Paris in August looked a little more possible for a clutch of Australian athletes after Day 6 of the Oceania Track and Field Championships in Suva, Fiji.
Electrician Liam Adams has had his Paris 2024 Olympic marathon hopes rekindled, with the 37-year-old’s official selection for the Australian Olympic Team today just 50 days out from the Opening Ceremony in Paris.
Day 5 of the Oceania Track and Field Championships in Suva, Fiji brought the much-awaited semi-finals and finals of the 100 metres but the best results were arguably once again in the field.
Finals action on day 4 of the Oceania Track and Field Championships in Suva, Fiji was very much focused in the field – with the star performance coming from discus thrower Taryn Gollshewsky.
Australia’s wheelchair racers are ready to fly at the happy hunting ground of Nottwil, Switzerland this week at the track renowned for record-breaking and history-making performances, with the World Para Athletics Grand Prix attracting the likes of Paralympic champion Madison de Rozario.
Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson, Jessica Stenson, Brett Robinson and Patrick Tiernan have been selected to contest the marathon at Paris 2024, with the Australian Olympic Committee announcing their selections in Melbourne today.
A blockbuster weekend of Diamond League action has been capped off with two podium performances by Australians in Stockholm, as discus giant Matthew Denny and middle-distance star Georgia Griffith continued their strong international campaigns.
World class athletes deserve world class tracks, and now track and field athletes across the country will have just that, as Polytan and their Rekortan track brand proudly take the helm as the Official Track Partner of Athletics Australia.
Australia’s premier track and field athletes have claimed no less than four podium finishes at the renown Bislett Games in Norway, with middle distance star Georgia Griffith stealing the show with a golden finish and an area record at the Oslo leg of the Diamond League.
An eight-day festival of athletics awaits in Suva, Fiji as the region’s best athletes touch down for the 2024 Oceania Athletic Championships, with a star-studded Australian contingent continuing their paths to Paris, Peru and beyond.
Athletics Australia acknowledges the difficult task of Olympic nomination and selection where there are more athletes qualified than positions available. In the case of the Women’s marathon for Paris 2024, Australia had six women meet the qualification standard but can only select three.
The Diamond League makes its next stop in the Norwegian capital as seven of Australia’s most talented middle distance stars lace up their spikes for the world renown Bislett Games, while Matthew Denny launches the discus to continue his ascent in toppling the world’s greats.
Australia has continued to assert itself as a middle distance nation, with Olympic finalist Jessica Hull shattering the national 1500m record to land on the Diamond League podium, while Commonwealth champion Oli Hoare returns to world class form with his first Paris 2024 qualifier at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene.
The final night of the World Para Athletics Championships belonged to Tasmania’s Deon Kenzie who added bronze to Australia’s medal tally in Japan tonight, marking a triumphant return to the international podium with his eighth global medal.
Paralympic star Michael Roeger has tonight added another World Para Athletics Championships medal to his prolific collection, racing to a valiant bronze in the 1500m T46 in Kobe, Japan over a decade after his maiden medal in the event at the 2013 championships in Lyon.
At 80-years-young, athletics keeps Ronda Jenkins active. But not in the way that most would imagine. Athletics Australia sat down with Ronda for National Volunteers Week.
Paralympic star Vanessa Low is Australia’s golden girl once more, adding another world title to her collection on Day Seven of the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan while teenage sprint star Mali Lovell made it a complete set of medals for Australia when claiming bronze.