What was that all about? 🤯🤯 The beauty of watching the action live is you don’t know things are building towards a crescendo – you’re hoping, but can never be sure. ... 🧵1/?

Josh Kerr's🇬🇧 amazing mile win in world record time, also meant he wrote his name in the book reserved for Emsley Carr mile winners, a British tradition that goes back to 1953. Kerr is the first athlete to set a world record .. 🧵1/? 📷 Age of Sports

Haftu Strintzos' new Australian marathon record is amazing for many reasons: one is that it's "unified" the domestic & international Australian best times for the first time in 70 years. Keith Ollerenshaw ran 2:22.12 in August 1956 at Botany NSW, ... 🧵1/?

Cameron Myers' has gone #12 in 1500m & #9 in mile World All-time with two performances over just 6 days, including continental travel in-between. Again, there are some elite names when you do the historical comparison. Only Jakob Ingebrigtsen🇳🇴 has done similar with an Atlantic crossing included.

Cameron Myers 3:28.00 breaks Oz & Area Record by 1.41 seconds 🔸 Biggest improvement in Oz 1500m record since Herb Elliot (1958) Wins race by 1.80 seconds 🔸 10th largest winning margin for 1500m held at DL Runs 1:49.5 for the last 800m. and last 1km in 2:17.9 (just off his PB!) 👏 sensational

The 1500m race at Boris Hanžeković Memorial🇭🇷 was an incredible race Pol Moya🇦🇩 finished 14th in 3:34.54, only 2.08 seconds behind Nathan Green🇺🇸 who won in 3:32.46 Second closest mass finish in a 1500m* ... * where 14th place is faster than 3:38.00 data source: alltime-athletics.com 🧵1/2

Fantastic jumping from Eleanor Patterson🇦🇺. First attempt clearances from 1.94m-2.00m & a couple of very close attempts at 2.02m First time clearing 2 metres since 2022, her World Champion year & only 3rd time ever Takes the win in Essen🇩🇪 & goes to =2 in the World this year

Solid performances by the Australians at the FBK Games🇳🇱 Caldwell's racing down the final straight against Broeders-Bol in the 800m a highlight Anstey strong front-running to grab a 1500m PB Jenneke goes sub-13 into a headwind, Lewis & Craig continue to build their form

Hard to keep up with all the great athletics podcasts! Really enjoy the athlete interviews on "Run With It" .. and Sarah Billings makes a great interviewee having been on the other side of the mic on her own podcast for a couple of seasons open.spotify.com/episode/2ywaut…

Where do the top 50 run their PBs? Looking at the 1500m, mile and 5000m for men initially. Perhaps no surprise in the 1500m its Monaco. 34% of the top 50 in the 1500m have set their PB at Monaco & after that go to Paris. 34% Stade Louis II🇲🇨 10% Stade Charléty🇫🇷 8% Stade de France🇫🇷 🧵1/?

The last five games for #Australia at the #FIFAWorldCup 🏆 2022 v France🇫🇷 1-4 2022 v Tunisia🇹🇳 1-0 2022 v Denmark🇩🇰 1-0 2022 v Argentina🇦🇷 1-2 2026 v Türkiye🇹🇷 2-0 Won 3, and the two losses were to the 2022 #FIFAWorldCup 🏆 Finalists #Socceroos 🦘

Why did that #FIFAWorldCup 🏆win feel different? Longest we have ever sat watching #Australia with a two goal lead 2006 vs Japan🇯🇵 3-1 for 1 minute 2010 vs Serbia🇷🇸 2-0 for 11 minutes 2026 vs Türkiye🇹🇷 2-0 for 21 minutes #Socceroos🦘

There's a new podcast out covering all things in Australian athletics athsSTATS was got a call up to present a Top 10 for the week, heavy with stats of course! Thanks for your support over the years and great to see the interest in athletics growing 📡Tune in! open.spotify.com/episode/3vSR...

1. A new frontier for Australian athletes, Brooke's build-up to the Comm Games

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Steve Scott 🇺🇸 only man to win both the Wanamaker🇺🇸 and Dream Mile🇳🇴 in the same year (1982) Video of the Dream Mile - Scott set his lifetime PB, 3:47.69. Mike Hillardt🇦🇺 3:57.06 (6th) Cameron Myers🇦🇺 currently holds the Wanamaker trophy, runs Dream Mile Thurs. morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH_...

1982 Dream Mile

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Before Stockholm🇸🇪 Diamond League 1500m, you may want to watch this Stewart McSweyn breaking the Australian 1500m record when winning the Doha Diamond League race in 2020 If there's a ground-zero for Australia's middle-distance resurgence you could argue it's this youtube.com/watch?v=RWEh...

Stewart McSweyn 1500m AUSTRALIAN RECORD - Doha Diamond League 2020

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Frederik Ruppert 🇩🇪 joins a small group of men that have run the 3000m steeplechase sub-8 minutes, and 5000m sub-13 minutes Ruppert is the one to do this with the fastest turnaround - only 3 days between both sub runs. Thanks to @coffeeclubpod for stats idea 🧵1/2

Cameron Myers🇦🇺 joins another club - athletes that have run sub 1:45 for 800, 3:30 for 1500m and 7:30m for 3000m Only seven on the list, and Myers is the second youngest to complete this trifecta after Neils Laros🇳🇱 who completed it last year, 51 days younger than Myers 🔥Sensational

A first-time clearance by Patterson at 1.91m, and looked to be plenty of room. All the main contenders are also over 1.91m Adcock looked to pull up sore after his 2nd long jump - hopefully all ok. Women's 200m now up - unfortunately Lewis has drawn lane 1 again 📽️ Flotrack

🔥 Wow Abbey Caldwell continues her fabulous form & takes her first Diamond League💎 win in 3:57.26, putting in a big surge with 150m to go & never caught Hull was 5th in 3:58.97, Hall 8th 4:00.55, Billings 11th 4:02.00 & Hollingsworth 13th 4:06.46 📷 Flotrack

Results from the Xiamen🇨🇳 Diamond League💎 with 11 Australians competing Abbey Caldwell's chase down win in the 1500m the highlight, Eleanor Patterson looking good at the start of her international outdoor season & the hot, humid conditions making it tough for distance runners

Remarkable progression of Australia's🇦🇺 middle-distance women leads to them performing a rare feat At Shanghai🇨🇳 Diamond League💎 Australia had 5 women go sub-4 minutes in the 1500m in the same race This century only three countries have achieved this (and only Soviet Union and China prior to that)

The World Relays event this year has greater significance than usual. For Australia, it's the main qualification event for three major Championships. There's lots of permutations and combinations so we've untangled it for you so you can follow along www.trackathletes.ie/articles/aus...

Matthew Denny🇦🇺 joins Mykolas Alekna🇱🇹 as the only man in history to complete three competitions with a best throw over 74 metres. This comp in Ramona was crazy 🔸first time 6 men over 70 metres 🔸best ever distance for 3rd, 4th and 6th placings And another one to go on Sunday ...

Last two of our Top 5 rankings suggestions (JUMPS & MULTIEVENTS) - but feel free to choose your own podiums for the 10 events in your Fantasy Nationals ⏰Entries close Thursday 10am AEDT Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Startlists: trackathletes.ie/meeting/aust...

Fantasy Nationals is easy to play - select the podium for just 10 events so you can choose the ones you feel most confident about TrackAthletes top ranked athletes is a guide only - this one for THROWS Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Startlists: trackathletes.ie/meeting/aust...

** Fantasy Nationals now open ** TrackAthletes top 5 ranked athletes for events that involve OBSTACLES Unknown factors in these events makes it hard - how will some go first up for the season? Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Startlists: trackathletes.ie/meeting/aust...

** Fantasy Nationals now open ** TrackAthletes top 5 ranked athletes for DISTANCE events There's some tough picks amongst these - would you choose other events to make up your 10? Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Startlists: trackathletes.ie/meeting/aust...

Fantasy Nationals now open TrackAthletes has made a call on the top 5 ranked athletes for each event category - SPRINTS is listed below But how would you order them? or have we forgotten someone? Entry Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Startlists: www.trackathletes.ie/meeting/aust...

It's been a big 1st quarter of 2026 for Australian athletes; World Indoors medals, Australian records, World leading performances World Athletics has a points system which scores each performance & can be used to compare across events - for example a mile versus a pole vault 🧵1/..