Athletics News

Australia's top U20 athletes impressed at the Bauhaus Junioren Gala in the German city of Mannheim, not least pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall who cleared a world-leading U20 height of 5.70m on Sunday (26).

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Gianmarco Tamberi, the 2016 world indoor men's high jump champion, produced the highlight of the Italian Championships at the Raul Guidobaldi stadium in Rieti with a 2.36m championships record on a sunny Sunday evening (...

All three of Poland's reigning world champions - Piotr Malachowski, Pawel Fajdek and Anita Wlodarczyk - produced impressive performances at the three-day Polish Championships which finished on Sunday (26).

Local star Caster Semenya added two more gold medals to her tally, carrying South Africa to the top of the standings on the fifth and final day of the African Senior Championships in Durban on Sunday (26).

Matthew Hudson-Smith's third career sub-45 second performance was one of the key highlights at the three-day British Championships that concluded on Birmingham on Sunday (26).

London 2012 Olympic Games pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie improved the 2016 outdoor world best to 5.95m on the third and last day of the French championships in Angers on Sunday (26).

Jessica Ennis-Hill and Arthur Abele produced dominant victories at the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf Meeting, a part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge, on Sunday (26).

On a picture perfect summer day, Massachusetts native Shalane Flanagan cruised to a USA 10km record on the roads at the sixth annual BAA 10K, running 30:52 at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race in Boston on Sunday (26).