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Lapierre ready to leap into legend on home turf, with Bolt looking on
On September 15th - the 10th anniversary of the opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympics - long jumper Fabrice Lapierre will compete in an All Star meeting with the pressure of Usain Bolt scrutinising his every move while he tries to smash the official Australian record.
Hooker fails to find lift at favourite venue
Australia's Olympic and world pole vault champion Steven Hooker failed to record one successful vault for the fourth time this season here on Sunday.
Yelena Isinbayeva targets fresh dominance of pole vault
Pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva has set a daunting list of targets when she returns in February 2011 following a self-imposed rest.
Flying Fabrice still up in the air
Australian long jumper Fabrice Lapierre will not make a final decision on his Commonwealth Games availability until next month - when he competes at the Athletic All Stars meet in Sydney.
Fabrice Lapierre out of team - then back in
World indoor long jump champion Fabrice Lapierre last night declared he would compete at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi just hours after saying he was "tempted to pull out" of the controversial event.
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Twenty-seven of Australia's Commonwealth Games team will take to the track under the banner of Asia-Pacific this weekend in Split, Croatia at the inaugural Continental Cup.
Tyson Gay won the battle of 100m world leaders and Blanka Vlasic cleared 2.02m to highlight the 60th Anniversary edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb, the final IAAF World Challenge meeting of 2010.
Usain Bolt's life story hits the bookshops this week, but the athlete everyone is talking about right now is David Rudisha. The Kenyan improved the world 800m record twice in one week with scintillating runs in Berlin and Rieti. Aged only 21, there looks like there is more to come too.
Despite putting two world records under his belt in seven days, world 800m holder and Africa champion David Rudisha will skip the Commonwealth Games due in Delhi next month, citing fatigue.
Commonwealth Games 400m champion John Steffensen says he is in good shape to defend his title in New Delhi despite a limited build-up.
