World athletics championships
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
Latest
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
‘I want to be a threat on the global scene’: Browning clocks record run
Rohan Browning reckons it’s only a matter of time before he joins countryman Patrick Johnson in the exclusive sub-10 second club after clocking the fastest 100m time by an Australian on home soil, and the third quickest ever by an Australian.
- by John Salvado
Opinion
LGBTQ
Does race to regulate transgender athletes have to be a zero-sum game?
As more sporting governing bodies formulate rulings around the participation of transgender athletes, we seem to be forgetting that these are matters involving real human beings.
- by Darren Kane
Editorial
Editorial
Peter Bol’s drug test result looks increasingly to be running on empty
Australian runner Peter Bol’s career was brought to a standstill after he was accused of drug cheating but questions about the validity of the test have authorities running for cover.
- The Herald's View
‘Just amazement’: The Aussie champ who competed against Fosbury and his famous flop
Australian high jumper Lawrie Peckham was a decent shot at winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. Then Dick Fosbury ran in and jumped backwards.
- by Iain Payten
How the notes app on a teenager’s phone helped him make athletics history
Most teenagers use their phones for games and social media, but for Cameron Myers it helped him focus on a single goal: running the four-minute mile.
- by Iain Payten
Cameron Myers breaks the four-minute mile
Sixteen-year-old Cameron Myers broke the age world record by runinng 3 minutes 55 seconds at the Maurie Plant meeting in February.
‘Innocent until proven otherwise:’ Mottram weighs in on Bol saga
Ollie Hoare could become the world’s best middle distance runner according to Craig Mottram who said he wanted to reserve judgement on the issue that has rocked athletics - the doping investigation of Peter Bol.
- by Michael Gleeson
200m in under 20 seconds: World’s fastest man’s prediction for Melbourne meet
American Fred Kerley - the world’s fastest man - says he will break 20 seconds when he runs the 200 metres at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne on Thursday night.
- by Michael Gleeson
Bol case ‘heartbreaking’, but teammates keep faith in drug-testing system
Australian middle distance champions Ollie Hoare and Stewart McSweyn say they still have confidence in the anti-doping system despite the recent experience of their friend and teammate Peter Bol.Â
- by Michael Gleeson