Athletics australia


H.G.’s Golden Nuggets: Losing starts with silver

Australia’s medal tally has seen off the challenge of the Shaky Isles but we are locked in a death struggle with Great Britain, writes H. G. Nelson.

Our Beijing ban: so much for Olympic spirit

In trying to reverse a series of laughably bad track-and-field results at recent Games, AA has come up with a plan so cockeyed that it leaves itself open to more derision, writes Charles Happell.

Why can’t we crack it in track and field?

We will get an idea tonight whether the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Osaka has signalled some sort of renaissance for Australian track and field, or whether it has gone the way of so many other international meets in recent times and proved to be a complete bust.