Powerful Australian sprinter Eddie Nketia has set his sights on the LA Olympics as his US college coach declares the 24-year-old capable of greatness.
Shayne Hope
‘Hopefully he has the right people to help him to understand.’
Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN
Edward Osei-Nketia has run the fastest-ever 100m by an Australian - but he can't claim the national record.
John Salvado
Gout Gout has won the national U20s 100m final without securing the sub-10 run he insists will "come soon" as he gets ready for a showdown with Noah Lyles.
Joel Gould
Australian athletics sensation Gout Gout has literally waved off the competition to claim a stunning U20 national 100m title.
Jake Santa Maria
Gout Gout has fired a warning shot back at Justin Gatlin for disparaging his recent sub-20 run in the 200m as he sets his sights on another record.
The sprint sensations are just part of a new story being written for Australian sport.
Mitchell Johnson
Australian middle-distance star Jessica Hull insists she's moved on from her shock 1500m defeat to a young rival at the national athletics championships.
Joanna Guelas
The 18-year-old Aussie has beaten Bolt’s mark ‘by a big, big stretch’ in a feat that ‘transcends athletics’.
Harrison Reid
Bruce McAvaney is predicting one of the tightest national championships of all-time and says the headline showdown between Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy could all be decided in the final five metres.
Aaron Kirby
Teenage phenom Gout Gout has become the first Australian to break the 20-second barrier over 200m with a time that would have beaten Usain Bolt at the same age.
Sprint star Lachlan Kennedy has claimed his first 100m national title in Sydney, breaking the 10-second barrier for the second time in as many days.
Lachlan Kennedy has become the first Australian to break the 10-second mark over 100m on home soil, while Jessica Hull endured a nightmare start in Sydney.
Bruce McAvaney has delivered an ominous warning ahead of the National Athletics Championships, declaring West Australian 800m star Peter Bol is running better than when he finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics.
Running the fastest he's ever done on home soil, Australian middle-distance star Peter Bol is out to finally break through for gold at the Commonwealth Games.
Charting her path to the Commonwealth Games, middle-distance star Jessica Hull is set for a gruelling campaign at the Australian athletics championships.
Sir Craig Reedie, the former World Anti-Doping Agency president and influential sports administration figure, has died.
Staff Writers
Olufemi Komolafe knew he had to push his body on return from injury but didn't want to miss out on competing with US sprint ace Christian Coleman.
American sprint queen Sha'Carri Richardson has claimed a remarkable victory off scratch in the women's Stawell Gift.
Sha'Carri Richardson gave away 10m to the frontrunners in her Stawell Gift heat, but that was no problem for the American sprint queen.
Roger Vaughan
The two sprinters safely progressed despite starting from the back of the field.
Ben Sutton
US sprint star Christian Coleman wants the athletics world to relish Australian sensation Gout Gout's career rather than draw unfair parallels with Usain Bolt.
US sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has a laser-like focus on the LA Olympics and will use the Stawell Gift as part of her long road back to the global showpiece.
Lachlan Kennedy underlined his status as Australia's fastest man with a sprint double in Melbourne, but young rival Gout Gout is already eyeing a 200m rematch.
