July 

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• 8.15m for Watt on European debut
  Competing in his first-ever competition on the European circuit, Queensland long jump sensation Mitchell Watt has landed 8.15m (0.5) at the Lille Metropole meeting in France overnight.
• 8.15m for Watt on European debut
  Competing in his first-ever competition on the European circuit, Queensland long jump sensation Mitchell Watt has landed 8.15m (0.5) at the Lille Metropole meeting in France overnight.
• South Australian winners bound for Berlin
  The IAAF World Athletics Day slogan, 'Towards Berlin,' has taken on new meaning for not one but two lucky South Australians, who were last week named winners of the World Athletics Day trip to Berlin competition.
• Bird-Smith in full flight ahead of world youth titles
  Queenslander Dane Bird-Smith has turned on an impressive display in the 3000m walk in his final hit-out on the track ahead of the 6th IAAF world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Mexican entry boosts world youth nations to 180
  A record 180 nations will now participate at the 6th IAAF world youth championships in Bressanone after local organisers yesterday approved a late entry to the event from Mexico.
• World youth athletes set to go
  Australia's 22 world youth championships representatives are all set for tomorrow's departure for Europe after two days of competition on the Gold Coast.
• Big test for Aussies in Oslo
  There's six weeks to go until the starting gun fires for the commencement of the Berlin world championships and Australia's athletes are busy testing themselves against some of the world's best on the European circuit as the countdown to Berlin continues.
• Oslo GL: New lifetime best for Birmingham
  Australia's middle distance men were in rare form at the Bislett Games in Oslo, the second leg of the $US1 million IAAF Golden League on Friday night.
• Lapierre records longest jump by an Australian, defeats Saladino
  Assisted by a strong tailwind, reigning national champion Fabrice Lapierre has leapt a massive 8.57m, the best by an Australian in any conditions, to win the long jump competition at the Madrid Grand Prix in Spain overnight.
• Oodnadatta plays host to Olympic great
  Olympian and indigenous role model Kyle Vander Kuyp travelled to the remote community of Oodnadatta in South Australia recently as part of Athletics Australia's Athletics for the Outback program.
• Bressanone welcomes Aussie athletes to world youth event
  Australia's 22 world youth championships representatives have touched down in Bressanone, Italy, all set to launch their assault on the sixth edition of the meet.
• McLellan goes one-for-one in Europe
  Olympic 100m hurdles silver medallist Sally McLellan has kicked off her European campaign with a solid victory in Sotteville, France overnight.
• Aussies on track for action in Bressanone
  With just 24 hours to go before the commencement of competition at the 6th IAAF world youth championships, Australia's 22 athletes are all fired up to take on the world's best across five days of track and field action.
• Fab four set for Lausanne
  Australia's big guns Steve Hooker, Sally McLellan, Fabrice Lapierre and Kim Mickle will feature at tonight's Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• A Kenyan and Aussie double at record-breaking 31st Gold Coast Marathon
  A Kenyan marathon debutant and the closest finish in the event's history highlighted the 31st annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon held on Sunday 5 July with a record 23,398 running in the beautiful Queensland conditions.
• Samuels looks to go one better in '09
  Australians should be right in the thick of it when the medals are handed out at the World University Games if the first day of competition is an indication of things to come.
• Bressanone marks official start to world youth event
  Australia's 22 world youth championships representatives have today attended the official team lunch and opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the IAAF event, all set to get under way in Bressanone, Italy, on Wednesday.
• Super Sally blitzes top field in Lausanne
  Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan has blown away a world-class field, including the Olympic champion to win the 100m hurdles at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meet in Lausanne, Switzerland overnight.
• Williamsz, Rowe first to fire in Bressanone
  Australia's world youth championships campaign is off to a flying start with 800m athletes Jordan Williamsz and Alex Rowe this morning progressing through the heats of the two-lap event.
• Speers launches into discus final
  Liam Speers has this morning become the first Australian to progress to a world youth championships final for 2009, qualifying for this afternoon's deciding round of the boys' discus throw.
• Beck goes sub-48 on overseas debut
  Alex Beck has turned on a blistering display in the heats of the 400m, posting a new personal best time to advance to the semi-finals of the one-lap event at the world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Jumpers join the action in Bressanone
  It was mixed results for Australia's jumps representatives at the world youth championships today as track and field action continued to heat up in Bressanone, Italy.
• PB sees Speers into world youth top eight
  New South Wales athlete Liam Speers has set a new personal best to place eighth in the final of the boys' discus throw at the world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Samuels strikes gold at World Uni Games
  Sydney athlete Dani Samuels has won Australia's first medal in any sport at this year's World University Games in Belgrade, securing the gold medal in the discus.
• Cole and Thomas progress through to semi-finals
  Day two of the World University Games in Belgrade and it's a day where some medals are likely to come Australia's way in the evening session.
• Martin musters up an A-qualifier
  With only ten days to go until the qualifying window closes for the world championships, Victorian shot putter Scott Martin has thrown his first A-qualifier, launching the ball 20.45m to victory in Salamanca overnight.
• Aussie flag flies high in Bressanone
  All six Australians in action in this morning's session of the world youth championships have successfully advanced through the qualifying rounds to ensure the Aussie flag will be flying high in Bressanone in coming days.
• Rowe headlines track action on day two in Bressanone
  Alex Rowe is on track for a top eight finish at the world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy, after advancing through to Saturday's final of the 800m.
• Neville into high jump final with new best mark
  High jumper Andrew Neville has posted a new personal best height in the qualifying rounds of the boys' high jump to book his place in Saturday's final at the world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Top-five finish for Peacock in hammer final
  Huw Peacock has recorded a new personal best to finish fifth in the hammer throw at the world youth titles.
• Bird-Smith flies into top eight
  Dane Bird-Smith has scored Australia's fourth top-eight finish at the world youth titles for 2009, finishing eighth in today's 10,000m walk.
• Pape bags 800m gold
  Madeleine Pape has won Australia's second gold medal of the World University Games with a dominating performance in the women's 800m.
• Thomas tops red hot tally
  Following on from an outstanding domestic season and solid preparations in Europe, 400m hurdler Tristan Thomas has taken gold at the World University Games in Belgrade overnight.
• Pejkovic wins silver at world youth titles
  Amy Pejkovic has claimed Australia's first medal at the 6th IAAF world youth championships, taking out the silver medal in the girls' high jump.
• Riseley moves to second on Australian all-time list in Rome
  Beijing Olympian Jeff Riseley has backed up from his fast mile in Oslo last week with an equally impressive 3.32.93 for the 1500m at the Golden Gala meet in Rome.
• AIS walks squad joins world youth action
  Australia's world youth championships cheer squad received a boost yesterday when the AIS race walking team took time out from its training camp in St Moritz, Switzerland, to lend its support to the athletes in action in Bressanone.
• Aussies advance in Bressanone
  Australian long jumper Brooke Stratton and javelin thrower Luanga Andria have today moved through to world youth finals in their respective events, booking berths in tomorrow's final day of competition in Bressanone, Italy.
• Neville, Rowe go top-eight at world youth titles
  High jumper Andrew Neville and 800m runner Alex Rowe have added another two top-eight finishes to Australia's tally on day four of the world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Mixed bag in Belgrade
  Saturday in Belgrade featured Australians in just 6 events, the quietest day on the program, and was somewhat of a mixed bag of results.
• Three top-eight finishes cap world youth titles
  Australia has notched another three top-eight finishes at the world youth championships on the final day of competition in Bressanone, Italy.
• Gold and silver served up in Serbia
  The men's 4 x 400m relay team of Chris Troode, Brendan Cole, Tristan Thomas and Sean Wroe have taken Australia's gold medal tally to four at the World University Games overnight, making it the best performance by an Australian team in the events 72-year history.
• Curtain closes on world youth championships
  After five days of hard-fought track and field action the curtain has closed on the 6th IAAF world youth championships in Bressanone, Italy.
• Hooker falls just 9 days short of undefeated year
  Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker may have lost his first competition in almost twelve months, but the outlook is still promising with the 26-year-old declaring he 'felt physically 100% for the first time in ages'.
• Hooker falls just 9 days short of undefeated year
  Olympic gold medalist Steve Hooker may have lost his first competition in almost twelve months, but the outlook is still promising with the 26-year-old declaring he 'felt physically 100% for the first time in ages'.
• Pittman-Rawlinson back on track
  Reigning world 400m hurdles champion Jana Pittman-Rawlinson has made a return to competition in Luzern overnight, finishing a promising second behind Romania's Angela Morosanu.
• Pittman-Rawlinson back on track
  Reigning world 400m hurdles champion Jana Pittman-Rawlinson has made a return to competition in Luzern overnight, finishing a promising second behind Romania's Angela Morosanu.
• Bolt defies the wet and cold conditions as Steffensen misfires
  Australian John Steffensen took to the track for his second appearance at the IAAF Golden League this season in the men's 400m in Paris. In Rome last week, Steffensen led the field early and perhaps only for lack of racing did he fade in the home stretch to place fourth in 45.28s. So it was onto Paris, and after a hit-out in Reims on Tuesday (45.65s) expectations were high that Steffensen would finally hit his straps and perhaps get back under 45 seconds for the first time in two years.
• Forrest sneaks in last-minute B-qualifier
  Australian distance runner Shawn Forrest has sliced half a second from his 5000m personal best in Heusden, Belgium overnight, adding a second B-qualifier to his tally, a day before the qualifying window closes for next month's world championships.
• Watt a jump by Mitchell - 8.43m in Rethymno
  Queensland long jump sensation Mitchell Watt has elevated himself to No. 2 on the Australian all-time list with a massive 8.43m jump in Rethymno, Greece overnight.
• Hooker better and better each day - IAAF Online Diaries
  One month out from the World Championships qualifying competition, Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is feeling better by the day after battling a couple of minor injuries before leaving Australia. Healthy Hooker may be, but even he is not immune to a little bit of Bolt-mania.
• Coaching accreditation to enhance athletics in Australia
  From January 1 2010, Athletics Australia, its member associations and clubs, will recognise only accredited athletics coaches, enhancing the recognition and quality of coaching across the country.
• Farewell to George Tempest
  Athletics Australia and Athletics Western Australia are saddened to advise fellow officials of the passing of AA Life Governor and AAWA Life Member George Tempest in July, 2009.
• Big team bound for world champs in Berlin
  Australia looks set to send its second largest team ever to next month's IAAF World Championships in Berlin, following the final selectors' meeting which was held this week.
• Strong run home for Lewis in London
  With just three weeks to go until the world championships in Berlin, several Australians are in action at the Aviva London Grand Prix uniquely spread over two days at the Crystal Palace track in the British capital.
• Hooker and McLellan victorious in London
  Three weeks out from the commencement of the world championships in Berlin, Olympic champion Steve Hooker and Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan have secured victory against quality opposition on the second day of competition at the London Grand Prix overnight.
• Pittman-Rawlinson withdraws from world champs
  Dual world champion Jana Pittman-Rawlinson will not defend her world title in Berlin, a back-related injury forcing her withdrawal from next month's world championships.
• Samuels defeats world champion in Germany
  Sydney discus thrower Dani Samuels continued her undefeated year with a win over current world discus champion Franka Dietzsch at the Zeulenroda meet in Germany on Sunday.
• Super Sally destroys Australian record in Monaco
  Displaying scintillating form less than three weeks out from the world championships, Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan has broken her own Australian 100m hurdles record in Monaco overnight.
• Season's best for Samuels
  Beijing Olympic finalist Dani Samuels, 21, threw a season's best in the discus competition at the Usti nad Laben Grand Prix in the Czech Republic yesterday. Samuels threw 62.89m just six centimetres short of her lifetime best of 62.95m.
• McLellan's mastermind gears up for Berlin
  Sharon Hannan, coach of Olympic silver medallist Sally McLellan, writes exclusively from Europe for the Athletics Australia website in the countdown to Berlin.
• Hooker, McLellan headline Aussie action in Stockholm
  Twelve Australians will tonight line up in the last Super Grand Prix of the season and the final stop ahead of the 12th IAAF world championships in Berlin next month.
• Super-fast 1000m for Riseley in Stockholm
  Two weeks out from the world championships, Victorian Jeff Riseley has run the second-fastest 1000m ever by an Australian, slashing his personal best by 1.4s to clock 2.17.35s at the DN Galan super grand prix in Stockholm overnight.