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Launceston Running Festival Stewy McSweyn wins the 10km race on his birthday, running 27:58 ahead of James Hansen and Matt Buckell. Tasmanian Ruby Smee was the 10k winner in 32:57 with Jenny Blundell and Kate Spencer following.

Teruki Shimada ran the second fastest half marathon on Australian soil, winning in 1:01:12 with Isaac Heyne just behind him with Brett Robinson in third, with the top five finishers all under the previous course record. Jess Stenson won the half marathon in 1:09:51 ahead of Yumi Yoshikawa from Japan, both under the previous course record with Caitlin Adams in third. Launceston Running Festival Results  

Jess Hull placed second in the 1500m in 3:58.36 and then third in the 800m with 1:59.63 to place second overall in the Short Distance group at Grand Slam Track Philadelphia. Abbey Caldwell ran a season best 1500m of 4:01.54 for fifth place and then 2:00.57 for fourth in the 800m to place fourth overall. Ky Robinson ran 8:01.92 in the solitary 3000m with Nico Young winning in 8:01.03. Grand Slam Track Results

Linden Hall opened her European season at the Irena Szewinska Memorial meet in Poland, running the 1500m in 4:02.11 for second place, right behind winner Weronika Lizakowski. Jye Edwards ran 3:35.92 in the 1500m while Cara Feain-Ryan was third in the steeplechase in a personal best of 9:22.01, moving to #5 all-time. Results via World Athletics

Jarryd Clifford set a new T12 World Record of 3:40.39 in the 1500m at the Meeting Nikaia in Nice, France. Ed Trippas also ran 8:23.19 in the 3000m steeplechase Results via World Athletics

Adrian Potter took out the SA Road Running Championship 10k in 29:53.92, with Tiana Cetta winning the title in 34:30.89 Athletics SA Results

The Brisbane Marathon was won by Takaki Mori in 2:21:38 and Kathryn Parkinson in 2:43:44, both course records. Gishe Abdi Wake of Ethiopia won the half marathon in 1:06:44, while Riine Ringi won in 1:15:32. Results

Peter Bol held off Adam Goddard to win the Leonora Gift Road Mile in 4:06.43 with Matt Ramsden in third. Zoe Melhuish won the final in 4:4.79 with Stephanie Kelly in second and Georgia Winkcup in third place. Athletics West Results

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Kennedy’s landmark run earned him a gold medal and placed him in one of the most exclusive clubs in athletics. The 21-year-old Queenslander, who manages type 1 diabetes, described the race as a moment of pure joy and a culmination of years of effort.

Despite challenging track conditions, Kennedy felt relaxed and confident, attributing his success to a strong mental state and supportive Australian athletics culture. He expressed excitement for future races and vowed continual improvement, aiming eventually to surpass Johnson’s national record.

Kennedy’s rise highlights the resurgence of Australian sprinting, with emerging talents like Gout Gout and Rohan Browning also making waves. Kennedy’s milestone not only showcases his own athletic prowess but also signals a promising new era for Australian track and field.

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Beatrice Chebet ran the #2 World all-time 3000m of 8:11.56 in Rabat Diamond League Morocco, while Tshepiso Masalela of Botswana posted a 800m World Lead of 1:42.70.
Sarah Billings posts a 1500m season best of 4:02.93, while Jude Thomas a personal best of 3:33.35, 9th fastest all time and just missing the World Championship qualifier
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Linden Hall ran a significant personal best of 14:43.61 winning the 5000m at the Sound Running Track Fest Meet in Los Angeles, which is a World Championship qualifier moving her to #2 all time. Maudie Skyring also ran 15:15.15 and Lauren Ryan ran 15:23.84.
Ky Robinson ran 13:05.23 behind winner Eduardo Herrera who was the first Mexican man to run under 13 minutes for 5000m in 12:58.57.

Ed Trippas 8:27.58 in the steeplechase behind Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks winning in 8:14, while Amy Cashin ran the steeplechase in 9:42.76.
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Ed Marks won the 12k Myrniong cross country race of XCR25 in 37:00, ahead of Liam Cashin and Will Garbelotto. Western Athletics were the winners of Men’s Premier Division ahead of Sandringham and Melbourne Uni.

Katherine Dowie won her second race of the season in 44:29 ahead of Saskia Lloyd and Bianca Puglisi. The Women’s Premier Division was won by Sandringham, then Geelong and Melbourne Uni.
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Alex Harvey won the Noosa Marathon in 2:28:26, while Olivia Beck won in 2:54:54. Hamish Hamilton took first place in the half marathon 1:07:36, while Samantha Vance won in 1:18:08.
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In the women’s final, rising star Zoe Melhuish delivered a blistering performance, crossing the line in 4:42.79 to claim victory. Melhuish, who clocked 5:03.09 in the prelims, timed her run to perfection in the final, holding off Stephanie Kelly (4:45.93) and experienced campaigner Georgia Winkcup (4:46.99) in a tactical and fast-finishing race.

Rebekah Newton (4:50.43) and Hannah Doyle (4:54.16) rounded out the top five, with strong efforts across the board in a race showcasing depth and emerging talent.

In the men’s elite mile, Olympian and crowd favourite Peter Bol reminded everyone of his class, powering away in the closing stages to win in 4:06.20—a solid time given the heat and tactical nature of the race. Bol led home a quality field, with Adam Goddard taking second in 4:07.87 and Matthew Ramsden rounding out the podium in 4:08.36, just edging out New Zealand’s Brad Mathas (4:08.79) in a photo finish for third.

The annual outback spectacle once again proved its place as a truly unique and elite event on the Australian running calendar, with $12,500 going to each of the winners and a field that included Olympians and national champions.

With its mix of street racing, atmosphere, and serious prize money, the Golden Gift continues to cement itself as a must-watch and must-race event for Australia’s top middle-distance athletes.

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Origins and evolution

What began in 2003 as a celebration of a multimillion-dollar main-street upgrade has grown into a fully sanctioned carnival that has lured more than twenty Olympians over two decades. A decisive boost in 2022 lifted the pool to A $65 k, and council minutes show half of a subsequent A $10 k funding increase was funnelled directly into the elite prize ladder.

Prize ladder

1st A $7,500 + gold nugget (≈A $2,400)
2nd A $4,500
3rd A $2,500
4th A $1,700
5th A $1,250
6th A $1,000
7th A $ 650
8th A $ 350

The course

Tower Street is a 1,609-metre, bitumen-straight circuit featuring six 180-degree turns: athletes run 120 m from the gun, wheel through the first hairpin, then alternate between 290- and 310-metre straights before a final 400-metre run-in that feels twice as long under a desert sun. Stewart McSweyn’s 4 min 05 sec in 2021 is the course record, remarkable given the braking and re-accelerating demanded by each turn. The women’s best, 4 min 47.25 sec, belongs to Rio Olympian Zoe Buckman, who prevailed here in 2022.

Format

Men: three heats on Saturday; the first two in each plus the next two fastest qualify for Sunday’s eight-man final.

Women: two heats; the top three in each plus the next two fastest progress. Those eliminated from the men’s heats may enter the open mile; women may step into the open 600 m. Heat lists will be published on Runner’s Tribe’s Facebook page on Friday evening and updated again after late scratches.

Men’s elite mile: the principals

Peter Bol (Vic, 30) arrives with the fastest two-lap résumé in Australian history: a 1 min 43.79 sec national 800-metre record set in Perth in April. His 1,500-metre best, 3 min 34.52 sec, suggests he can hold form deep into a four-lap race. Bol’s strength is rhythmic pace; if the field permits a metronomic 58-second opening quarter, he will be difficult to unseat.

Matthew Ramsden (WA, 27) supplies the pure metric-mile pedigree. A nine-time national team representative, he owns a 3 min 51.23 track mile and pushed McSweyn to that 4 : 05 course record three years ago. Ramsden’s hallmark is a sustained drive from 500 m out — a tactic that neutralises the late kicks of 800-metre men. His 3 min 34.08 1,500 m in Oslo 2023 is the fastest PB among entrants.

Luke Shaw (WA, 23) is the local dark horse. The Curtin University student brought his 1,500 m down to 3 : 40.84 this season and added a 1 : 47.27 personal best over 800 m. That range, plus sand-hardened legs from Kalgoorlie upbringing, mark him as a spoiler if the early laps grind.

Brad Mathas (NZL, 30) is an eight-time New Zealand 800-metre champion with a 1 : 45.59 best. Training in Melbourne under Justin Rinaldi, he regularly shares sessions with Bol and will not be overawed. Expect Mathas to roll the dice early; a sub-two-minute first half would tilt the odds toward his two-lap power.

Other names to watch

• Kiran Tibballs (NSW) — 3 : 41 1500 m and a crisp 55-second last lap at Zatopek 10,000 m pacemaking duties.
• Jack Wilson (WA, 19) — world U20 800-metre finalist, raw but fearless.
• Mark Midgley (SA) — 4 : 00 road mile in Riga last October, relishes narrow courses.
• Max Shervington (Qld) — 3 : 42 this year, 1 : 48 speed, ideal for time-qualifier raid.

Women’s elite mile: the principals

Georgia Winkcup (NSW, 27) swapped the 3,000-metre steeple for the mile last season and has since reduced her 1,500 m to 4 : 16.21. Her strength is an unrelenting 600-metre surge launched well before rivals can organise a response — perfect for strung-out street racing.

Brielle Erbacher (Qld, 26) brings the endurance of a 9 : 32.96 steeple personal best and the resilience born of 35-degree track sessions in Toowoomba. Steeplers handle rhythm changes better than most, and Leonora’s hairpins serve up exactly that.

Zoe Melhuish (ACT, 22) sliced her 1,500 m to 4 : 19.37 and mixed in a 33 min 32 sec 10 km road run. The combination of speed endurance and road-race nous could yield a podium if she clears traffic early.

Stephanie Kelly (Vic, 29) — a past Leonora podium finisher — is the canny tactician every favourite fears. In 2021 she won heat 2 in a slow 5 : 00 yet still closed the last 400 m in 63 sec. Expect Kelly to hover at the back, ready to capitalise on any stumble at the final hairpin.

Macey Hehir and Kayla van der Linden represent the pure 800-metre threat; Cassiana Papadoulis has outsprinted bigger names on the Athletics West circuit; Scarlett Whyte’s 4 : 23 at age eighteen puts her on every scout’s list.

Tactics and conditions

Leonora sits at 28 °53′ S and 378 m altitude. Desert highs can still reach 30 °C in late autumn and, after midday, a head-breeze off the Gibson plains rolls unchecked down Tower Street. Veterans hug the inside curb on outbound straights to avoid crosswinds, then sling-shot wide at each 180° turn to protect ankle ligaments. The opening 250 m is commonly the slowest; mid-packers jostle for balance on loose white lines and the field settles only after the third turn.

A fast race usually materialises when an 800-metre specialist dictates from the front, forcing negative-split milers to chase. McSweyn’s record 4 : 05 came off an honest 1 : 58 first half. In the women’s race Buckman won her 4 : 47 by accelerating to 70 sec laps before the field knew a breakaway was forming.

Predictions

If the men’s final breaks 4 : 05 the winner will almost certainly come from Bol or Ramsden. Bol’s aim will be a steady grind to blunt Ramsden’s planned long drive; Ramsden’s counter is to punch the throttle with 700 m left, betting that Bol’s track-tuned rhythm falters at the fourth about-face. Behind them Shaw, Mathas and Tibballs could steal the gold nugget should the favourites mis-count turns or clip barriers.

In the women’s event Winkcup thrives on attrition. Expect her to increase gradually from the second hairpin, daring Erbacher to follow. If the early pace hesitates, Kelly’s economy and Melhuish’s 10 km stamina could catalyse a kicker’s finish reminiscent of Buckman’s 2022 triumph.

Whatever the storyboard, Leonora’s unique blend of hard money, harsh climate and small-town hospitality ensures every metre of Tower Street will again echo with footfall, cowbells and the chaotic roar of Australia’s most lucrative mile. A gold nugget glitters at the finish, but the real treasure is the instant folklore forged when elite middle-distance talent meets red-dust grit on an outback strip.

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Brett Robinson placed 7th in the Great Manchester Run, running in 10km in 28:27 which was won by Selemon Barega in 27:49. Izzi Batt-Doyle placed 5th in 31:30 as Medina Eisa of Ethiopia won in 30:42.

Lissy Duncan won the Great Manchester Half in 1:16:27
10k Results via World Athletics

Danielle Rogan won the Great Ocean Road Marathon in 3:08:55 with Caitlin Duncan second and Gemma Dennison in third. Dion Finocchiaro won another title in 2:34:42, followed by Sam Toll and Dylan Newell.

The Half Marathon was won by Sebastian Asher in 1:10:12 ahead of Andre Waring and Brett Ellis. Amanda Wilson was the winner in 1:27:24 ahead of Maisie Bird and Frances Arnott.

The 14km Paradise Run was won by Andre Waring in 40:23 and Charlotte Wilson 47:46, while Grace Tame went back-to-back winning the 60km Ultra Marathon.
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Sydney 10 won by Holly Campbell 32:18 ahead of Jenny Blundell and Zoe Melhuish. Aidan Veltan won in 29:34 ahead of John Maguire and Michael Roeger.
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Cara Feian-Ryan runs 9:38:07 in the 3000m steeplechase in the Doha Diamond League.
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Jude Thomas won the men’s 3000m in 7:39:69 at the Tokyo Grand Prix while Rose Davies did the same in the women’s 3000m in 8:43.38.

Georgia Griffith won the 1500m in 4:01.10, with Sarah Billings third in 4:06.75.
Matt Clarke ran 8:23.60 for fifth in the Men’s Steeplechase with Ben Buckingham scoring 8:27.44 for seventh.
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James Hansen and Milly Clark won the 12k City to Casino in Hobart, Tasmania.
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Grand Slam Track announced schedule changes ahead for Philadelphia, reducing the three day event to two, 5000m races axed.
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Setting off from Cottesloe Beach on April 15, Goodge averaged over 100 kilometres per day, battling heat, exhaustion, and vast stretches of unforgiving terrain. He crossed the finish line at Bondi Beach at 4:07pm on May 20, cheered on by hundreds of runners and supporters who joined him for the final leg from Centennial Park.

His time eclipses the previous record of 39 days and now stands as the fastest recorded foot crossing of Australia.

The run, completed in memory of his mother who died of cancer in 2018, also served as a fundraiser for the Cancer Council of Australia — adding purpose to the pain.

Visibly shredded and rarely seen with his shirt on, Goodge’s run wasn’t just a test of endurance — it became a travelling spectacle of grit, fundraising, and bare-chested Instagram posts.

 

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But while the effort has been widely praised as nothing short of extraordinary, it hasn’t come without controversy.

Some observers have flagged anomalies in his publicly shared Strava data, including brief spikes in speed that appear to match vehicular pace — as high as 80 km/h (Observed via Canadian Running Magazine) — along with unusually low heart rate readings for such sustained exertion. These inconsistencies have prompted speculation about the accuracy of the tracking and sparked concerns over potential “watch muling” — where a GPS device may be moved by a vehicle or another person.

Goodge has dismissed the claims, attributing the anomalies to GPS glitches and technical errors, stating his commitment to completing the run with integrity.

 

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Regardless of the debate, Goodge’s run stands as a remarkable display of endurance, determination, and fundraising spirit — one that has captured global attention and reignited discussion around the need for transparent verification standards in ultra-distance record attempts.

Sources:

Main reporting source for running data: This influencer is crushing a trans-Australia record—so why is there doubt? – Canadian Running Magazine

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Their performance led a strong campaign for Australia, with four relay teams—the men’s, women’s, and mixed 4x400m, plus the men’s 4x100m—qualifying for the World Championships in Tokyo. Carla Bull also ran in the mixed 4x100m, which placed fourth, while the men’s 4x100m team (featuring Lachlan Kennedy and possibly 17-year-old Gout Gout in future) impressed in qualifying with 38.31 sec.

The men’s 4x400m narrowly missed a 41-year-old Aussie record, running 2:59.73. Internationally, Britain’s women shocked favorites Jamaica and the USA to win the women’s 4x100m.

 

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Sarah Billings 1:57.83 #2 all time in Diamond League Shanghai, just .05 of a second from Catriona Bisset’s National Record. Jude Thomas was a last-minute call up for the 5000m running 13:32, while Matthew Clarke posted a season best of 8:28 in the Steeplechase.
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Sam Clifford set the new 10km Road National Record to 27:34, while Izzy Batt-Doyle ran 30:44 for a new Area Record at the Asics Speed Race in Tokyo, Japan. Isaac Heyne 28:13, Liam Boudin 28:15
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Peter Bol clocked a season best of 3:35.24 1500m for fifth at Grand Slam Track Miami, then third in the 800m for 1:44.13 to place fifth overall in the Short Distance group. In a rematch of the Paris Olympic Final, Josh Kerr took the win over Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker.

Jess Hull 4:07 1500m, 2:00.88 in the 800m and placed 5th in the Short Distance
Andrew Coscoran of Ireland made a big final 200m to upset Grant Fisher in the 3000m in 8:17.56, winning by .04 of a second, then took the win back in the 5000m to be Grand Slam Champion.
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Ed Goddard won the Hoka Runaway Half Marathon in 1:06:11, with Beth Garland also winning in 1:17:25.
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Fraser Darcy won the Adelaide Marathon, a week after placing second in Ballarat in 2:28:36, with Kate Baker winning in 2:43:49. Tara Palm also doubled up from Ballarat to win the half marathon in 1:17:53, while Jacob Cocks was first for the half marathon in 1:04:53. Jess Stenson won the 10k in 33:59, Adam Goddard 29:59
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According to London Marathon Events, approximately 869,866 applications came from the UK, with the gender split nearly equal between men and women. In addition, 263,947 international applicants from across the world entered the overseas ballot, highlighting the event’s growing global appeal.

The record-breaking announcement follows the 2025 edition of the London Marathon, which saw over 56,000 finishers—the highest number ever recorded in a marathon. This feat broke the previous world record for most finishers in a single marathon, underlining the event’s continued logistical excellence and massive participation.

Hugh Brasher, Event Director of London Marathon Events, called the response “absolutely staggering,” stating:

“It reaffirms London as by far the most popular marathon on the planet. Marathon day is always an extraordinary and inspirational day when we celebrate the very best of humanity.”

The 2026 race is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, and will mark the 46th edition of the iconic event, which began in 1981 and has since become one of the six World Marathon Majors.

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