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Congratulations to Jess Stenson, setting a new Area Record for the marathon finishing 5th in Valencia with 2:21:24.

Takes ten seconds off Sinead Diver's previous record which was set at the 2022 Valencia Marathon.

The Winners Lists for Zatopek:10 The Zatopek:10 is likely the world's longest-running event focused on the 10,000m, and is steeped in history.  A preview of the event will be added to this article shortly, but for now here is the lis...

With the Zatopek:10 on next Saturday we’ve looked at the trophies and put together the “Winners Lists” for this historic event - surely the longest running perpetual 10000m trophy in the world?

Preview coming early next week

www.trackathletes.ie/articles/the...

Tracking of Australian best performances by event for last week ... particularly juniors with World U20 Championships qualifiers

National underage records to Lucas Chis & Tate van Camp along with world junior qualifiers & Queensland junior 800m women continue to impress

The weekly wrap for Australian🇦🇺 athletes competing overseas is still a few months away

So instead here's a weekly summary of best performances in each event, with a close eye on those juniors seeking qualification (see articles on website trackathletes.au for details)

Australian standards for upcoming championships, and who has a headstart in qualification? Australia's two current Global Champions, Nina Kennedy, Olympic Pole Vault champion, and Nicola Olyslagers, World High Jump champion, have already booked their tickets for the Ultimate Championships i...

Which Australian athletes have a headstart in the race for qualification? ... and how do we make sense of all these standards anyway?

An explainer to guide you through ...

www.trackathletes.ie/articles/wha...

A big season of athletics with multiple high points 2026 will be the first year since covid-times when Australian athletes are not gearing up for an Olympics or World Championships. But there will be multiple high-points during the year, leading to the...

A big season for Australian athletics with multiple high-points, leading to the Ultimate Championships – the first time staged by World Athletics.

This article outlines key high points and what events are crucial in order for athletes to qualify.

www.trackathletes.ie/articles/a-b...

Your prediction for Australia🇦🇺 medals at Tokyo🇯🇵 World Championships?

I'll share tomorrow my predictions based on a model with 85% accuracy from last 4 Global outdoor champs

5 medals or less?
6 medals?
7 medals?
8 medals or more?

Put it in the comments ... bonus points if you guess the medalists!

Here's your Tokyo 🇯🇵 World Athletics Championships armchair viewing guide for Australian🇦🇺 athletes

Follow the 88 athletes and their events set out for each day of #WCHTokyo25 : September 13th-21st

Live viewing on:
SBS & 9Now
@SBSSportau @wwos

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Other minor changes except significant corrections to the Heptathlon list, meaning Camryn Newton-Smith in qualifying spot, and Tori West just outside.

Final "Road to Tokyo" list released overnight (but note does not include Diamond League wildcards)

Some Aussies just dropped out of qualifying spot but hopefully back in after "roll down"

200m Calab LAW
400m Cooper SHERMAN
Long Jump Samantha DALE
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..these countries have Nationals
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🇦🇹 (multis)

Athletes could also get a standard in a Cat E/F event of which there are a number.

The final RTT is released 27-Aug, with the Australian selection committee meeting next week as well.

Goodluck to those playing the waiting game now 🤞

This is the penultimate Road to Tokyo update for Australian athletes

The good news is it appears no athletes in the mix for selection have dropped out of their qualifying quota places.

Before qualification closes (24-Aug), ...

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Marschall - a bit of banter during the press conference around things he's doing to get over that 6 metre mark ... and if he does he's getting thrown in the lake!

Some changes to the Lausanne Diamond league 800m startlists

🔹Hollingsworth has been added to the DL💎 event
🔹Bisset & Oboya race in the 800m "B" event - a head-to-head for that final 800m WCH spot?

Kurtis Marschall vaults early tomorrow morning ...
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🔸Torrie Lewis (200m), Brandon Starc (high jump) & Michelle Jenneke (100mh) jumped a couple - Jenneke needs the time standard (12.74) to qualify.

Still some more Nationals, the regional NACAC comp., plus three Diamond Leagues so those on the cusp have a nervous wait.

#Quest4Quals

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🔸Chris Mitrevski (long jump) now sits safely at #26
🔸Seth O'Donnell (5000m) based on yesterdays race (which didn't make this RTP) sits in 41st out of 42
🔸Heptathlon must have seen two athletes withdrawn, because Camryn Newton-Smith now sits back at #24 (out of 24) & Tori West #27

Heading into the last 10 days of qualifying for Tokyo🇯🇵 World Championships

Upwards moves this week:
🔸Lauren Ryan (5000m) & Ed Trippas (3000m SC) both got qualifiers. Interesting 34 of the 36 qualifiers in the steeple have the time standard, Ed is safe at #24
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A fabulous week for Australian🇦🇺 athletes

🔸break a 32 year National record - it's time says Ed
🔸WCH standard & 15 sec PB - been on the cards says Lauren
🔸dropping a 30 second PB - hell yeah says Seth
🔸2 wins at a Cat B event - yup says Torrie

... and lots more!

#OZathsOS

Australian Athletes: A rolling update for August This article will give rolling updates focused on those athletes trying to qualify and what they need to do over these next few weeks. We’ve done the work on trackathletes.au to provide all the latest...

'Chasing the Steeples' and other commentary on the week we've had in today's update, as well as a preview of the Aussies🇦🇺 lining up for Gyulai István Memorial / Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix🇭🇺 early tomorrow morning

www.trackathletes.ie/articles/aus...

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🔹Myers also faces the world's best, including Nuguse🇺🇸 who is now chasing the DL final wildcard to get WCH qualification, and also includes El Bakkali🇲🇦

silesia.diamondleague.com/programme-re...

Silesia🇵🇱 Diamond League💎 start lists out ...

🔹Bisset listed for 800m, and if racing will be keen to test the World Champs qualifier (1:59)
🔹Hull has decided to run a 3000m & not the 1500m
🔹Billings & Hall go in the 1500m which is a super competitive field, including Chebet🇰🇪
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Blustery conditions but Connolly (100m) & Davidson (Jav) still manage to gain some points for WCH qualifying.

In the 100mH, Jenneke under 13 secs again for🥈, while Shaw runs a SB on her birthday & Clay has her first race in Europe this year

Aussies out in front at Szczecin🇵🇱 yesterday

Three wins with Oboya & Craig timing their finishes perfectly in the 800m while Holder dominates from the start.

results: maniak.domtel-sport.pl?seria=0&rund...

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... which provides big points ... so Australians chasing qualification will be striving for their best in the meets they compete in.

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On the positive, Davies and Batt-Doyle maintain their qualifying spots in the 10000m, Connolly (200m) & Davidson (JT) limited the fall with good performances in Poland last night

So what's in store over the next 3 weeks? A few more National Champs & the NACAC regional champs ...

After a big weekend of National Champs around the world, the World Champs qualifying landscape for Australians🇦🇺 has changed ...

Murphy (200m), Whelan (HJ), Amidzovski (LJ) and Newton-Smith (Hept.) have dropped out of qualifying spots ... some others have moved precariously close

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Was there a typo in the latest 'Quick Updates'?

No, Benjamin Guse did in fact get PB's in all 5 events Decathlon 1st day 🤯 Even more amazing because he got 6/10 PBs at the recent nationals

On track for 7700+ PB. Perhaps not surprising, he's PB'ed every decathlon he's done

The jump that won Roman Anastasios🇦🇺 the bronze medal at the World University Games 🇩🇪, clearing 2.20m on his first attempt

... very happy😀😀

📽️ FISU TV

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🔸Chris Mitrevski will move into qualifying with one more 7.90m+ leap

European countries have Nationals next weekend, so few events programmed, meaning this weekends are crucial.

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Upward moves from those outside qualifying spots:
🔸Ed Trippas in the 3000m SC- may need to improve that 8:21 to push into qualifying QP
🔸Jacob McCorry another outside qualifying - moves up 3 spots
🔸Shemiah James has an international win - can he get 16.40m+ to push into qualifying spot?