Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy both looked impressive in advancing to the Stawell Gift semi-finals on debut at Central Park.
John Salvado
World Athletics have no intention of erasing a slew of discuss records at a recent US meet due to claims it was achieved only because of "weather doping."
Staff Writers
Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 38, showed she's still got it by winning the parents' 100 metres race at her son Zyon's sports day.
The 17-year-old young gun captures the feeling of hope better than any other Australian individual athlete for some time. It is not what he will do — it is what he might do.
Ben Smith
Australian Matt Denny has bettered the discus world record in Oklahoma - but so did Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna.
Australia is set for a golden generation of sprinting, with the growing rivalry between Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy already captivating the attention of fans.
Justin Chadwick
After subjecting her body to multiple time zones and thousands of air miles over the past week, Jessica Hull is relishing the growth as she continued her middle-distance dominance in Perth.
The much-anticipated 200m battle between Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy was filled with drama, with the latter false-starting before Gout registered a time not even Usain Bolt could manage as a teen.
Peter Bol says he is primed for a huge effort at this year's World Athletics Championships after setting a new Australian record in the 800m.
Peter Bol has issued a statement to his rivals: he will not go quietly into the night, as the Perth Olympian basks in the glow of a new personal best and national record.
Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy have teed up a titanic Australian Athletics Championships 200m final in Perth — with one half of the dynamic duo setting a championship record in the process.
Australian sprint star Rohan Browning is the 2025 national champion after producing an equal career best 10.01 in Saturday's final to pip Lachie Kennedy.
I have always had an obsession with speed – and I’m not just talking about fast bowling. Back in my school days, I was captivated by the fastest runners at our high school athletics carnivals.
Mitchell Johnson
Fresh off a gold medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championship, Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers says much of her success was born out of failure in Perth more than a decade ago.
Jake Santa Maria
Lachie Kennedy has been disqualified for a false start in the 200m men's final in Perth, with Gout Gout going on to win in a time of 19.84 seconds.
Australia’s golden era of athletics exploded into life in a bumper day in Perth on Saturday where the country’s top speedsters dead-heated in both the men’s and women’s sprint finals.
It may have been a ‘strange race’ by her own admission, but Jessica Hull has maintained her reputation as a middle-distance superstar by claiming the Australian Athletics Championship 1500m title.
Sprint star Lachie Kennedy has been beaten in his bid to break through the 10-second barrier, with Rohan Browning coming up trumps in a thrilling 100m final.
Rising sprint star Lachie Kennedy says he openly welcomes his rivalry with fellow young gun Gout Gout — but has cast doubt over a potential showdown between the pair in Sunday’s 200m final.
Australian sprint star Lachie Kennedy has run 10 seconds flat with a legal tailwind in Perth, just a night after Gout Gout posted a wind-aided 9.99 seconds.
Lachie Kennedy has become the second-fastest Australian of all-time over 100m after hitting 10 seconds flat in his heat at the Australian Athletics Championships.
The men's discus world record could soon be owned by an Australian after Matt Denny continued his ground-breaking week with yet another series of huge throws.
Gout Gout sprint rival Lachlan Kennedy gets the chance to plant his flag when he begins his Australian Athletics Championship campaign tonight, a day after Gout won the under-20 100 metres national crown.
Gout Gout has twice broken the 10-second mark in the 100m sprint at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth, but both were with illegal tailwinds.
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