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Jenneke wins silver in Singapore
Michelle Jenneke has won the first medal for the Australian athletics team at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Aussie performances below par at Weltklasse meet
Australia's athletes have nothing to write home about from the world's premier one day athletics meeting in Zurich, Switzerland.
Gentle giant awakes
The giant of the Australian Youth Olympic Team, Damien Birkinhead, got his 132kg, 190cm frame into action on Wednesday and threw his way into a prime qualification position for the Youth Olympic Games final.
Fantastic start for nervous athletics team
Australia’s track and field team has had an outstanding opening session at the Youth Olympic Games, with four of the six athletes in action progressing to 'A' finals of their events.
Pearson consistent in London
One week after taking out her maiden Diamond League victory Sally Pearson has placed second in 100m hurdles at the London leg of the series.
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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.