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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Stewart McSweyn of Team Australia competes during the Men's 1500m Round 1 Heat 2 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

When you can see Olympians in action in Tassie

For the first time in a decade, Tasmania is set to play host to a world class athletics event which will serve as a crucial lead up to the Commonwealth Games. Here’s what we know.

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Gout Gout and Kaylee McKeown.

‘Unrecognised’: Swimming vies for love – with a swipe at athletics

Swim star Kaylee McKeown says it’s crucial to get local crowds invested in Australia’s most successful Olympic sport before the Brisbane Games – then took a swipe at the hype over athletics.

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Jayla Olm won two bronze medals at the All Schools Athletics Championships. Picture: Athletics Tasmania

The Tasmanian athletes who shone on the national stage

Tasmanian athletes shone at the All School Athletics Championships last week. Catch up on those who won medals, set personal bests and were among the record breakers.

Steve Hooker with his son Maxim at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships. Picture: Mitch Bourke.

Olympian’s son takes flight on national stage

Steve Hooker became a national hero when he won a pole vault gold medal, now he’s guiding his 12-year-old son who is competing on the national stage. Plus every meet record from All Schools 2025.

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NCA. PARIS FRANCE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. August 8- Day 13, ATTENTION SATURDAY EXCLUSIVE CONTACT CAMERON TANDY IN PARIS OLYMPIC TEAM BEFORE USE....... Jessica Stenson spends some time with husband Dylan and kids Billy 4 and Ellie 11 months, before she runs the marathon at the Paris Olympics.

Aussie star smashes national record at Valencia Marathon

A three-time Olympian, and mother of two, is now Australia’s fastest marathon runner after smashing the national record at the Valencia Marathon. See her time here.

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Evan Morgan. Best pictures for 2024. North Queensland sprint sensation Uwezo Lubenda, 15, on the red track at the Townsville Sports Reserve. Picture: Evan Morgan

‘Just the beginning’: Meet the Aussie sprint sensation faster than Gout

Teen sprint sensation Uwezo Lubenda has revealed what is next after making global headlines with his unforgettable run at the state champs. Plus two Australian champions offer their advice.

Revealed: The top talents to watch at Australian Athletics All Schools

Revealed: The top talents to watch at Australian Athletics All Schools

From children of former Australian representatives to the youngster who ran quicker earlier than Gout Gout this year, these are the athletes to watch at the Australian Athletics All Schools Championships.

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Zac McDowell-White attacks the cup for Villanova.

150+ names: SEQ’s most exciting sport teams we watched in ‘25

The Sunshine State’s finest: Here are the most exciting school and club sporting teams in South East Queensland that we had the pleasure of watching in 2025. See more than 150 names and pictures inside.

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Townsville athletes Sasha White and Olivia Ford, at the Townsville Sports Precinct, prepare for Tokyo Deaflympics. Picture: Evan Morgan

Townsville to Tokyo: Track stars’ inspiring road to 2025 Deaflympics

Townsville athletes Sasha White and Olivia Ford will fly the flag for Queensland when they take on the world’s best at the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics. Read about their inspiring journey here.

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Thewbelle Philp Australian All Schools track and field championships in Brisbane. Saturday December 7, 2024. Picture John Gass

NAMED: The 10 Sports Gold Coast Grow For Gold winners

Sports Gold Coast has unveiled the 10 rising athletes set to receive a life-changing sponsorship in the lead-up to the 2032 Olympics in the Grow For Gold initiative. Meet all 10 winners here and see their reactions to receiving the sponsorships here.

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IGS are back-to-back GPS champions.

GPS T&F champs: Full report, 120+ image picture galllery

Ipswich Grammar snared a rare double in GPS track and field, winning for the second year straight in both the junior and senior carnivals. Here is all you need to know about the flagship schoolboy event at QSAC, including an 128 image picture gallery.

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24/10/2025 : Running sensation Gout Gout from Ipswich Grammar School, wins the Boys Open 400m race, Great Public Schools Association (GPS) QLD track and field championships, at QSAC, Nathan, in Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

REPLAYS: Gout Gout ready to take on world after winning last school race

Gout Gout has won the last races of his school career and been mobbed at the GPS Track and Field Championships. Watch replays of the 400m and 4x100m relay here.

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24/10/2025 : Running sensation Gout Gout from Ipswich Grammar School, finishes the Boys Open 4 x100m relay race, Great Public Schools Association (GPS) QLD track and field championships, at QSAC, Nathan, in Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

REPLAYS: Gout Gout ready to take on world after winning last school race

Gout Gout has won the last races of his school career and been mobbed at the GPS Track and Field Championships. Watch replays of the 400m and 4x100m relay here.

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**HOLD FOR SATURDAY PAPERS** 4/12/2024: Teenage sprint running star Gout Gout, who has smashed a number of records recently in competition, near his home in Spring Mountain, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Gout’s farewell gift to good mate in schoolboy swansong at QSAC

Twelve months after he launched into the stratosphere by breaking a GPS record, Gout Gout will on Friday end his schoolboy racing career. School athletics coaches reflect on how far he has come.

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QLD State Championships 13-19yrs Track & Field at Townsville Sports Reserve. 100m heats. Townsville's Uwezo Lubenda. Picture: Evan Morgan

Faster than Gout: Queensland’s new 16yo sprint king

Gout Gout’s fastest 100m run as a 16-year-old was 10.57 seconds. Another teen sprint sensation obliterated that time in a stunning run on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos September 27, 2025: Gout Gout will be back from World Championships tonight, to fire the starting pistol at the Telstra Half-Time Sprint at the AFL Grand Final tomorrow. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Aussie legend that sparked Gout Gout’s dreams of Olympic gold

A classroom video on sprinter Peter Norman lit a fire in the Ipswich teen who shattered Norman’s 56-year record last year. But as his celebrity star rises, Gout Gout remains grounded, with as much an eye on home as his world-conquering Olympics goals.

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SOCIALS: Little Red Luncheon, Frogmore Creek, Cambridge: Libby Nielsen, West Hobart. Ally Bradley, West Hobart and Allison Wilson, Oakdowns

Power List: Meet Tasmania’s 30 most influential sporting leaders

Tasmania’s sporting revolution is being led by an elite group of former athletes and business minds who are transforming the state into a national powerhouse. SEE THE LIST.

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Action from the 2025 AIC track and field championships at QSAC on Thursday, October 9. Thursday October 9, 2025. Picture, John Gass

46 snaps: AIC Track and Field Championships full picture gallery

PICTURE GALLERY: Here are 46 images from the time-honoured AIC Track and Field Championships held at QSAC and won by Marist Ashgrove for a historic 11th straight year.

Territorians Kate Bourchier and Kylie Scholz will take on the Kona World Championships in Hawaii. Picture: Jo Jamieson

Territory pair to take on world’s most gruelling Ironman champs

Two Territory athletes are primed to battle high temperatures, exposed lava fields and the best in the world at the Ironman World Championships this weekend.

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Nicola Olyslagers secured Australia’s only gold of the championships. Picture: AP

Agony and ecstasy: Late gold saves Australia’s Tokyo torture

Australia’s medal count dropped at the world championships in Tokyo – but Nicola Olyslagers and Gout Gout delivered golden moments to provide hope for the future.

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TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 21: Gold medalist, Nicola Olyslagers of Team Australia, celebrates with the national flag following victory in the Women's High Jump Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Top of the world: Olyslagers wins gold medal for Australia

Nicola Olyslagers, a three-time bridesmaid on the world stage, was a dominant force as she soared to the gold medal in the high jump to claim the title she has craved.

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Australia's Mackenzie Little reacts in the women's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Doctor’s still in: Little won’t quit day job despite world champs bronze

Bronze medallist Mackenzie Little has no intention of scaling back her medical career despite again showing she is one of the best javelin throwers in the world.

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TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 19: Jessica Hull of Team Australia celebrates after competing in the Women's 800 Metres Semi-Finals on day seven of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 19, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

‘Nothing to lose’: Hull declares she’s a chance in 800m final

‘Running free and having fun’ could be a dangerous attitude for Jessica Hull’s 800m final competitors as the new Aussie record holder declares she has one more big run in her.

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Australia's athlete Gout Gout (L) and US sprinter Noah Lyles react after competing in the men's 200m semi-final during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 18, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

‘More talented than I was’: Champ blown away by Aussie teen freak

The best is definitely yet to come for Australia’s teen sprint sensation Gout Gout – and American champion Noah Lyles knows it.

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Victoria Huang a winner in the Kids 2k in the 2025 Gold Coast Marathon weekend Picture: Glenn Campbell

Future 2032 stars: Meet the nation’s top distance runners

Meet the nation’s top junior cross country runners who could dominate the track and field scene in 2032 and see which states are producing the next generation of stars.

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 17: Torrie Lewis of Team Australia competes during the Women's 200 Metres Heats on day five of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Don’t forget Torrie: Australia has two sprint sensations to savour

Torrie Lewis might have played understudy to Gout Gout at the World Championships. But, the 20-year-old national record holder showed she’s destined for big things.

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TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 17: Gout Gout of Team Australia (R) competes against Naeem Jack of Team South Africa (L) during the Men's 200 Metres Heats on day five of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

3 million tuned in for Gout Gout’s heat. Here’s how to watch his semi-final

An incredible 3 million viewers tuned in to watch Gout Gout’s 200m heat at the world championships. Find out what time he’ll race the semi-final, and how to watch, inside.

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FILE - Gout Gout of Australia, celebrates after winning the men 200 meters during the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

When does Gout Gout race next?

He’s fast become one of Australia’s must-watch athletes. This is when you can watch Gout Gout next and what makes the sprint sensation so good.

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Gout Gout of Team Australia looks on after competing in the Men's 200 Metres Heats on day five of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

‘Run like the wind’: Gout eyes Lyles after dream world titles debut

Gout-mania is officially global and lives on for at least another day. The 17-year-old Queensland schoolboy did what the great Usain Bolt couldn’t do, got out of the heat at his first major championships.

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - JULY 30: Kyle Chalmers of Team Australia reacts after the Men's 100m Freestyle heats on day 20 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at World Aquatics Championships Arena on July 30, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Chalmers rejects millions as US sprint star joins Enhanced Games

Kyle Chalmers has reportedly turned down an offer to join the Enhanced Games, while sprint superstar Fred Kerley has become the first US man, and first track and field star, to sign up for the controversial competition.

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