January 

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• Steffensen cleared
  Commonwealth Games 400m champion John Steffensen has been cleared by Athletics Australia following a tribunal hearing in Sydney on Wednesday evening.
• IAAF gives Canberra big tick
  A visit to Canberra by a senior IAAF official has brought some very welcome news for athletics in the nation's capital.
• Twilight race for selection trials
  March's national selection trials for the 2008 World Cross Country Championships will be Athletics Australia's first foray at the new-look Stromlo Forest Park.
• Sprinters set to ignite at Sydney Track Classic
  With warm conditions forecast, the third annual Sydney Track Classic is set to provide ideal sprinting conditions this Saturday as Australia's best athletes commence their preparations for the Beijing Olympics.
• Abdi safe, heading home
  World Championships representative Youcef Abdi is confirmed to return to Australia from his training base in Kenya next week.
• Walkers put to the test
  It's a case of some of the best getting even better with the Australian Institute of Sport's walks camp currently underway in the nation's capital.
• M and M star at Sydney Track Classic
  The new year got off to an electric start at the Sydney Track Classic with Olympic A-qualifiers recorded by Sally McLellan and Scott Martin.
• Canberra to continue tradition
  Following Friday's Briggs Athletics Classic in Hobart, Australian athletes will switch their focus to the nation's capital for the Canberra Athletics Classic on January 26 and 27.
• Fast 1500m set for Tassie on Friday
  On June 5, 1976, Tasmanian Randall Markey ran 3.39.98 for the 1500m in New Zealand. It still stands as the Tasmanian record; the magical barrier of 3min 40sec has never been bettered in the Apple Isle.
• Ping, power and partnerships
  To jump takes 'ping', to sprint takes 'power' and relays take 'partnerships'. On Friday night, spectators will get it all.
• Juniors On Tour heads into Hobart
  Next time you thumb the pages of a track and field program, take a moment to consider how an athlete found themselves on the start lists.
• Toe won't stop Jana
  Despite toe surgery ruling her out of the two biggest meets on the Australian athletics calendar, Jana Rawlinson's Beijing preparations are very much intact.
• Kealey the star of 2008 Briggs Classic
  Mitch Kealey produced the fastest 1500 metres ever run in Tasmania to be the clear choice as athlete of the meet at Friday night's Briggs Athletics Classic.
• Summer Down Under welcomes world mark
  Sunday's competition in the 2008 Arrive Alive Summer Down Under International Track and Road Racing Series saw a new world record set in the T53 men's 800m race.
• Mottram to face Bekele test in Melbourne
  With 200 days to go until the Beijing Olympics, Craig Mottram's preparations have been given a boost with the news that two of Ethiopia's foremost distance runners will compete in Melbourne next month.
• Canberra's reputation goes on the line
  Reputation as Australia's fastest track goes on the line this weekend when the nation's best sprinters descend on the capital for the Canberra Athletics Classic.
• Canberra to put Paralympic athletes on display
  This weekend's Canberra Athletics Classic will provide an opportunity for Australia's top Paralympic athletes to launch their campaigns for Beijing.
• Countdown to Olympic Trials begins in Canberra
  With just one month until the Olympic Selection Trials, national performance manager Max Binnington has thrown out a challenge to those seeking a spot on the Australian Olympic team ahead of this weekend's Canberra Athletics Classic.
• Stars to converge for Australian Athletics Cup
  While the focus is on Canberra this week, the cream of Australia and New Zealand's athletes will head to Brisbane for the Australian Athletics Cup on Saturday, February 2.
• Sally celebrates Australia Day
  Sally McLellan produced the highlight performance of Saturday's Canberra Athletics Classic, recording the fastest 100m hurdles ever by an Australian on Australian soil.
• Hewitt continues welcome return
  For all of the deserved excitement of another superb performance from track darling Sally McLellan, the re-emergence of experienced campaigner Lauren Hewitt has caught its share of eyes in recent weeks too.
• Tallent wins, 400 relays burn in Canberra
  A clinical victory to Jared Tallent in the 20km walk opened the second day of Canberra 2008, with the 23 year-old claiming a B-qualifier in a time of 1:24.20.
• Mottram fastest on US soil - Hooker joins 6m club
  Craig Mottram and Steve Hooker have both put the disappointment of the World Championships behind them with stunning performances at home and abroad.
• Hooker hits the heights
  Former world No. 1 Steve Hooker has joined the exclusive 6.00m club, clearing the magical barrier in interclub competition in Perth.
• Shirvington sees bronze, silver, maybe gold lining
  Respected sprinter Matt Shirvington sees no reason why Australia's 4 x 100m relay team can't qualify for this year's Olympics and even find itself on the podium.
• Thompson hits the board
  National long jump champion Bronwyn Thompson made a successful start to her 2008 campaign on Saturday, winning in the capital with a leap of 6.44m.
• Fearnley takes fourth straight Oz Day
  Kurt Fearnley's 2008 account has opened in the same manner as his brilliant 2007, equalling his course record in the annual Oz Day 10km wheelchair race.
• Australia Day weekend delivers performances, promise
  Sally McLellan's scorching hurdles victory in Canberra, Craig Mottram's stunning indoor 3000m record in the USA and Steve Hooker's six-metre leap in Perth were the big stories of a fruitful Australia Day weekend.
• McLellan in foreign territory
  The return of five-time national 200m champion Lauren Hewitt to competition is the perfect motivation for Queensland's sprint queen Sally McLellan at the Australian Athletics Cup in Brisbane this Saturday.
• More than just numbers
  When Justin Merlino tore over the high hurdles at last year's national championships, his result was the second fastest ever by an Australian athlete.
• Sprint stars coming to Briggs Athletics Classic
  Australia’s best male sprinters have confirmed for the 2009 Briggs Athletics Classic.
• Hooker set to reprise Russian battle
  Olympic gold medallist Steve Hooker OAM will come face-to-face with the man he defeated in a heart-stopping Olympic battle in Beijing when he jumps against Russian Yevgeniy Lukyanenko in Australia this summer.
• Cadbury Marathon promises record numbers
  Chocolate and running will go hand in hand when the 25th edition of the Cadbury Marathon is contested in Hobart on Sunday.
• Ultra Runners of the Year 2007
  The Australian Ultra Runners Association has named Tim Cochrane (NSW) and June Petrie (VIC) as its athletes of 2007.
• Tasmanians dominate at Cadbury
  Glorious weather greeted a bumper field at the 25th Cadbury Marathon on Sunday morning.
• Just one remains in the Greatest Race
  The Greatest Race On Earth (GROE) is poised for a Kenyan double after John Ekiru Kelai took the Mumbai Marathon, the challenge's third stop.
• Learning from the Falls
  When a training group of 85 takes to the tracks of Victoria's Falls Creek in early January, it's indication that distance running in Australia is in good shape.
• New year, next squad
  Athletics Australia is pleased to announce its Under 17 Development Squad for 2008, providing a talented group of junior athletes with some valuable opportunities.
• Win the best of athletics for your school
  World 400m champion Jeremy Wariner will join a host of international and Australian stars including Jamaica's 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, Craig Mottram, Steve Hooker, Josh Ross and Sally McLellan as they begin their Beijing campaign in Australia.