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Benn Harradine has returned from an injury lay-off to break his own Oceania and Australian discus record and qualify for the IAAF World Championships.

Brooke Stratton is an elite athlete from Melbourne, Australia who competes predominantly in the long jump. She finished 10th at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy, 6th at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada and 7th at the 2012 World Juniors in Barcelona. She holds the Australian junior record for the long jump with a leap of 6.60m set in Mannheim, Germany in July 2011.

The new selection paradigm of the qualified national champion being an automatic selection made for a thrilling men’s high jump.

Olympians Julian Wruck and Kim Mickle have recorded world championship A-qualifiers in winning the national title in their event at the 2013 Australian Championships in Sydney.

Long jump rivals Mitchell Watt and Greg Rutherford are set to join forces over the coming years in a bid to push each other to even greater lengths ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

After two years in which she struggled to live up to her status as the 2009 world discus champion, Dani Samuels is back in the groove.

Olympian Dani Samuels surprised herself when she set a NSW record in winning the state shot put title at Olympic Park on Sunday.

It's a scenario that rarely happens here in any event, let alone the long jump.

St Kevin's hoisted the Athletics Victoria Shield on Saturday after a big day out from two competitors who are versatile.

Steve Hooker says he just wants to jump and isn't thinking about the big picture.

A rejuvenated Dani Samuels stayed cool when the heat was on, producing her best throw in more than two years to power into the Olympic discus final.