Ambassadorial role for Weightman
Olympian Lisa Weightman has been announced as the 2012 Ambassador for the Corporate Cup.
Australia misses out on 400m Olympic relay final
The Australian men’s 4 x 400 metres relay team has narrowly missed a spot in the Olympic final after several incident-packed heats at the Olympic Stadium in London.
Weightman runs PB in Olympic marathon
Lisa Weightman has become only the third Australian woman to finish in the top 20 of an Olympic marathon after producing a personal best time in the London Olympic marathon. Weightman, 33, slashed more than a minute off her previous best, finishing 17th in a time of 2:27:32. She finished behind Ethiopian winner Tik Gelana…
Weightman to run at Olympics tonight
Lisa Weightman will tonight represent Australia in London in her second Olympic marathon. Weightman qualified for the Olympics by running 2:29.23 at the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon and has since been in personal best form. So far in 2012 Weightman has won the Gold Coast 10km and the National 10km Championships in Launceston, as well as…
Australia A call-up for Coulter-Nile
Western Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has been called-up to replace the injured James Pattinson in Australia A’s tour of the UK.
Australia A’s four-match tour began against Derbyshire on Friday.
Weightman ready for London Olympics
An elite athlete can’t make it to the Olympics alone. Marathon runner Lisa Weightman is no different with a dedicated team behind her as she prepares for the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games. A marathon – 42.195 kilometres of blood, sweat and mind games is arguably the toughest individual event of the Olympics. So when…
Record slashed by Weightman on Gold Coast
Lisa Weightman has run a personal best time of 32:17 in the 10km race at the Gold Coast marathon festival, and in doing so, eclipsing a 14-year-old race record. The previous 10km Gold Coast record was held by Kylie Risk in a time of 33:26. For Weightman the record breaking run comes just a fortnight…
Weightman takes out National 10km title
After taking out last month’s Victorian 10km road title, Lisa Weightman has continued her good form ahead of the London Olympics by winning the national 10km road running title in Launceston in a time of 32:46. Weightman, 33, also ran the Launceston Ten before the Beijing Olympics in 2008 where she placed 33rd. “This time I ran…
Offereins named for first Olympics
Ben Offereins has today been named to represent Australia at his first Olympic Games. With only 44 days until the start of the London Games, the West Australian will join Brendan Cole (ACT), Joel Milburn (NSW), Steven Solomon (NSW), John Steffensen (NSW), and Tristan Thomas (Tas) in an expanded 4 x 400m Australian relay squad.…