sidelined

It was a disappointing night last night as Craig Mottram really screwed the pooch in a very slow 5000m final.
Craig Mottram has been left searching for explanations after finishing a distant 13th in the 5,000m at the world athletics championships in a race tailor-made for winner Bernard Lagat.
After Kenyan Ben Limo stepped aside from the [...]

We’re at the business end of the World Athletics Championships, at least as far as real Australian medal chances are concerned so lets have a look at how well our top guys and gals are going.
Jana Pittman proves that motherhood is good for something in winning her event.
The 24-year-old last night completed a remarkable comeback [...]

This is an absolutely fantastic story coming out of Track and Field. Paralympic gold medalist and world record holder Oscar Pistorius has been running with the big boys with some success but it appears that he may also be running into a bit of trouble with the IAAF because his carbon composite legs [...]

One of the purest climbers in running or cycling in Australia, and though unsung, also one of this countries best all round athletes, Paul Crake, crashed during a stage of the Tour of Southland in New Zealand and was badly injured. Today brings us news that he may be paralysed.
Australian athlete Paul Crake is paralysed [...]

Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has run his debut New York City marathon finishing in his stated goal of under three hours.
His final finishing time was 2:59:35.35, finishing 858th in a field of 38,000.
The Armstrong story is an amazing one and continues that course. As a former triathlete, I followed Armstrong’s teenage [...]