August 

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• Osaka poised for increased anti-doping
  The forthcoming World Championships in Osaka will be subject to the largest anti-doping programme ever conducted by the IAAF, its president Lamine Diack has confirmed.
• Confucius says...Beijing medal predictions a waste of time
  Confucius was no dill. The esteemed Chinese thinker and social philosopher knew full well what it took to be successful.
• Queensland wishes Osaka athletes well
  Six Queensland athletes will be a part of the Australian track and field team that will contest the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics commencing on August 25, 2007 in Osaka, Japan.
• Record numbers in Osaka
  The IAAF has confirmed that 203 of its 212 member federations will compete in the 11th edition of the World Championships in Athletics, commencing on Saturday in Osaka, Japan.
• Mottram delivers in Scotland
  Craig Mottram promised to run the first sub-four minute mile at Grangemouth Stadium overnight and he delivered, speeding to a time of 3:56.89 seconds at the Celtic Cup Dream Mile in Scotland.
• The inside word on Tamsyn's fine form...
  This week on HFL we speak with Justin Lewis, brother and coach of red-hot Tamsyn.
• Hooker flies to fourth European win
  World No. 1 pole vaulter Steve Hooker has soared to his fourth victory in Europe, taking out the Folksam Grand Prix title in Gothenburg overnight.
• Buster eyes London joy
  Craig Mottram will contest his last race before the World Championships at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meet in London on Friday night and has vowed to challenge the eight-minute barrier over the two-mile event.
• Mottram heads to worlds a winner
  Craig Mottram has completed his World Championships preparations on a winning note, cruising to a commanding victory over two miles at the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace.
• Benita and Donna cruise to weekend victories
  Donna MacFarlane and Benita Johnson have topped off their preparations for the World Championships, securing emphatic victories at the Tasmania Cross Country Championships and Townsville 10.5km over the weekend.
• Parnov set to create history in Osaka
  With only 19 days to go until the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, selectors have announced that exciting young pole vaulter Vicky Parnov will join the Australian team, and existing team member Patrick Johnson will compete in the 100m.
• One year out...
  A number of Australia's leading athletes consider the road to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
• Miller to captain Australian Universiade team
  University of Canberra student and AIS scholarship holder Adam Miller was today named captain of the Australian team, currently preparing in Bangkok, Thailand for the 24th edition of the World University Games, or Universiade.
• Deakes withdraws from 20km walk at world titles
  Although selected in both the 20km and 50km walks for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Osaka, world 50km race walk record holder Nathan Deakes has decided to forego the 20km event to concentrate solely on the longer distance.
• Motivated McLellan's Olympic dream
  Moved by Cathy Freeman's gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games was a wide-eyed youngster named Sally McLellan.
• Sweep of qualifiers at Universiade
  Pleasing results from the Australian team filled the first day of competition at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Wroe and Grant through to Universiade final
  Victories to Australian team captain Adam Miller and 400m duo Sean Wroe and Dylan Grant highlighted day two of the World University Games in Bangkok.
• Gold for Crowther, silver for Samuels at World Unis
  AIS athlete Robbie Crowther has added a second international gold medal to his trophy cabinet, winning the long jump at the 2007 Universiade with a new personal best of 8.02m.
• Golden glory for Wroe in Bangkok
  Talented Victorian Sean Wroe has delivered Australia's first gold medal of the 2007 World University Games, winning the men's 400m in impressive style last night.
• Relay boys emphatic in heat
  In an otherwise quiet day at the World University Games, the highlight came in the 4 x 400m relay heat as Australia decimated the opposition in cruising to victory in 3.08.24.
• Final Australian team confirmed for Osaka
  With only 11 days until the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, selectors have made the final additions to the Australian team naming Jeffrey Riseley (800m), Chris Noffke (long jump) and Joshua Robinson (javelin).
• Silver caps successful Universiade
  The final day of athletics action at the 24th Universiade in Bangkok reached its climax with a high quality men's 4 x 400m relay.
• Coaches, coaches and more coaches
  The last two editions of Higher Faster Longer - athletics.com.au's free weekly podcast - have been all about the great mentors in our sport.
• Blog: The big man lands in Osaka
  Strongman Scott Martin touches base from the World Championships destination.
• Silver for Bannister, PB for Riseley in Stockholm
  A new personal best for 800m runner Jeff Riseley and a silver medal to Jarrod Bannister in the javelin highlighted the Australian efforts at the 41st DN Galan meeting in Stockholm overnight.
• Thompson wants to show the world
  Doubt that Bronwyn Thompson would compete at the World Championships in Osaka vanished when the star long jumper was confirmed in the final Australian squad early last week.
• Confident Deakes well-placed
  With less than two weeks until the 50km race walk final in Osaka, world record holder Nathan Deakes is carrying the confidence expected of him.
• Steffensen set to take on the world
  One of Australia's brightest hopes on the track at the World Championship in Osaka, which commence this week, is Bankstown Sports Athletics Club athlete John Steffensen.
• Bring it on: Cullen
  With the Australian 4 x 100m women's World Championships relay squad entering its final preparations in Cairns, member Fiona Cullen recognises the growing sense of team spirit as Osaka nears.
• Australia's best, West's own
  In Osaka most athletes will focus on one event, some maybe two or three. Australia's Kylie Wheeler will take on seven in two days, but such is life for a heptathlete.
• Australian trio elected in IAAF Congress
  Coinciding with the lead-in to the World Championships, the 46th IAAF Congress was held in Osaka on Wednesday.
• Osaka: The final countdown
  Little more than a day remains until the commencement of the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan - the 11th edition of a meet that showcases the very best in pure athletics.
• Thompson and Martin named Team Australia captains
  With less than one day to go until the opening of the 11th IAAF World Championships, Athletics Australia has named seasoned campaigner Bronwyn Thompson and Victorian big man Scott Martin as captains of the Australian team in Osaka.
• Weightman selected for Udine
  Victorian Lisa Jane Weightman will be the sole Australian representative at the 2nd IAAF World Road Running Championships in Udine, Italy in October.
• Kerryn McCann faces her toughest challenge
  Commonwealth marathon champion Kerryn McCann has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will have treatment shortly after the birth of her child in the next fortnight.
• Samuels throws herself into My Heroes
  One of the rising stars of Australian athletics, Dani Samuels, has been appointed My Heroes Athletics Ambassador to coincide with her World Championships debut in Osaka, Japan.
• Unlucky MacFarlane bows out of worlds
  Steeplechase athlete Donna MacFarlane's World Championships aspirations have been destroyed by some terrible luck, losing a shoe 50 metres into her race.
• Team Australia updates - Day 1
  News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan as we get it.
• Trying opener for Team Australia
  Australia has persevered through a tough opening day at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, which included numerous first round exits, some terrible luck and a fall.
• Tallent to burn
  A few things have changed for race walker Jared Tallent since he competed as Australia’s youngest at Helsinki 2005.
• Hot start for Sally
  National champion Sally McLellan has powered into the Osaka 2007 quarter-finals and into second spot on the Australian all-time list after a scorching run in 34° heat in the first round of the women's 100m.
• Team Australia updates - Day 2
  News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• McLellan through to semis, Howe into final
  Twenty year-old Sally McLellan has advanced to the World Championships 100m semi-finals in a day that saw her set a personal best and climb to No. 2 on the Australian all-time list.
• Team Australia updates - Day 3
  News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• Rawlinson, McLellan progress
  Jana Rawlinson has qualified for the semi-finals of the women's 400m hurdles, winning her first round heat in 54.74.
• Now the hurdles for happy Sally
  Queensland's Sally McLellan has finished eighth in her 100m semi-final at Osaka 2007 in a time of 11.32 (-0.3).
• Team Australia updates - Day 4
  News from the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• Triple play on the track
  John Steffensen, Sean Wroe and Patrick Johnson have enjoyed a successful morning in Osaka, progressing to the next stage of their respective events.
• Jana flies into final
  Jana Rawlinson has qualified fastest in the 400m hurdles semi-finals to book a spot in the main event on Thursday evening.
• Team Australia updates - Day 5
  News from the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• Corrigan and Jamieson advance
  Australia's 1500m duo of Lisa Corrigan and Sarah Jamieson have advanced to Friday night's semi-finals.
• Steff edged, Wroe runs a PB
  John Steffensen has narrowly missed a berth in the Osaka 2007 400m final, finishing fourth in his semi in a time of 44.95.
• Hooked on a feeling
  No bones about it, world No. 1 Steve Hooker believes he has what it takes to win at Osaka 2007.
• The worlds according to Buster
  Yesterday Richard Welsh, our man in Osaka, attended a press conference to hear from the man they call 'Buster'.
• Team Australia updates - Day 6
  News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• Team Australia updates - Day 7
  News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
• Saville disqualified
  Olympic Games bronze medallist Jane Saville's sixth World Championships campaign didn't quite go as planned, disqualified after 11km.
• Super-mum surges to gold, glorious gold
  Jana Rawlinson has claimed Australia's first medal of Osaka 2007 and her second world title with a stunning win in the 400m hurdles final.
• Letherby firms for Berlin
  Australian marathon hope Andrew Letherby’s Berlin preparations have firmed with promising results in recent weeks.
• Gowa, Jump Start athletes savour Cairns
  Members of Athletics Australia's Jump Start to London squad enjoyed a successful trip to the Ocean Grand Prix and Melanesian Championships, highlighted by some superb individual efforts.