June 

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• New coaching framework up and running around Australia
  On May 1-2, 2010, Athletics Australia together with the Australian Sports Commission launched the new Level 1 Beginning Coach program.
• Westcott, Flint to lead trans-Tasman showdown
  World championships marathon representative Scott Westcott and newly-nominated Commonwealth Games athlete Lisa Flint will this weekend take on the Christchurch half marathon (NZL), where trans-Tasman bragging rights will be up for grabs for the two rival nations' top distance runners.
• World junior athletes prepare for final hit-out
  Calling all athletes: It's now just two weeks until Australia's world junior championships team leaves our shores to face up to the world's top emerging track and field stars in Moncton, Canada - and they need your help to get there!
• Hooker set for French test
  World, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker will tonight reprise his IAAF Diamond League campaign in Oslo, Norway, two weeks after opening his account with a shock defeat in Shanghai (CHN).
• Hooker's hopes blown away in Oslo
  World pole vault king Steve Hooker has continued his surprise start to the all-new IAAF Diamond League series in Oslo (NOR) overnight, bowing out of the competition in the opening round.
• Gregson, Corrigan strike gold in Leonora
  Australian Flame athlete and national 1500m champion Ryan Gregson and 2008 Olympian and national mile record-holder Lisa Corrigan have taken out Australia's richest mile foot race, the Leonora Golden Gift, in Western Australia at the weekend.
• Hooker looks to New York
  His first two Diamond League competitions have not brought Steve Hooker the results he wanted, but the world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion is still enjoying life on the road with the all-new tour.
• One month to go: Sprinters and hurdlers on fast track to Moncton
  Australia's world junior championships team will depart our shores for Canada in just one month as the countdown continues to the 13th IAAF world junior titles from July 19 to 25.
• Lapierre on course for heavyweight clash
  World indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre will tonight continue his IAAF Diamond League charge when he steps out in Round 4 of the world's premier athletics series in Rome, Italy.
• Lapierre third in battle of Rome
  World indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre has continued his stellar start to the year with his second successive podium finish on the IAAF Diamond League tour in Rome (ITA) overnight.
• Pearson gets set for Diamond debut
  Olympic silver medallist Sally Pearson (nee McLellan) will tomorrow night launch her IAAF Diamond League campaign when she steps out in Round 5 of the series in New York (USA) alongside world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker and fellow Commonwealth Games nominee Eloise Wellings.
• Birmingham back to his best in Turin
  National 10,000m record-holder Collis Birmingham has posted the second-fastest 5000m time of his career as Australia's lone representative at the Primo Nebiolo Memorial Meeting in Turin (ITA) overnight.
• Hooker on the podium in New York
  Australian world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker has collected his first points on the IAAF Diamond League tour with a podium finish in Round 5 of the all-new series in New York (USA) overnight.
• Three more's a charm!
  Athletics Australia has today nominated a further three athletes for selection to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, to be held in Singapore this August, after receiving three additional places on the team from the Australian Olympic Committee.
• Short to lead Athletics Australia's Paralympic program
  Athletics Australia is proud to announce that Rohan Short has signed on as the national body's new Paralympic Program Manager, set to lead the country's top track and field athletes with a disability towards the London Paralympic Games in 2012.
• World junior titles just a discus throw away
  The 13th IAAF world junior championships are all but a discus throw away, with each of the five Australian throwers selected to the team eagerly awaiting the opportunity to compete alongside some of the world's best junior athletes in Moncton from July 19-25.
• Walkers fire up the road to Delhi
  Five of the six Australian race walkers bound for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, in October, will this weekend take their preparations offshore when they line up in Round 10 of the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La Coruna, Spain.
• Cowley, Rothwell named Alf Robinson awardees, Aussies go top 10 in La Coruna
  Rhydian Cowley and Jess Rothwell have been named recipients of the Alf Robinson Memorial Race Walking Foundation awards for 2010.
• Fitzy's 5 set to honour a legend and seek a cure
  Athletics South Australia has launched an all-new community fun run event dubbed Fitzy's 5 in honour of one of the state's greatest ever athletes, David Fitzsimons.
• World junior jumpers get set for action
  The countdown to the 13th IAAF world junior championships will be stepped up a level this weekend, as the Australian team descends on Brisbane for a three-day competition and education camp ahead of its departure for the world junior titles on July 8.
• Our Sporting Future 2010 set to challenge and inspire
  The Australian Sports Commission, in a joint venture with the Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), will be holding Australia's leading sports forum, Our Sporting Future (OSF), from July 28 to 30, 2010, at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• 100 days to go: A day in the life of the Australian Flame
  The Athletics Australia website today launches a series of athlete blogs to celebrate 100 days until the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi (IND), from October 3 to 14.
• Pittman-Rawlinson a true-blue Aussie
  In response to significant media coverage overnight, Athletics Australia High Performance Manager Eric Hollingsworth has today put a swift end to rumours two-time world 400m hurdles champion Jana Pittman-Rawlinson is considering plans to represent England at the London Olympic Games in 2012.
• Hooker win headlines big weekend of track and field
  Australian Flame captain and world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker made a winning return to competition at the DAK Leichtathletik Gala in Wattenscheid, Germany, at the weekend, two weeks out from his return to the IAAF Diamond League action in Lausanne (SUI).
• Igniting the Flame: The Australian Spark
  One week out from its departure for the 13th IAAF world junior championships in Moncton, Canada, the 36-strong Australian squad has been officially named the Australian Spark.
• World juniors puzzle welcomes final piece
  Providing the final piece to the Australian team puzzle bound for the 13th IAAF world junior championships is a nine-strong contingent of middle distance runners and walkers.