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'I am innocent': Marathon star Wanjiru to face doping hearing

'I am innocent': Marathon star Wanjiru to face doping hearing

Kenyan Daniel Wanjiru, the 2017 London Marathon winner, was provisionally suspended for variations to his Athlete Biological Passport.

  • by Omar Mohammed

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World athletics championships to run into Commonwealth Games
World athletics championships

World athletics championships to run into Commonwealth Games

The world athletics championships have been rescheduled to run up to the start of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Athletics world championships set for 2022
Coronavirus pandemic

Athletics world championships set for 2022

The athletics world championships have been postponed until the northern hemisphere summer of 2022 and the global governing body is seeking new dates for the event in Oregon.

'Not ideal': 43-year-old marathon runner has to wait for Olympic debut
2020 Tokyo Olympics

'Not ideal': 43-year-old marathon runner has to wait for Olympic debut

Ireland-born 43-year-old Australian marathon runner Sinead Diver was set to go to her first Olympics this year, but now has to wait another 12 months.

  • by Michael Gleeson
No Tokyo, so Olympian breaks Tan record to remember 'wild' 2020
2020 Tokyo Olympics

No Tokyo, so Olympian breaks Tan record to remember 'wild' 2020

Genevieve Gregson was going to be on the plane for Tokyo until Tuesday morning. Flight cancelled she went out and broke the record for running the Tan track.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Seb Coe calls for Tokyo Olympics to be postponed
2020 Tokyo Olympics

Seb Coe calls for Tokyo Olympics to be postponed

The head of the biggest sport at the Olympics has called for the Tokyo 2020 Games to be put off because of the coronavirus.

  • by Michael Gleeson
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Aussie star joins USA Track and Field in push to call off Tokyo Olympics
Olympics

Aussie star joins USA Track and Field in push to call off Tokyo Olympics

Olympics bosses face a global uprising from sporting federations and individual athletes to call off the Tokyo Games, set to start in late July.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Stawell Gift abandoned, could be run later this year
Coronavirus pandemic

Stawell Gift abandoned, could be run later this year

The 2020 Stawell Gift has been abandoned due to the coronavirus, though the race could potentially be rescheduled for later in the year.

  • by Michael Gleeson
'Big countries won't have teams to send': Why coach thinks Olympics will be postponed
2020 Tokyo Olympics

'Big countries won't have teams to send': Why coach thinks Olympics will be postponed

A senior Australian athletics coach believes the Olympics will be postponed because thousands of top athletes have been unable to properly prepare for the Games.

  • by Michael Gleeson
National athletics championships postponed
Olympics

National athletics championships postponed

Australia’s national athletics championships have been postponed due to coronavirus, throwing Olympics preparation into chaos.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Athletes not yet in Australia banned from meet amid coronavirus fears
Coronavirus pandemic

Athletes not yet in Australia banned from meet amid coronavirus fears

Queensland Athletics has imposed an extraordinary ban on athletes from Japan and other high-risk coronavirus countries from competing at this month's Track Classic unless they are already in Australia.

  • by Michael Gleeson