‘Gout-mania’ expected in Perth but rival Kennedy could miss finale
Teenage sensation Gout Gout is chasing the Australian 200m title but Lachie Kennedy is unsure whether he will race
Torrie Lewis and Rohan Browning edge out rising stars in dramatic 100m finals
Lewis holds off teenager Leah O’Brien in a photo-finish while Browning pips Lachie Kennedy at the Australian athletics championships
Lachie Kennedy runs 10 seconds flat for second-best 100m by an Australian
Lachie Kennedy’s run of 10.00sec is now only bettered in the Australian record books by Patrick Johnson in 2003, while Leah O’Brien also displayed swift form at the national championships
Gout Gout breaks 10-second barrier for 100m at Australian athletics championships
The 17-year-old sprint sensation ran 9.99s in the U20 heat and final both with an illegal tailwind to become only the third Australian to go under 10s
LA 2028 Olympics adds swimming sprints and mixed-gender gymnastics
Sprint-distance swimming races and mixed-gender events in gymnastics and golf are among the additions to the programme for the 2028 LA Olympic Games
‘Perth is primed for fast times’: Australian athletics’ Generation Next set to light up nationals
Conditions are ideal at this week’s national championships, with the prospect of a sub-10s 100m driving much of the pre-meet excitement
Australian sprinter Leah O’Brien breaks Raelene Boyle’s 57-year-old 100m record
Australia’s sprinting revival has gone up a gear at this year’s national athletics championships after another record more than half a century old was broken
Matthew Denny’s monster discus throw smashes his Australian record
Matthew Denny elevated himself into rarified air with the fifth longest throw of all time while becoming the first Australian to eclipse the 70m mark
Big matchups and bigger bucks: Michael Johnson pledges Grand Slam Track will bring ‘fantasy to life’
Athletics legend says his new four-part event, which launches on Friday, is exactly what the sport needs
The A’s settled into their new home in Sacramento. The result was familiar
The team that brought us Moneyball is in the middle of a move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Fans turned up to their home opener but this is still a club in flux
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father denies kicking Olympic champion and whipping daughter
The father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen has denied kicking the double Olympic gold medallist and whipping his daughter in the face with a towel
Gout v Kennedy was like Bolt v the T-1000 – and no one could look away
The 17-year-old sensation was edged out by Kennedy in a thrilling 200m but left an entire stadium entranced in Melbourne
Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout on Australian athletics’ historic night
Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout was upstaged by Lachie Kennedy in the 200m at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on a night that confirms athletics’ resurgence in Australia
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father forced daughter to run with breathing problems, court told
The father of double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen forced his daughter to keep running even though she was struggling to breathe, a court has heard