April 

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• Benita conquers Berlin Half Marathon
  Benita Johnson's preparations for the Flora London Marathon on April 22 are on track after winning her final lead-up race, the Berlin Half Marathon, yesterday.
• Fearnley unlucky in Laureus
  Champion Australian wheelchair athlete and Olympic gold medallist Kurt Fearnley's winning streak has come to an end - though only off the track.
• INAS-FID World Championships squad announced
  Athletics Australia and AUSRAPID have invited 15 athletes to compete in the 2007 INAS-FID World Athletics Championships from September 16-23.
• Martin looks beyond injury
  Almost four weeks after surgery to repair a major ligament in his foot, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Scott Martin's rehabilitation is well underway with his sights firmly fixed on the road to Osaka.
• Masters athletes head to Hobart for Easter
  Hobart’s Domain Athletic Centre will be a hive of activity over Easter when it hosts the Australian Masters Athletics Championships.
• Drama and controversy at the 2007 Australia Post Stawell Gift
  The 2007 Australia Post Stawell Gift is the most open in a decade, with less than two-tenths of a second separating the top 24 runners following the heats of the 126th running of the Easter classic.
• Aussie action in Europe this weekend
  The Aussie onslaught overseas has begun and Craig Mottram, Lee Troop, Kurt Fearnley, Victoria Mitchell and our race walkers are all set to wave the flag in Europe this weekend. In addition, Sonia O'Sullivan will compete in her last race in Ireland.
• Mitchell spoils O'Sullivan's farewell, Fearnley victorious in Paris
  Victories to four Australian athletes, strong performances by our walkers, a farewell to Sonia O'Sullivan and the end of Craig Mottram's reign in Ireland highlighted a big weekend of overseas action.
• Octathletes named for Ostrava
  Victorian Daniel Bailey and Queenslander Adam Bevis have been selected in the Australian team to compete at the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships to be held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from 11-15 July 2007.
• Athletics Australia to seek new partnerships
  One of the most valuable sponsorship properties in Australian sport will be available from 2008 following the conclusion of the eight-year partnership between Athletics Australia and principal sponsor Telstra at the end of 2007.
• Vale Alastair "Scotchy" Gordon
  The athletics family lost one of its great characters with the passing of Alastair "Scotchy" Gordon on the morning of ANZAC Day, 25 April 2007, aged 78.
• Jarrod Stevens named WAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week
  Recording the second best throw for the men's hammer in Boise State University history, Jarrod Stevens was named the Western Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week.
• Walkers step into third leg of Race Walking Challenge
  Following on from their solid performance at the opening event of the 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Mexico, Aussies Luke Adams and Jared Tallent will continue their Olympic and World Cup preparations in the third leg of the series which kicks off in Beijing this morning.
• Major marathon mission for Benita
  2004 World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson is seeking to become just the second Australian woman to win a World Marathon Major title when she competes in the Flora London Marathon this Sunday.
• Anlezark still in the picture
  While many of our best athletes enjoyed the rewards of a successful domestic season and have turned their attention to overseas challenges, an Australian champion waits on the cusp for a change of fortune.
• Super Sally's first taste of Japan
  Sprint sensation Sally McLellan returns to international racing this weekend in what will be her first hit-out in the nation that is due to host the IAAF World Championships later this year.
• Mottram looking for three-peat in Central Park
  Central Park will be the stage for a match-up between two of the best young runners in the world when Craig Mottram lines up alongside American Dathan Ritzenhein, headlining a strong elite field set to compete in the Healthy Kidney 10K on Saturday, May 19.
• Fearnley pipped, Johnson proud to finish in London heat
  World No. 7 Benita Johnson finished seventh in Sunday's Flora London Marathon while Paralympian Kurt Fearnley's sensational streak finally came to an end.
• Fearnley returns to winner's circle
  One week after finishing second in a London Marathon nail-biter, Australian wheelchair champion Kurt Fearnley has rebounded impressively to claim the Seoul Marathon and a personal best in the process.
• Jeff rises to the top in Japan
  Emerging middle distance athlete Jeffrey Riseley made a fine impression during his first international outing at the Japanese Spring Circuit meeting in Shizuoka on Monday.
• Abdi heads classy Stawell mile
  Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Youcef Abdi has joined a top class field for the Northern Grampians Shire Herb Hedemann Invitation Mile this Easter Monday.
• Stawell Gift promises a thriller
  As the 2007 Stawell Gift carnival looms, the 126th edition of the nation's most famous foot-race looks set to be a thriller.
• Sullivan to hunt for fourth Stawell title
  Nine-time Paralympic gold medallist Tim Sullivan (2.0m) returns to Stawell this Easter weekend to attempt to claim his fourth title on the trot in the 2007 Bank@Post 120 metres Invitation for elite athletes with a disability.
• Canberra Marathon wins international award
  The Canberra Marathon has won a prestige international award for its Kids Marathon program.
• Wide open Canberra Marathon
  This Sunday's Canberra Marathon is one of the most open in the past 20 years.
• Magnus and Magda master marathon magic
  Victorian stayer Magnus Michelsson avenged last year's second place as he charged over the line to win the 2007 Canberra Marathon in a personal best time yesterday.
• Criniti crowned 50km road champ
  David Criniti had dual goals in Sunday�s Canberra Marathon and it looked as though breaking the 2.30 barrier for the first time was his highest priority.
• Wide open Canberra Marathon
  This Sunday's Canberra Marathon is one of the most open in the past 20 years. Any of seven men are in strong contention for outright honours with plenty of local interest in debut runners Mark Thompson and Anthony Haber, plus three-time winner Gemechu Woyecha.
• Allen claims Stawell
  Queenslander Nathan Allen has won the 126th edition of the Australia Post Stawell Gift.
• Successful Gallipoli Run in Perth
  In the beautiful conditions at the Synergy Parklands in Kings Park, athletes commemorated the ANZAC tradition and turned out in record numbers for the Synergy Gallipoli Run.
• Countdown begins to 29th Gold Coast Airport Marathon
  The first of the target 14,500 participants has entered this year’s Gold Coast Airport Marathon to be held on Sunday 1 July following the recent event launch.