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'Forever in our hearts': Athletics world mourns Maurie Plant
The athletics world is grieving the loss of one the most significant figures in the sport, the manager, organiser and broadcaster, Maurie Plant.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Marathon
'It's just ludicrous': Rob de Castella backs call for Nike shoe ban
The Australian marathon great says Nike's Vaporfly shoes are not in the "spirit" of athletics.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Off the Field
'Unjustifiable betrayal': Stawell Gift in peril after organisers reject bailout
The Stawell Gift is in danger of collapse after race organisers rejected a $1.4 million rescue package from the Victorian government.
- by Michael Gleeson
Olympics
New Zealand's greatest Olympian, Sir Peter Snell, dies aged 80
Snell won three Olympic golds – the first in the 800 metres in 1960 in Rome – and is the only male since 1920 to win the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics.
World athletics championships
Kipchoge, Muhammad named world athletes of year
Eliud Kipchoge and 400-metre hurdles record holder Dalilah Muhammad have been named male and female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards.