Posted April 15, 2018 16:03:09 Video: Scottish runner misses marathon gold, collapsing 2km from finish line (ABC News) Related Story: Scottish runner misses marathon gold after collapsing 2km from finish line Commonwealth Games organisers are under fire for the delay in getting help to a stricken Scottish athlete who collapsed …
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Commonwealth Games: Scottish runner Callum Hawkins misses marathon gold after collapsing 2km from finish line – Commonwealth Games 2018
Updated April 15, 2018 11:02:07 Scottish runner Callum Hawkins has collapsed from heat exhaustion two kilometres from the finish line in the men’s marathon, missing out on a Commonwealth Games gold medal. Hawkins held a two-minute, three-second lead over Australia’s Michael Shelley at the 40km checkpoint in the 41.95km race …
Commonwealth Games: Kurt Fearnley wins marathon on Gold Coast in final appearance for Australia
Updated April 15, 2018 08:39:09 Photo: Kurt Fearnley heads into retirement having won gold at the Commonwealth Games. (AAP: Dean Lewins) Related Story: The driving force behind Fearnley’s final race in the green and gold Kurt Fearnley has ended his career representing Australia on a high note with an emphatic …
Australia’s marathon record for men hasn’t been broken since 1986
Updated April 14, 2018 11:17:25 External Link: Robert de Castella breaking the world record at the 1986 Boston Marathon. Male Australian marathon runners were better at running the 42.195 kilometre race when colour TV was still considered a new technology. For years Australian elite marathoners were getting faster and faster. …
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The day Robert de Castella stopped the nation with marathon victory at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games – Commonwealth Games 2018
Updated April 14, 2018 10:54:31 Video: Robert de Castella wins Brisbane Commonwealth Games marathon gold (ABC News) As the 1982 Commonwealth Games marathon edged towards its climax along a crowded Coronation Drive in Brisbane, Robert de Castella began to get a sense of how the race had gripped the city. …
Kurt Fearnley farewells Australia in Comm Games marathon, Gold Coast 2018, athletics
KURT Fearnley can never be accused of not having a go. Having lived a lifetime of beating odds and expectations, he’s promised one more enormous effort in his last appearance in an Australian team in Sunday’s Commonwealth Games marathon on the Gold Coast. “That’s been a big chunk of my …