It is with sadness that Athletics Australia announces the passing of sprinter Daniel Batman (NSW) in a car accident in the Northern Territory. One of Australia’s greatest track athletes across 100m, 200m and 400m, Batman donned the green and gold of Australia on seven occasions, including the 2000 Olympic Games in his adopted home town of Sydney. Batman was born in Melbourne on March 20, 1981, and... 

Mary Keitany Photo credit: Victah Sailer / photorun.net Mary Keitany, the world’s number one road runner in 2009, will run the BIG 25 Berlin on 9th May. The 28 year-old has entered the 30th edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race with the aim to break the world 25 k record. More than 10,000 entries are expected for the BIG 25 Berlin, which will also feature a 10 k race, a 5×5 k relay... 

Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica created a big time upset to win the women’s 60m dash at the IAAF World Championships in Doha on Sunday. Campbell-Brown, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic 200m champion blasted away from the blocks and cross the finish line in a personal best of 7.00seconds to beat the favourite LaVerne Jones-Ferrette of the US Virgin Islands and American Carmelita Jeter, who had to... 

Video of Usain Bolt speaking about running at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on 12 June. Bolt, the triple Olympic and World champion (100, 200, 4×100) and World record holder will race over the 100m dash in New York, and it will be his first competition in the United States since he set his first world record of 9.72seconds to break Asafa Powell’s previous mark at the same venue... 

Usain Bolt salutes after winning the men's 100m in a WR 9.58 at the World Championships in Berlin PHOTO/ Randy Miyazaki NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 2) – Sprint sensation Usain Bolt will compete in the 100 meters at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on June 12th, organizers announced today. The adidas Grand Prix, formerly known as the Reebok Grand Prix, will be the fifth stop on the inaugural... 

Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, the reigning World Outdoor 110m hurdles champion, leads an all-star list of international hurdlers scheduled to compete at the 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today.   He will be joined in the men’s race by Ladji Docouré, a former World Outdoor Champion in the high hurdles. Brathwaite, the first World Champion ever from Barbados, upstaged... 

SYDNEY — Olympic 100m hurdles silver medallist Sally McLellan is set to skip the early parts of next season as she is still being bothered by a nagging back injury. Sally McLellan of Australia competing in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the Herculis 2009 meeting in Monaco PHOTO/Kurt Morris The Australian who struggled with the injury during this summer’s IAAF World Championships... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt (L) with Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United world legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes Usain Bolt’s glittering record breaking performances at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, in August, is definitely one of the sporting highlights of the year. The Jamaican smashed... 

BERLIN — Try as they might, the Americans just can’t seem to get that baton around the track in the 400-meter relay without some sort of misadventure. First the men were disqualified at the world championships for making an exchange outside the allowable zone. Then the women didn’t finish after Muna Lee pulled up with a hamstring injury. It was shades of Beijing all over again, when... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track BERLIN — American sprint legend Michael Johnson believes Tyson Gay must get a fast start when he clashes with Usain Bolt over the 100 metres or the race will be over within a few metres. Johnson, the current 400m world record holder who held the previous 200m world mbest, before losing it to Bolt last year, says even a fast finisher like Gay would have a difficult time...