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Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles

The Australian team at the world athletics championships in Tokyo is an intoxicating mix of the now and the next.

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Gout Gout fanfare obscures depth of Australian athletics poised for world championships spotlight

The Brisbane teenager may be the talk of the town but there are many other athletes well placed to impress in Tokyo in the green and gold

The Guardian - AU

Duplantis, humidity and Gout Gout: what to look out for at World Athletics Championships

Who are the biggest stars, what are their chances and how will the Brits fare in Tokyo? All your questions about the World Athletics Championships answered

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How YouTube broke professional athletics

IN DEPTH: In a struggling sport, big brands are increasingly investing their money in streamers and influencers rather than star athletes – Alan Smith looks at how they must adapt to the new reality or lose out

The Independent UK

Quicker and wiser: Rohan Browning set to fly in Tokyo

Rohan Browning and Jessica Hull will be among a host of big-name Australians in action on day one of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

AAP

From TikTok to beating the clock: meet the 15-year-old sprint sensation taking social media by storm

Bronson Hearn-Smith went viral for a video of his effortless sprinting style which has earned him fast times and many admirers

The Guardian - UK

Usain Bolt 'not worried' about records being broken by today's cast of sprinters

In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them

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Usain Bolt's message to Gout Gout ahead of worlds debut

Usain Bolt has delivered a simple piece of advice to Gout Gout as the Australian teenage sprint sensation prepares for his first world championships.

AAP

World Athletics Championships 2025: what you need to know about how to watch live from Australia

Wondering when Gout Gout takes his bow? How can you follow the events? Who are Australia’s best medal hopes in Tokyo? Our guide has you covered

The Guardian - AU

Rising Aussie long jump star ready to shine in Tokyo

A rising star who has already been compared to the great Sally Pearson is primed to make her mark at the world athletics championships.

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Morning Mail: who is funding our thinktanks, Donald Trump ally shot in US, Tim Wilson’s costly sharemarket bet

Australian thinktanks divided over funding transparency; rightwing US figure Charlie Kirk shot in Utah

The Guardian - AU

Sebastian Coe hails ‘mahogany hard’ Keely Hodgkinson and calls Gout Gout ‘real deal’

British middle-distance legend sees greatness in the future of two athletes before the world championships in Tokyo

The Guardian - UK

Athletics can’t keep kidding itself – it needs a five-pronged plan to save track and field

Formula One provides a good example of what can be done if a sport tries to appeal to a younger audience and embraces the popularity of social media

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: The Boris Johnson files, online watchdog slams big tech, French government collapses

eSafety commissioner says companies not doing enough to prevent sharing of harmful material

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Gout Gout frenzy drives huge Australian interest in World Athletics Championships

The emergence of Gout Gout has supercharged Australian interest in the world athletics championships which get under way this week in Tokyo

AAP

Injury forces pole vault star Kennedy out of worlds

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, who won gold at last year's Olympics, is out of the Tokyo world championships because of a new leg injury.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Nauruan concern over new transfers from Australia, Xi and Putin’s hot mic moment, De Minaur loses at US Open

Islanders worry about the impact of migrants deported by Australia; leaders caught talking about organ transplants leading to immortality

The Guardian - AU

‘You’ve grown’: Gout Gout reaches new heights in his bid to emulate Bolt

The Australian sprint sensation is beginning to catch up with Usain Bolt’s times, and also catching up to the towering Jamaican in height

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Huge Australian team for world athletics championships

The Australian team for the upcoming world athletics championships in Tokyo will be even bigger than the one at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

The Guardian - AU

Gout Gout headlines record Australian athletics squad for world championships

Teenager will make his senior national team debut in Tokyo as part of Australia’s biggest ever worlds team

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’

The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to win

The Guardian - AU

Lachie Kennedy joins Jemima Montag in pulling out of world titles in dual blow for Australia

Australia’s athletics squad has suffered a double blow weeks out from the world championships in Tokyo with the sprinter and race walker both ruled out

AAP

Two injured stars out of Australian team for worlds

Injuries have ruled two Australian stars out of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

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Australia buoyed by Gout's Commonwealth Games signal

One year out from the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Australian officials have been buoyed by Gout Gout's indication that he will run in Glasgow.

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Victoria's trash is now Commonwealth Games treasure

Two years after Victoria suddenly scrapped hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, a batch of countries are hoping to host after Scotland's Glasgow next year.

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