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Introducing the $1000 marathon shoes you can only wear once
Marathon records are tumbling, but here’s why the “super shoes” are as good for weekend warriors as for Olympians.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Moroccan star dedicates Sydney marathon win to earthquake victims, de Rozario rolls to victory
Star Australian wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario claimed the Sydney crown as Othmane El Goumri and Betsy Saina claimed the elite marathon events.
- by Iain Payten
Dave wanted to believe he’d smashed the world record by seven minutes. But deep down, he knew.
Australian marathoner Dave Chettle felt something was off when he crossed the finishing line without realising. It turned out the race was measured short, but the reason for the stuff-up remains a mystery.
- by Iain Payten
Sydney scorcher could help Aussie star challenge for first marathon crown
Sinead Diver will take on world-class Kenyan rivals in Sunday’s Sydney marathon. But at 46, Diver is getting good at defying expectations.
- by Iain Payten
Take on the King and don’t miss: How Gabriel broke the greatest marathoner of all-time
Tanzanian star Gabriel Geay, who will race in the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, is one of the handful of runners to have beaten Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge.
- by Iain Payten
Sydney Marathon organisers confident haze will clear as NRLW clash shifted
The smoky haze from hazard burns around Sydney is expected to clear in time for the Sydney Marathon on Sunday, but unseasonably hot weather may still prove challenging.
- by Iain Payten
Anxiety, injury and PTSD nearly destroyed Brooke. Invictus saved her
After hitting rock bottom, a Brisbane veteran, mother and now athlete admits she “didn’t want to live any more”. This is how the Invictus Games saved her life.
- by Nick Wright
‘We can do anything in Paris’: Why grand Budapest haul has Aussie aths team cock-a-hoop
Australia’s athletics team leaves Hungary with its best-ever haul of medals from the world championships and brimming with confidence less than a year out from the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
Two medals in one event: Aussie high jumpers claim both silver and bronze
Neither Eleanor Patterson nor Nicola Olyslagers claimed gold in the high jump, but they did achieve a rare feat, and they were overjoyed for the winner, displaced Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
- by Michael Gleeson