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Athletics News for 4 August 2019
National championships round-up: Mihambo leaps world-leading 7.16m in Berlin
IAAF - 4 Aug 2019 23:26
European champion Malaika Mihambo saved her best for the final round of the long jump on the second of two days at the well-attended German Championships in Berlin, leaping a world-leading PB of 7.16m (0.4m/s).
Former marathon world record-holder Heatley dies
IAAF - 4 Aug 2019 17:02
The IAAF is deeply saddened to hear that Britain's Basil Heatley, the 1964 Olympic marathon silver medallist and former world record-holder for the distance, died on Saturday (3) at the age of 85.
Weightman breaks Australian all-comers' half-marathon record on Sunshine Coast
IAAF - 4 Aug 2019 11:11
Lisa Weightman broke the Australian all-comers' record and picked up an AU$25,000 bonus in taking the Australian half-marathon championship on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on Sunday (4).
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