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Brett Robinson finished 8th in the London Marathon in 2:09:52 PB just over 5 minutes behind winner Amos Kipruto of Kenya with 2:04:39.

This...

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Anneliese Rubie-Renshaw, 51.51 W400m runner and SF maker at CWG, WC and OG has retired from the sport at age 30. Not to be outdone by her husband, 1:45...

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This is interesting but complex.

Humans have no internal, independent concept of time as proven by isolation experiments where the so called...

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No, nations don't race in the America's Cup, only two yacht clubs compete in each challenge. In that context, the New York Yach Club decided the rules...

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As discussed in a previous thread, the births in Antarctica generated nationality for all because the births were part of a plan to strengthen territorial...

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I couldn't find the study itself but posters may be interested in a general description of the process and other background around the system.
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Must be close. When discussing Bahamas stadium recently, I remember they are at ~400k and I know Barbados is definitely smaller. I don't know exactly...

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Steeplechase originated as a cross country race via the equestrian version, so was inherently less standard than track distances when it came into the...

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The IAAF has now named the member federations that will be subject to monitoring and the list of acceptable competitions for qualifying performances....

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Interesting idea but has any non-OS based Australian ever had a full indoor season in a non-WC year? I can't recall one but that doesn't mean it hasn't...

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It looks like the Australian domestic season is again going to suffer relatively poor weather conditions with the BOM confirming a continuation of the...

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Around the roundabout would be more interesting - 2laps x ~750m for a French mile. Bonus points for not stopping the traffic......

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Slightly less successful and probably unrepeated triples (and more!) from the earliest games where there was nothing between the 1500 and marathon distances:...

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A very niche item concerning an offspring of a famous athlete.

Australian Radio National had a program, under their Big Ideas banner, discussing...

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The gradient is an average of 4.1% according to Wikipedia with an elevation drop of ~67m from 109m to 42m. This is very similar to the Queen St Mile course...

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Athletics Australia has released the selection policy for the WXC Championships in Bathurst next year. I had a post on this ready some time ago but lost...

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One final win before a well earned rest.

Bellinzona 12 Sep 2022

WHJ

1. Eleanor Patterson 1.91

1.81...

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Related to the cigarette term but the usage meaning exhausted came much earlier, possibly as a corruption of flag (hang or droop like a flag), as in "flagging...

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Memorial Borisa Hanžekovića
Zagreb Sunday 11 Sep 2022

W1500 (enroute)
1. Linden Hall 4:03.35 MR

WMile
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A good performance in Zagreb after a long season of struggle.

Memorial Borisa Hanžekovića
Zagreb Friday 9 Sep 2022

ML...