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Glasgow bound Para-athletes set tone at Oceania Athletics Championships as Epitropakis wins maiden title
2+ hour ago (727+ words) Australia's Glasgow-bound Para-athletics stars have stolen the show on the opening day of the 2026 Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, while long jumper Alex Epitropakis overcome a slow start to be crowned champion for the first time. Epitropakis (QLD, Stacey Taurima)…...
Caldwell breakthrough lights up Shanghai Diamond League opener
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (826+ words) Olympic middle-distance runner Abbey Caldwell has tonight become the second fastest Australian woman in history over 1500m, finishing on the podium at the Shanghai Diamond League where she was joined by global medallists Kurtis Marschall and Matthew Denny. Commonwealth bronze medallist…...
Set to inspire, Angela Ballard back on the big stage in Glasgow 12 years after winning gold | Australian Athletics
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (126+ words) Angela Ballard will be back at the Commonwealth Games for the fifth time in Glasgow later in the year....
Road to world stage leads through Darwin for Oceania Athletics Championships
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (686+ words) Australia is set to carry its World Athletics Relays momentum into next week's Oceania Athletics Championships, where global javelin star Mackenzie Little, Paralympic prospect Layla Sharp and rising middle-distance talent Tate van Camp are among the names ready to ignite…...
Global medallists flock to Diamond League opener in Shanghai
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (594+ words) The Diamond League is back for 2026 and so too are a host of Australian athletics stars including Jessica Hull, Matthew Denny and Kurtis Marschall, while Lachlan Kennedy and Torrie Lewis are poised to deliver another statement in the nation's sprinting…...
Two champion Australian athletes celebrate Mother's Day, still jumping to inspire
1+ week, 1+ day ago (751+ words) As we celebrate Mother's Day, Australian Athletics looks at two of our athletes who have come back to achieve success on the field after becoming a mother. Just nine months after Brooke Buschkuehl gave birth to a baby boy Bobby,…...
Fresh Page eyes crowning moment at Glasgow Commonwealth Games
1+ week, 3+ day ago (551+ words) At 17-years-old, Jaydon Page waltzed into his first Commonwealth Games and assumed sprinting was easy. The thought of his Birmingham silver still makes him uncomfortable, but Glasgow is just around the corner. A Commonwealth Games medal as a teenager is…...
Rhiannon Clarke set for Commonwealth Games No. 3
1+ week, 3+ day ago (500+ words) On July 23 this year, the day of the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, Rhiannon Clarke will turn 24." The perfect birthday present she hopes will be a gold medal in Glasgow, to add to the silver she won as a 15-year-old in…...
Imogen Mc Donald named winner of the Mark Dadswell Photography Award
1+ week, 3+ day ago (165+ words) As the old saying goes, every picture tells a story. Mc Donald's picture of Australian sprint stars'Gout Gout'and'Lachlan Kennedy'embracing after Kennedy was disqualified at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth last year was judged the winner, in a very strong…...
Brittain to follow in footsteps of Australian great Freeman at Commonwealth Games
1+ week, 4+ day ago (530+ words) Following her international debut, Arnhem Land and Ramingining teenager Briseis Brittain hoped to catch the attention of Catherine Freeman. The two have since met, and the Australian great delivered a powerful message to the rising star ahead of the Commonwealth…...