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  • A baby boy for the McCanns
    The athletics family in Australia extends its congratulations and sincere best wishes to Kerryn McCann and husband Greg on the birth of their son Cooper Patrick McCann.
  • Hear from our CEO
    Athletics Australia chief executive officer Danny Corcoran is this week's guest on Higher Faster Longer, athletics.com.au's free podcast.
  • Australian team heads for Fortaleza
    A small team of Australia's leading athletes with an intellectual disability depart on Thursday for the 6th INAS-FID World Athletics Championships in Fortaleza, Brazil.
  • Maiden gold on the mountains
    Australia has had a strong showing in the weekend's WRMA World Mountain Running Trophy in Ovronnaz, Switzerland, claiming individual and team gold medals.
  • Victorian Sport and Recreation Award nominations extended
    The closing date for nominations has been extended to September 26.
  • Brave efforts on day seven
    An otherwise frustrating day for Team Australia finished with an impressive run from the men's 4 x 100m relay team.
  • Family gives champ her edge
    The day after capturing her second world 400m hurdles title, golden super-mum Jana Rawlinson's superb achievement is finally sinking in.
  • Team Australia updates - Day 8
    News from the track and field at the World Championships in Osaka as we get it.
  • Deakes is king of the world
    World record holder and dual Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Australia's Nathan Deakes is now world champion of the 50km race walk.
  • Fearnley realises worlds debut
    Osaka 2007 marks a very special occasion for a man that isn't a household name in Australian sport but probably should be.
  • Golden debut for Fearnley
    On a day that started with a gold medal to Nathan Deakes in the men's 50km walk, Australia found a second champion after Kurt Fearnley's triumph in the 1500m wheelchair exhibition event.
  • Not to be for Buster
    An arduous, tactical men's 5000m final has seen Craig Mottram finish 13th in Australia's final event of the 11th IAAF World Championships.
  • Sally's education continues in Zurich
    After setting a personal best in the 100m and just missing the final of the 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Osaka, the learning experience for Sally McLellan continues in Zurich tonight.
  • So near yet so far
    As the dust settles on Osaka 2007, Athletics Australia lauds the achievements of its two world champions but identifies the work to be done before Beijing 2008.
  • Valuable experience for McLellan in Zurich
    After just missing the final of the 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Osaka, the learning experience for Sally McLellan continued in Zurich last night, finishing sixth in a time of 12.86 sec - her fastest time off the Nagai Stadium track.
  • Super Sally blitzes in Rieti
    Three-time national sprint champion Sally McLellan has continued her fine form in Europe, taking out the women's 100m at yesterday's IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting in Rieti, Italy.
  • Re-live the worlds
    Visitors to athletics.com.au can re-live the big moments of the World Championships in Osaka.
  • Mottram speaks of injury
    Distance runner Craig Mottram has revealed the reason behind his poor performance at the recent IAAF World Championships in Osaka, where he finished a disappointing 13th in the final of the 5000m.
  • McLellan, Jamieson to brush with the best in Brussels
    With the lucrative IAAF World Athletics Final just around the corner, this weekend's last two IAAF Golden League meets will determine who's hot and who's not ahead of the 2007 outdoor season's finale in Stuttgart.
  • Valuable experience for McLellan
    Sixth in a time of 13.00 seconds, the learning experience for Gold Coast sprint hurdler Sally McLellan continued at the IAAF Golden League meet in Brussels on Friday night.
  • McLellan claims four Osaka scalps in Berlin
    Storming down the straight in the second-fastest time of her career, Gold Coast sprint hurdler Sally McLellan has dipped across the line to place fourth in the final edition of this year's IAAF Golden League held in Berlin overnight.
  • Rawlinson wins in Warsaw
    World 400m hurdles champion Jana Rawlinson has continued her dominance of the calendar year, winning overnight at the Pedros Cup in Warsaw in 54.55.
  • Serious dash for Stuttgart cash
    Gold Coast sprint star Sally McLellan believes she is in good enough form to break her own Australian 100m hurdles record at the lucrative IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart this weekend.
  • Bronze for Jamieson in Stuttgart
    Fighting back after a disappointing world championships campaign, Victorian Sarah Jamieson collected the bronze medal in the women's 1500m at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart overnight.
  • Jesien pips Rawlinson in World Athletics Final upset
    In an upset on day two of the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, dual world champion Jana Rawlinson was out-dipped on the line by Osaka bronze medallist Anna Jesien in the women's 400m hurdles.
  • Deakes defeats Brugnetti on home soil
    Taking on the formidable Italians on home turf at the Pino Dordoni Memorial International in Piacenza, recently crowned world champion Nathan Deakes has claimed victory in the 10km race walking event by the barest of margins.
  • Buy athlete photos online
    Thanks to Getty Images, the official photographer of Athletics Australia, visitors to athletics.com.au can now purchase images of their favourite athletes online.
  • Global spread in weekend events
    A share of quality Australian athletes will compete in Russia, Shanghai, Newcastle and Berlin this weekend as their 2007 campaigns draw to a close.
  • Rawlinson concludes season on a high note
    Bouncing back the only way she knows how, dual world champion Jana Rawlinson has demolished her opposition at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix overnight.
  • Adams secures World Challenge title
    AIS athlete Luke Adams has signed off his season in triumphant style, taking out the IAAF Race Walking Challenge overnight.
  • Warm cross hits Perth
    Despite predictions of rain, Perth delivered a typical fine and warm weekend for the Telstra Australian Cross Country Championships.
  • Mudgee Marathon well run
    The Mudgee Marathon weekend over August 25 to 27 provided over 150 participants with sunny conditions for the three categories of events.
  • Stromlo facility set to open
    Athletics ACT has confirmed that the new Stromlo Forest Park cross-country circuit will open with its first event on November 18.
  • Mountain running up close: Jackie Fairweather
    This year' World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge saw 4200 competitors from 50 countries line up in Interlaken, Switzerland for the gruelling race.
  • The right reasons
    At 34, Olympian Lee Troop feels younger than he has in a long time.
  • Gold Coast locked in for '08
    More than 16,000 people from around the world are set to 'Embrace The Next Step' and participate in the 30th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon on Sunday, July 6, 2008.
  • Second title for Jacobs
    Trevor Jacobs from Weston Creek Athletics Club made it two world mountain running titles in less than 12 months with victory in Bludenz, Austria on Sunday.
  • Kenyans dominate Sydney Marathon
    The weekend's Sydney Marathon, part of the 2007 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, saw Kenyan athletes take out the first four positions in the men's event.
  • Singapore slings Gowa a gold
    Jump Start to London squad member Otis Gowa has won gold in the 100m on day one of the 69th Singapore Open Championships.
  • Idris launches World Junior qualifier
    World Youth Championships representative Jamal Idris (NSW) threw an early World Junior qualifier in the javelin on day two to continue the Jump Start to London squad's success at the 69th Singapore Open Championships.