonwealth Games representatives Anna Thompson, Lauren Shelley, Martin Dent and Shane Nankervis head the Australian team to compete in the 1st IAAF Road Running Championships.
• Next generation gather on the Gold Coast
  The next generation of Australian Olympians gather on the Gold Coast today to begin their final preparations for the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships.
• Deakes Heads To Hobart To Make 30km Debut
  Four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nathan Deakes will take on a new challenge when he races over 30km for the first time in his career at the Telstra Australian 30km championship to be held in Hobart on Sunday 27 August.
• Joint Statement from Athletics Australia and Athletics Victoria
  A wide range of stakeholders participated yesterday in a State Government-hosted workshop to discuss the future of athletics in Victoria.
• Combined Athletes Join National Development Squad
  Athletics Australia�s new Under 17 National Development Squad has been extended to include five specialist Combined Event athletes. These athletes have been hand picked by National Youth Event Coach Peter Hannan, who had a tough time sorting through the pool of talented junior athletes.
• One million minutes to make a difference in Beijing
  With two years from today to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, prospective members of the Australian track and field team have a little over one million opportunities to make a difference between now and the Games opening ceremony.
• Australian world junior traditions set to continue in Beijing
  Australia has a strong tradition at the IAAF World Junior Championships and this tradition looks set to continue at the 2006 edition in Beijing next week. In the first of a two-part series, David Tarbotton takes a look at Australia�s success in the men�s 800m and long jump at the world junior titles � beginning with the 800m.
• Leapers looking for bounce in Beijing
  Australia has a strong tradition at the IAAF World Junior Championships and this tradition looks set to continue at the 2006 edition in Beijing next week. The Australian team left Australia this morning and in the second instalment of a two-part series, David Tarbotton takes a look at Australia�s success in the men�s long jump at the world junior titles.
• Vale Jack Pross
  Jack Pross 5th September 1919 - 9th August 2006
• Samuels and Noffke lead Australia into action in Beijing
  World Youth champions Dani Samuels and Chris Noffke will head the medal chances of the 47-member Australian team at the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships commencing in Beijing tomorrow.
• New sprint name to watch in Australian athletics
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing China Day One Morning Session
• Samuels leads Australian finalists in Beijing
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China Day One Evening Session Wrap
• Johnson opens European campaign with victory in Tallinn
  World Championships finalist Patrick Johnson opened his European campaign with a victory over 100m in Tallinn, Estonia, overnight.
• Crowther leaps to World Junior gold in Beijing
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China Day Two � Evening Session Wrap
• Mulcahy motors to 200m personal best in Beijing
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China
• Mottram, Hooker and Burgess lead Australian hopes in Zurich
  The international athletics circuit resumes tomorrow night after a three week hiatus, with the IAAF Golden League in Zurich, with Craig Mottram racing over 1500m and pole vaulters Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess looking to continue their European success.The international athletics circuit resumes tomorrow night after a three week hiatus, with the IAAF Golden League in Zurich, with Craig Mottram racing over 1500m and pole vaulters Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess looking to continue their European success.
• Decision time for talented teenager
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China Day Three Wrap
• Murray faces uphill battle in title defence
  Canberra's Emma Murray faces her greatest running challenge this Sunday when she attempts to successfully defend her World Long Distance Mountain Running championship title at the Pike's Peak Marathon in the USA.
• Personal bests and finals spots for Australians in Beijing
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China
• Parnov collects "pretty cool" bronze at World Juniors in Beijing
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China
• World Juniors day five morning wrap
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China
• World Juniors Day Five Wrap
  IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing, China Day Five Wrap
• Samuels in a spin with World Junior gold
  Sydney teenager Dani Samuels produced a new personal best and beat a 16-year-old Australian junior record to clinch the world junior discus title in Beijing tonight.
• Murray defends World Mountain running title
  Canberra's Emma Murray has overnight won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championship for the second year in a row.
• Tasmania the focus for winter championships
  More than 1000 athletes will converge on Tasmania this weekend for the School Sport Australia and Telstra Australian Cross Country Championship and the Telstra Australian men�s 30km and women�s 10km Walks Championship.
• Johnson speeds to 200m PB in Malmo
  Australian 100m record holder Patrick Johnson sped to a new personal best over 200m at the MAI-Galan meeting in Malmo, Sweden, last night.
• Indigenous Athletics Camp a Big Success
  The beachside town of Scotts Head in New South Wales hosted the very first inclusive Indigenous track and field camp ever to be held in Australia. 31 (16 boys and 15 girls) athletes from areas such as Armidale, Moree and Newcastle arrived on Thursday 17th August to the news that Indigenous athlete Robbie Crowther had just won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Beijing with an Australian junior record long jump leap of 8m. This news set the standard for the weekend with all athletes trying to "do a Robbie" by performing and training to their best ability.
• MacFarlane searching for first national title
  Tasmanian Donna MacFarlane has made rapid progress since her return to elite athletics after a break to start a family � with world championship and Commonwealth Games bronze medals already safely secure in the trophy cabinet. This weekend she gets the chance to win her first national title.
• Troop on the march in bid to re-claim crown
  After a period in the wilderness due to injuries, dual Olympic marathon representative Lee Troop is back in form and ready to re-claim a crown he last held six years ago.
• Deakes targets Australian record in Hobart
  The Australian 30km walk record looks set to be broken if Nathan Deakes gets his way at the Derwent Entertainment Centre this Sunday.
• Troop, Deakes and MacFarlane headline in Hobart
  A resurgent Lee Troop, Nathan Deakes with his eye on the full list of Australian titles and records and a hometown hero in Donna McFarlane will have sports fans in Tasmania well satisfied this weekend.
• No horsing around as Troop re-claims crown
  Dual Olympic marathon representative Lee Troop�s resurrection as one of Australia�s premier distance runners continues, with the 33-year-old capturing the Telstra Australian cross country title in emphatic style in Hobart today.
• Deakes dominates and sets new Australian record
  Olympic bronze medallist Nathan Deakes made his debut over 30km and walked away with a new Australian record at the Telstra Australian Road Walk Championships in Hobart today.
• Busy weekend for Australian athletes abroad
  Australian athletes continued their run of good performances around the world, with excellent performances in Italy and America overnight and Belgium on Friday - with Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess again in the top three in the pole vault, Benita Johnson out sprinted by a world marathon champion in New York and Tatiana Grigorieva equalling her personal best in Brussels.
• Mona anointed Victorian Father of the Year
  Marathon man Steve Moneghetti has added yet another title to his long list of achievements, being named Victorian Father of the Year.
• Mottram to defend IAAF World Cup title in Athens
  Craig Mottram will defend his 3000m title at the IAAF World Cup in Athens next month, following the announcement of the Oceania team today.
• Personal Bests for Mottram and Wellings in Zurich
  Craig Mottram and Eloise Wellings produced personal bests and Steve Hooker and Paul Burgess continued to impress at the IAAF Golden League meeting in Zurich last night.
• Benita hits the streets of New York
  Central New York will shut down on Sunday for Benita Johnson. Benita and 10,000 other runners in the inaugural New York half marathon.