Sport
Athletics
Canberra duo make Australian world cross country team
Leanne Pompeani and Emily Brichacek will race at the world cross country championships in Denmark on March 30.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Stunning Lauren Wells return opens door for third Olympics
Wells all but drew curtains on her Australian career following the Commonwealth Games last April but she returned with a vengeance at the AIS on Monday.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Keely Small and Jack Hale hit the ground running in Canberra
The young guns will open their 2019 seasons at the Canberra Track Classic on Monday.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Robinson says Australia poised for first cross country worlds medal
Robinson won the Australian trials for the world cross country championships at Mt Stromlo on Sunday.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall leaping towards Olympic gold
Marschall lept his way into the hearts of Australians with a gold medal at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last April.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Brett Robinson running towards Tokyo marathon
Robinson was a finalist in the 5000m at the Rio Olympics but will move to the marathon for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
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Small keen to end big wait for Australian record
It's a record old enough to be her mother. For 43 years it's stood there, patiently waiting for someone faster to come along.
- by David Polkinghorne
ACT sport
Sprint queen Breen on track for Tokyo after blistering return
Melissa Breen ran her first 100 metres in nine months last week and stopped the clocked in 11.58 seconds. She'll race again in Canberra on Monday.
- by Eamonn Tiernan
WADA
IAAF clears 42 Russians to compete as neutrals in 2019
Former world champions Sergey Shubenkov and Maria Lasitskene were among 42 Russian athletes cleared to compete as neutrals in international competition in 2019.
Woman wins ultra-marathon, breaks record while expressing breast milk
British ultra runner Jasmin Paris became the first woman to win the 431-kilometre Montane Spine Race, and did so while expressing breast milk for her daughter.
Doping
WADA claims Russia doping breakthrough
Hundreds of possible drug cheats could be prosecuted after WADA experts return to the Russian laboratory at the heart of the nation's doping scandal.
- by Matt Slater