The way Benita Johnson sees it, the tougher the conditions in the Olympic marathon in Beijing, the better it is for her.
WORLD indoor champion Tamsyn Lewis has swapped a European summer for the Darwin heat to help her acclimatise to Beijing.
AUSTRALIA'S troubled track and field team has another major problem on its hands - 400m medal hope John Steffensen.
US sprinter Tyson Gay has withdrawn from tomorrow's London Grand Prix while he continues to recover from the hamstring injury sustained at the US Olympic trials.
FORMER world record holder Asafa Powell beat compatriot and present recordholder Usain Bolt in a 100 metres showdown in Stockholm today.
JAMAICAN sprint star Usain Bolt will make a late decision on whether to try to win both the 100 metres and the 200 metres in Beijing.
AUSTRALIANS Greg Bennett and Liz Blatchford completed the double in today's New York City triathlon.
DOUBLE amputee Oscar Pistorius failed today in his final bid to reach the Olympic Games 400 metres qualification time.
DESPITE all the talk to the contrary, the inclusion of Kenenisa Bekele in the 5000m hasn't come as a great surprise.
USAIN Bolt, the world 100 metre record-holder, ran the fastest time in the 200m this year, winning in 19.67 seconds today at a meeting in Athens.
EMMA Snowsill won a fourth straight race in the US, while two other Aussie triathletes were second at a World Cup event in Hungary at the weekend.
GEELONG runner Lee Troop will compete in the Athletics Victoria 16km cross-country championships in his home town today in preparation for Beijing.
WAS the toe surgery that ultimately led to Jana Rawlinson's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics necessary?
EXCLUSIVE: JANA Rawlinson has tonight told how she is "shattered" and "numb" after a toe injury forced her to pull out of the Beijing Olympics.
ALLOWING "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius to compete at the Beijing Olympics could create problems akin to doping, according to a leading Australian amputee athlete.
DUAL world 400m hurdles champion Jana Rawlinson has finished second in her comeback race from foot surgery.
AMERICAN Bernard Lagat has firmed as the man Australian Craig Mottram must beat to claim an Olympic gold medal.
CHILLY Ballarat might seem an odd place to prepare for an Olympic marathon in broiling Beijing.
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Australia's Sally McLellan celebrates after winning the women's 100 metres hurdles at a meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland today. Picture: AP
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CRAIG Mottram ticked another box in his Olympic buildup today with an impressive victory in the 3000 metres at a Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm.
DOPING-tainted sprinter Katerina Thanou has been included on Greece's official team list for the Beijing Olympics.
GOLD medal walk favourite Nathan Deakes has been ruled out of the Beijing Olympic Games.
DESPITE having collected Commonwealth and World Cup gold medals, Steve Hooker's achievements often have come on the same day as a better performance from a teammate who captures the headlines and limelight.
AUSTRALIAN sprinter Sally McLellan set a new national 100 metres hurdles record today and won a $15,000 diamond in the process.
CATHY Freeman has urged Australians to throw their support behind Jana Rawlinson to continue pursuing her golden dream.
REIGNING Olympic 100 metre champion Justin Gatlin was noticeably absent when the USA's track and field team for Beijing was officially named today.
JANA Rawlinson yesterday owned up to what the rest of Australia has known for four years: that she was a drama queen and created the media circus that enveloped her at the Athens Olympics.
RIGHT now she's "feeling like she's let people down", but withdrawing from next month's Beijing Olympics could have a silver lining for hurdler .
JANA Rawlinson was yesterday branded a whining drama queen by an Australian public that viciously turned against the fallen track star.
MIDDLE-DISTANCE runner Liliana Popescu has been dropped from Romania Beijing Olympics team after failing a drug test.
WORLD champions Nathan Deakes and Jana Rawlinson will lead Australia's athletics assault in Beijing after being named officially today.
IT WAS messy and had many holes in it but, importantly, Jana Rawlinson got through her long-awaited return to the track unscathed.
AUSTRALIAN modern pentathlete Alex Parygin has been booted off the Olympic team after an extraordinary appeal by his British rivals.
TYSON Gay ran the fastest 100 metres in history today, winning the final in a wind-assisted 9.68 seconds at the US Olympic trials.
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