Olympic champion beats Brigid Kosgei while Hailemaryam Kiros takes men's victory in 2:06:06 as Eliud Kipchoge is ninth Sifan Hassan and Hailemaryam Kiros ran the fastest times ever seen in Australia to win the TCS Sydney Marathon on Sunday (Aug 31) as the race joined the World Marathon Majors series for the first time....

Australian race is now part of the World Marathon Majors series and has attracted top-class fields At the age of 40, age is beginning to catch up with Eliud Kipchoge. After defeats finishing 10th in the Tokyo Marathon last year and fifth in London this year, he also DNF'd in the Paris Olympics. His last win in a marathon was in Berlin in Sept...

While Tommie Smith and John Carlos have become known throughout the world for their black power salute at the 1968 Olympics, the athlete who stood with them in support on the podium has been less celebrated. In his new book, Doug Levy examines that story When the moment in time came to decide what was right, Peter Norman chose human rights. Pete...

Gout Gout's sprinting fireworks are creating headlines but his performances are just part of a wider emergence of talent Down Under Gout Gout has really done it now. Whenever a young athlete bursts on to the scene with a glimpse of their potential, allied to the excitement is an instinctive urge not to put too much pressure on shoulders perhaps...

The teenage sprint sensation went under 10 seconds in both his under-20 100m heat and final at the Australian Athletics Championships Gout Gout has created yet even more history after breaking the 10-second barrier in the 100m on two occasions. The Australian sprint sensation recorded times of 9.99 in both his under-20 100m heat and final at...

Australian pair bring the curtain down on what is an enthralling night of action at a sold-out Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne In one of the most anticipated races on Australian soil in a generation, Lachlan Kennedy beat Gout Gout in a thrilling 200m at a sold-out Maurie Plant Meet (March 29). Although conditions weren’t perfect for sprintin...

The teenage sprint sensation also recorded a world-leading time over half a lap in his heat Gout Gout, the Australian teenager who’s already made headlines around the world, has broken yet another barrier by running a sub-20 second 200m. The 17-year-old ran an incredible 19.98 (3.4) to win the final at the Queensland Athletics Championships...

Standout teenage sprinter looks like a star in the making, but let’s give him room to develop rather than piling on the pressure, writes Katharine Merry< Even before this year started, we were given another reason to get excited about what might lie ahead for the sport of athletics. He might only recently have celebrated his 17th b...