From TikTok to beating the clock: meet the 15-year-old sprint sensation taking social media by storm
Bronson Hearn-Smith went viral for a video of his effortless sprinting style which has earned him fast times and many admirers
World Athletics Championships 2025: what you need to know about how to watch live from Australia
Wondering when Gout Gout takes his bow? How can you follow the events? Who are Australia’s best medal hopes in Tokyo? Our guide has you covered
Sebastian Coe hails ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson and calls Gout Gout ‘real deal’
British middle-distance legend sees greatness in the future of two athletes before the world championships in Tokyo
Raising the bar: Duplantis leads the stars aiming to break world records in Tokyo
From the pole vaulter in a class of his own to Kipyegon and Warholm, the world championships that begin in Japan this weekend offer tantalising chances for new global marks
Athletics can’t keep kidding itself – it needs a five-pronged plan to save track and field
Formula One provides a good example of what can be done if a sport tries to appeal to a younger audience and embraces the popularity of social media
Gout Gout frenzy drives huge Australian interest in World Athletics Championships
The emergence of Gout Gout has supercharged Australian interest in the world athletics championships which get under way this week in Tokyo
‘You’ve grown’: Gout Gout reaches new heights in his bid to emulate Bolt
The Australian sprint sensation is beginning to catch up with Usain Bolt’s times, and also catching up to the towering Jamaican in height
Gout Gout headlines record Australian athletics squad for world championships
Teenager will make his senior national team debut in Tokyo as part of Australia’s biggest ever worlds team
Marathon great Eliud Kipchoge: ‘Above all, I’m running for humanity’
The Kenyan on the transformative experience of distance running, inspiring the next generation and a ‘beautiful and unique’ Sydney course
Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’
The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to win
Noah Lyles makes it six in a row with thrilling 200m win in Diamond League final
Noah Lyles sent a warning to his world championship rivals by winning a track record sixth Diamond League title in a row
Sydney Marathon’s debut as major is timed perfectly with Australia’s running boom
Event will be biggest country has seen as 35,000 runners share the roads with superstars Eliud Kipchoge and Sifan Hassan
Hodgkinson and Hunter-Bell seek British 800m one-two at world championships
The Olympic champion will go for gold in Tokyo while the British team could equal their record total of 10 medals
Lachie Kennedy joins Jemima Montag in pulling out of world titles in dual blow for Australia
Australia’s athletics squad has suffered a double blow weeks out from the world championships in Tokyo with the sprinter and race walker both ruled out
Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track misses the vital village-fete feel of athletics
Shearing off apparently extraneous matter is how the featherless chicken was hatched. But ditching field events is too much plucking