Australian Athletics

High praise 👑🗣️ World Athletics President and two-time Olympic champion Lord Sebastian Coe shares his thoughts on the trajectory of Australian athletics ahead of the Oceania Championships and Brisbane 2032. #AthleticsNation

Olympic middle-distance runner Abbey Caldwell has tonight become the second fastest Australian woman in history over 1500m, finishing on the podium at the Shanghai Diamond League 🔥🔥 #AthleticsNation athletics.com.au/news/caldwell-…

Shanghai snapshot 🇨🇳💎 A big breakthrough from Abbey Caldwell headlines the opening night of Diamond League action in 2026! More to come. #AthleticsNation

Vale Ken Hall (25 July 1951 - 3 May 2026) ❤️ 👉 bit.ly/Vale-KenHall 👉 bit.ly/KenHallColumn A service will be held for Ken on Thursday, 21st May at 2:00pm at Studley Grounds, Kew.

Australia is set to carry its World Athletics Relays momentum into next week’s Oceania Athletics Championships, where global javelin star Mackenzie Little, Paralympic prospect Layla Sharp and rising middle-distance talent Tate van Camp are among the names ready to ignite the nation’s north. PREVIEW👉bit.ly/OAC26-Preview #AthleticsNation

Commonwealth Games No.5 💛💚 Para-athlete Angela Ballard will compete again in Glasgow, 12 years after she won gold in the T54 1500m in the 2014 Games. 🔗 Link in bio for full story #AthleticsNation #Glasgow2026 #CommGamesAus bit.ly/AngelaBallard

We are so back 💎🇨🇳 The Diamond League is back for 2026 and so too are a host of Australian athletics stars including Jessica Hull, Matthew Denny and Kurtis Marschall who have touched down in Shanghai. #AthleticsNation athletics.com.au/news/global-me…

The theme of this year's National Careers Week is growing identity in sport. 💻🪏 Athletes Desleigh Owusu, Ebony Lane and Yual Reath tell their stories, of their love of competing while also working @ausport @theAIS #AthleticNation #ncwau26 bit.ly/workandathleti…

EUGENE BOUND 😤🌲 A record team of 75 athletes have been selected to compete for Australia at the World Athletics U20 Championships in the United States of America in August. Check out the full team 👉 bit.ly/WJ26-Team #AthleticsNation

Jumping for the stars ⭐️⭐️ Izobelle Louison-Roe speaks highly of the Australian Athletics Pathways Transition Program (PTP). Nominations for this year's PTP close on Friday May 15. bit.ly/PTPPROGRAM

Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible mums across Australia, especially the amazing mothers within our athletics community 💚💛 Two of them, Brooke Buschkuehl and Vanessa Low, share their inspiring journeys of becoming mothers, returning to competition, and continuing to perform at the highest level. 🌟 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/26MothersDay #AthleticsNation

At 17-years-old, Jaydon Page waltzed into his first Commonwealth Games and assumed sprinting was easy. The thought of his Birmingham silver still makes him uncomfortable, but Glasgow is just around the corner. #AthleticsNation #Glasgow2026 #CommGamesAus athletics.com.au/news/fresh-pag…

Lucky Number 3 🌟 Sprinter Rhiannon Clarke will head to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games chasing a gold medal to add to her silver and bronze from the last two Games in the Gold Coast and Birmingham. 🫡 If anyone can do it, Rhiannon can. 💚💛 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/CG26-Rhiannon #AthleticsNation

Every picture tells a story. 📸 Imogen McDonald has been named the inaugural winner of the Mark Dadswell Photography Award for 2026. The image of Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy taken at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth last year, a very worthy winner. Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/MarkDadswellAw… 📸 Imogen McDonald AthleticsNation

World Kids’ Athletics Day 🥰🌍 Today, we’re celebrating 5 years of inspiring kids around the world to move, play and explore through athletics. 🏃 It’s also an exciting step forward in the unification of Australian Athletics and Coles Little Athletics, creating even more opportunities for kids to get active, connected and involved in our sport. And we’re just getting warmed up 👀
A FREE activation event is coming later this May… stay tuned! #AthleticsNation #KidsAthleticsDay

From Ramingining to Glasgow 💚💛 Following her international debut last year, Arnhem Land and Ramingining teenager Briseis Brittain hoped to catch the attention of Catherine Freeman. The two have since met. #AthleticsNation #Glasgow2026 #CommGamesAus athletics.com.au/news/brittain-…

GLASGOW, are you ready? 💚💛 A history-maker and 16 debutants headline Australia’s 24-strong Para Athletics squad, set to represent Australia at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT👉bit.ly/CGA-ParaAthlet… #AthleticsNation

By the Numbers 🤯🤯 It was a weekend to remember in Gaborone as Australia stamped their presence on the global stage once again at the 2026 World Athletics Relays. 🌏 Read the full story 👉 bit.ly/WR26-ByNumbers #AthleticsNation