| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 11:18 |
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| Australia’s Fastest Ever 800m |
|  By Athletics Australia -
While the big-name Australians were out in force it was Kenyan superstar David Rudisha (pictured) who stole the show in balmy conditions at Melbourne Olympic Park, clocking the fastest time over 800m ever recorded on Australian soil.
The fastest man over two laps in 2009 and fourth-fastest of all time posted a meet record 1:43.15 to eclipse the previous best time recorded on local shores of 1:43.97, set by fellow Kenyan David Lelei in 2000.
The 20-year-old Kenyan turned on a class performance at Melbourne Olympic Park to cross the line ahead of a fast-finishing Ryan Gregson, who clocked 1:46.04 to secure his first Commonwealth Games A-qualifying standard over the two-lap distance. |
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| Thursday, 04 March 2010 11:56 |
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| US Sprinters Enjoy High Times at Nationals |
|  By Universal Sports -
United States' sprinters took full advantage of the thin air at Albuquerque, New Mexico to post world-leading times as the two-day USA Indoor Track & Field Championships came to a close. A sellout crowd of 3150 attended the meet to see the top-2 athletes in each event claim a spot on Team USA for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, next month, despite the fact that today's competition was held at the same time as the USA vs. Canada hockey game at the Vancouver Olympics. |
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| Monday, 01 March 2010 10:42 |
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| Relay World Record in Russia |
|  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) -
A World record in the women’s 4x800m Relay highlighted the final day of the Russian Indoor Championships in Moscow today.
A quartet representing Moscow clocked 8:12.41, well inside the previous standard of 8:18.54 set by another Russian quartet at the 2007 national indoor championships in Volgograd.
Tatyana Andrianova (pictured) led off with a 2:05.80 leg, with Oksana Spasovhodskaja following with a 2:03.70 carry. Yelena Kofanova clocked 2:02.90 before handing off to Yvgeniya Zinurova, the world leader, who closed in 1:58.01. |
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| Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:21 |
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| Willis Headed for Melbourne |
|  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) -
In what is shaping up as a super trans-Tasman showdown, Olympic 1500m silver medallist and reigning Commonwealth Games champion Nick Willis of New Zealand will take on Australia’s own 1500m men Jeff Riseley, Jeremy Roff and Mitch Kealey at the Melbourne Track Classic on Thursday 4 March, the kick-off of the 2010 IAAF World Challenge.
Hot on the heels of his new national 1500m indoor record at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday, where he clocked 3:35.8 to eclipse Sir John Walker’s 31-year mark of 3:37.4, Willis will head to Melbourne in ominous form. |
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| Thursday, 18 February 2010 13:51 |
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| Prestigious Laureus Sports Awards Finalists |
|  By the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) -
World champions Usain Bolt, Shelly Ann Fraser, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards have been named as finalists for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards.
The annual Award, which recognises sporting achievement during the period January 1 - December 31, 2009, is considered as one of the premier honours on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, a sports jury made up of 46 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled during a televised Awards Ceremony staged in Abu Dhabi on 10 March. |
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