The drama of 1500m racing — and falls — runs deep in Australian athletics history. But in the end, it’s not the fall that defines a runner. It’s how they get up. Our feature revisits the major tumbles of the 1956 Nationals, the 2000 Olympic Trials and the 2026 Nationals.
A strong read from legendary sports journalist Louise Evans on dramas involving Jess Hull: the fall, DQ and DQ reversal, and reports of a “thawing relationship” with AA.
Hull could not have been more unequivocal about both matters after winning the 5k.
https://t.co/dS6ZWrW4vI
Steph came to me at the start of 2022 as a jogger looking to improve her running. For the past 2 years this fantastic woman has qualified for the Australian 1500m final. After moving to Melbourne she won her first Vic title on Thursday night over 5k. @insideaths great photo
Jarmila Kratochvilova's 🇨🇿 TWO (2) Championship Records finally taken off the record books in Tokyo!
They stood since 1983, the inaugural World Championships.
OLD:
400m: 47.99
800m: 1:54.68
NEW:
400m: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 🇺🇸 47.78
800m: Lilian Odira 🇰🇪 1:54.62
This photo shows where Australia's Aidan Murphy went wrong in the men's 4x400m, and why the team were disqualified.
Needed to have both feet behind the blue line.
The Brazilian runner made the same mistake, resulting in the disqualification of his team.
📸 Patrick Smith/Getty
Which 100m segment of Jess Hull's 1500m bronze medal at the World Championships was her slowest? Find out in our events recap featuring quotes, splits and analysis
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Lachlan Kennedy on joining the sub-10 club, nice messages he received from Patrick Johnson and Gout Gout, and eyeing the world championships.
Great throwback pic in here of Johnson and Matt Shirvington. 📷
LONG READ 👉 https://t.co/Y8VYKdoy9g
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For the first 6 years of his pro career, Josh Hoey cycled through 5 coaches and barely improved on his 1:47 800m pb from high school.
I spoke to those coaches -- and his new one, Justin Rinaldi -- to find out how he went from that to World Indoor champ.
https://t.co/OfANeJ2qlV
Exclusive: American superstars on Stawell Gift's radar as Gout Gout buoyed by Melbourne Cup winner's $150k donation
"Stawell hasn't had the big international star for a long time ... We haven't had that for 10-15 years."
Story 👉 https://t.co/nxS32OYwKJ
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