Sport
Athletics
Parkrun women’s record held by transgender attempted murderer
Lauren Jeska was given an 18-year sentence in 2017 for the attempted murder of a UK Athletics official after she had been in a dispute with them over her eligibility.
- by Catherine Lough
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Black sprinters better because they ‘escape burglaries’: athletics official
Former England Athletics director Julian Starkey was accused of making the comment at an event in November and has been banned from holding such a position for three years.
- by Jeremy Wilson
Raising the bar: Eleanor Patterson fights back to defend world title
Australian high jumper Eleanor Patterson overcame injury when she won gold at the world championships in 2022. This year, history is repeating itself.
- by Billie Eder
Top Scottish ultramarathoner sorry for using car during race
A Scottish doctor who lives in Australia has blamed jetlag for her decision to accept a car ride during an 80km race between Manchester and Liverpool.
Teens star as 200m sprint, Sally Pearson’s hurdles records fall
Australia unearthed two track stars of the future at the national junior athletic championships, with Delta Amidzovski breaking Sally Pearson’s under-18 record in the 100m hurdles, and Queenslander Gout Gout setting a new national record in the under-18 men’s 200m sprint.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Running
An Essendon connection and a family affair: The two teenagers who won the Stawell Gift
Bella Pasquali won the women’s final ahead of the woman who beat Pasquali’s mother in the same race eight years ago, while Ryan Tarrant had a little help from some key Bombers en route to claiming the men’s race.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘It’s scary’: Pole vaulter Marschall snaps pole at Australian championships
Two-time Commonwealth champion Kurtis Marschall has been lucky to escape serious injury after snapping his pole in the vault final at the Australian athletics championships in Brisbane.
- by John Salvado