Canberra sprinter Melissa Breen finished with silver despite being the fastest Australian in the women's 100m final.

It was a case of all or nothing when Queanbeyan's Andrea Thompson took her place on the starting line in the final event.

Sally Pearson is determined to compete in next year's Commonwealth Games and hasn't ruled out a tilt at the 2020 Olympics.

A rising Canberra star will take on the seniors at the national championships after claiming junior gold in Sydney.

Jordan Shelley has no regrets after leaving the Parramatta Eels in pursuit of an Olympic dream.

Thirty hurdles stand between Wells and a 10th national title, which would book her ticket to the world championships.

When John Coates joined the Australian Olympic Committee in 1981, Malcolm Fraser was the Prime Minister and the country's biggest mystery was who, or what, killed baby Azaria Chamberlain.

Teenager Riley Davis became a national sensation after running against Usain Bolt, now it's back to school and exams.

Olympian Michelle Jenneke returned to form in Canberra but just missed the world championships qualifier.

Canberra sprinter Lauren Wells has all but booked her ticket to London for the athletics world championships.

She starred at the Rio Olympic Games and in Nitro Athletics and is one of the most exciting young stars in a sport on the rise in Australia.

Olympic star Ella Nelson is chasing 200m Australian record this season and will race in Canberra on Saturday.

All shoes are considered to enhance performance. Otherwise, everyone would run barefoot. But at what point is the line of inequitable advantage crossed? No one seems to know precisely.

Sally Pearson heads all-star athletics field to compete at AIS in Canberra grand prix meet

Dixon Hemphill was the only runner in the men's 90 to 94 age group, but it was the thrilling head-to-head race against Orville Rogers that reached beyond the insular community of masters track and field.

With $40,000 on offer Olympian Lauren Wells will drop down in distance to compete in the 120m Stawell Gift.

Mo Farah and Alberto Salazar have hit back at a series of damning doping allegations as pressure builds on the four-time Olympic champion to ditch his coach amid claims of mistreating prescription medication and abusing drug infusions.

Kelsey-Lee Roberts has made a stunning return to athletics after missing the final at the Rio Olympic Games.

Paralympian sprinter Scott Reardon copped some cheek from Usain Bolt at the inaugural Nitro Athletics.