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Hooker to take on Germans on their home turf?
Olympic and world champion Steve Hooker is at his European base in Cologne, Germany, but may travel this weekend to Wattenscheid, the site of the selection trials for Germany's team for the European championships.
Phillips Idowu dismisses threat of triple jump rival Teddy Tamgho after Frenchman flops
World triple jump champion Phillips Idowu insists he is not concerned about the emergence of Teddy Tamgho after watching the French prodigy misfire at the European Team Championships on Sunday just eight days after he produced the sixth longest jump in history.
Christian Olsson now able to think seriously about Barcelona
It's not usually nice to have to settle for second best but Swedish triple jumper <Christian Olsson could only see the positive side of his performance on Saturday, despite having to watch Teddy Tamgho fly out to 17.98m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York.
Teddy Tamgho: 'I'm not favourite for European Athletics Championships'
France's Teddy Tamgho, who was crowned as the world indoor champion in March when he set a world indoor record of 17.90m, transferred his spectacular form to the outdoors when he leapt out to 17.98 metres at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York on Saturday.
Fabrice the flyer shows leaps are not flukes
Ten years ago the talented young athletes who took results to the world's media during the Sydney Olympics were ordered into an office and berated for neglecting their duty as they celebrated Cathy Freeman's historic victory in the 400 metres.
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Australia's Commonwealth Games hopes have taken another blow, with national 1500m record holder Ryan Gregson withdrawing from next month's event due to injury.
Commonwealth Games 5000m representative Ben St Lawrence has shattered his personal best in the 3000m at the Notturna Di Milano meet in Italy.
Matt Shirvington has backed the Commonwealth Games boycott of John Steffensen - convinced Athletics Australia must make significant changes before again becoming a "super power" in track and field.
AA chief executive Dallas O'Brien said Steffensen would be required to front a tribunal after being charged with breaching the organisation's code of conduct with his comments at April's national championships.
It will take another generation of athletes to dip under the brand new 800 metres world record of one minute, 41.01 seconds.
Outspoken athlete John Steffensen has reportedly chosen to quit the Delhi Commonwealth Games team as a protest against Athletics Australia.
