"Problems" at Sydney Airport
When Athletics Australia media manager David Culbert sent this photo around at lunchtime yesterday accompanied by just the one word "problems", it left those who received it shocked and intrigued yet quite amused.
Honour for Saville
Athletics Australia has much pleasure in bestowing the Edwin Flack Award for 2009 on Jane Saville.
World Athletics Tour tickets selling fast
The World Athletics Tour Melbourne is just days away and tickets to the event are selling fast. Join a host of local and international names set to headline a stellar night of entertainment when the world tour rolls into town.
Hooker at home in Melbourne
Following the biggest year of his career to date, Olympic pole vault hero Steve Hooker can't hardly wait to return to the track where it all began this Thursday night for the World Athletics Tour Melbourne at Olympic Park.
Powell runs hot in cold Melbourne
Jamaican sprint sensation Asafa Powell has tonight taken out the men's 100m at the World Athletics Tour event in Melbourne but his efforts to crack the coveted 10-second mark were thwarted by tough conditions at Olympic Park.
Tallent backs Rutter for Berlin berth
A week after stealing the Australian 5000m race walk record off reigning world champion Nathan Deakes at the Sydney Track Classic, dual Olympic medalist Jared Tallent will headline the Australian 20km race walk championships at Fawkner Park this Saturday, 7 March.
Webb weaves her way to Berlin
Twenty-five years after she began participating in the sport, Sydney race walker Cheryl Webb has made the breakthrough of her career to seal a spot in the Australian team for this year's world championships after winning today's Australian 20km race walking title in Melbourne.
OAA to call Gold Coast home
The Gold Coast's reputation as a high performance sporting precinct has been bolstered with the announcement by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that the OAA will base its operations in the city in 2009.
Athlete of the Year awards to honour season's best
Athletics Australia is proud to present the 2008/09 Athlete of the Year awards, honouring the very best performers in what was a standout year for Australian athletics on both the local and international circuits.
Unhappy Hooker on ice for nationals
Succumbing to a knee injury which he has carried for the last two months, Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker has been forced to withdraw from next week’s Selection Trials and 87th Australian Championships in Brisbane.
Rutter on the rise
The eyes of the race walking world will this weekend turn to Chihuahua, Mexico for the first stop of the 2009 IAAF Race Walking Challenge and for Adam Rutter, the oddly named town is just one more destination on the road to the top.
Australian junior record for Gregson
World junior representative Ryan Gregson became the first Australian junior to break 8 minutes for the 3000m overnight (Friday), reclaiming the national junior record with 7:57.45 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Aussie walkers top 10 in Mexico
Three of Australia's leading walkers, Jared Tallent (3rd), Adam Rutter (5th) and Luke Adams (7th), have placed in the top 10 in the opening leg of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Chihuahua, Mexico this morning (Sunday AEDT).
Young stars impress ahead of nationals
World championship 'A' qualifiers for Mitchell Watt (long jump) and Kimberley Mickle (javelin), a national junior 3000m record for Ryan Gregson, impressive one mile efforts by Jeff Riseley and Collis Birmingham and excellent results by Australia's walkers led by Jared Tallent were the highlights of an action-packed weekend of Australian athletics.
From Brisbane to Berlin
Australia's established and emerging stars will be vying for the coveted title of national champion at the 87th Australian Athletics Championships which commence this Thursday (March 19 - 21) at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre in Brisbane.
Coach of the Year too close to call
The subject of fierce annual debate, there is little doubt coaches and athletics onlookers will again have their views on the most deserving winners of the Coach of the Year awards on the back of a hugely successful year.
Lewis hurdles home to launch national championships
The 87th Australian Athletics Championships are under way, with Tamsyn Lewis, Lauren Boden, Tristan Thomas and Lachlan Renshaw today headlining session one of the three-day event.
McLellan looks to national record
Sally McLellan has tonight posted the fastest qualifying time in the women's 100m heats and warned the national record may fall this weekend at the 87th Australian Athletics Championships.
The boss is back in Brisbane
Joshua Ross has tonight confirmed his return to the track, coming back from the 'worst year of his life' to take out the men's 100m at the 87th Australian Athletics Championships.
Lewis all smiles after 400m hurdles win
Tamsyn Lewis has tonight become the first Australian to claim national titles in the 400m, 400m hurdles and 800m track events and surpassed Raelene Boyle and Catherine Freeman on the list of all-time national title-holders.
Thirty-nine Australians bound for Berlin
Thirty-nine Australian athletes are bound for the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin following the Selection Trials and 87th Australian Athletics Championships which concluded in Brisbane yesterday.
Hooker and McLellan take top honours
Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker and 100m hurdles silver medallist Sally McLellan have been crowned 2008/09 Athletes of the Year at the Athletics Australia gala awards function held in Brisbane this afternoon.
Ross on fast track to Berlin
When Josh Ross crossed the line to win the men's 100m in Brisbane at the weekend, it was more than just a sixth national title he took home.
The Boss is back in attempt to create history
The revival of one of Stawell's favourite sons is back on track, with the Stawell Athletic Club today announcing that two-time Australia Post Stawell Gift winner Joshua Ross is confirmed for the 2009 Easter weekend event.
Lewis looks to world stage
To many in the stands in Brisbane last weekend, Tamysn Lewis' win in the 400m hurdles seemed an overnight success but the 30-year-old Victorian has been plotting her rise for months.
Riseley rounds out season to remember
Of all the national titles taken out in Brisbane at the weekend, few could have come at a better time than Jeff Riseley's win in the men's 1500m.
Aussies face tough assignment in Amman
Headlined by Olympic marathon runner Lisa Weightman, Beijing 5000m representative Collis Birmingham and in-form rising star Ryan Gregson, Australia will be represented by a strong 18-member team in the 37th edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships to be staged in Amman, Jordan on Saturday.
Brichacek and Weightman crack top 20 at world cross country
Rising star Emily Brichacek (ACT) and Olympic marathon runner Lisa Weightman (VIC) have cracked the top 20 for the first time, placing 11th (junior) and 17th (senior) respectively at the 37th edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships staged in Amman, Jordan overnight (Saturday).
McLellan blitzes in Canberra, B qualifier for Lucas
World class sprinting from Olympic 100m hurdles silver medallist Sally McLellan was the highlight of the final meet on the Athletics ACT calendar in Canberra yesterday (Sunday).
Young gun Breen to make Stawell debut
Young gun Melissa Breen will make her debut at Central Park alongside world indoor champion and Stawell veteran Tamsyn Lewis.
The Landy Era: From nowhere to the top of the world
Len Johnson was a long-serving athletics writer for The Age newspaper in Melbourne and is widely considered one of the best athletics writers in the world. He is the author of a new book on Australian running in the 1950s and 60s titled The Landy Era.
