Sydney Track Classic - Saturday, 27 February 2010
This coming Sydney Track Classic poses to build on last year's success, as Sydney's premier athletics event. Athletics Australia and Athletics NSW welcome you to attend and be involved with the 2010 Sydney Track Classic on Saturday the 27th of February at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
Whether you're an athlete, coach, or simply just love fierce competition on the track and the field, then come and see the hottest stars of Australian track and field battle with international challengers on a blistering February night at Sydney Olympic Park.
Sydney's own World discus champion, Dani Samuels will send her opponents into a spin as she shows the talent that made her the youngest world discus champion ever. Olympic and world champion Steve Hooker will come with his eye on the world record. Fabrice Lapierre will challenge World championship bronze medallist Mitchell Watt in the long jump, both hoping to knock off Jai Taurima's Australian record.
On the track the men's 4 x 400m Berlin bronze medallists Sean Wroe, John Steffensen, Ben Offereins and Joel Milburn will fight for supremacy in the 400m, the men's 1500m featuring Jeremy Roff and Ryan Gregson promises to be a huge race and Madeleine Pape, Benita Johnson and Eloise Wellings will sizzle in a night of nights for Australian athletics.
So this is your chance to see at first hand top class competition. You can witness present and future Olympians competing against one another in a competition that displays both national and international talent, all in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.
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Sydney Track Classic – 1500m set to be a `classic’The men’s 1500m at Saturday’s Sydney Track Classic is set to be a real ``classic’’ rivaling last year’s event. The 1500m was tremendous race last year with personal bests and breakthroughs galore. No one performed better than Ryan Gregson who ran his current lifetime best of 3:37.24 to place thir..... |
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Sydney Track Classic – PREVIEWS Part 35000m Walk - Men This race brings together four of the five fastest in Australian history – all Olympians – an amazing showcase of Australia’s race walking strength. Jared Tallent and Luke Adams went one-two in the recent Commonwealth Games 20km trial. Tallent broke the Australian record..... |
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Sydney Track Classic - PREVIEWSJamaican Olympic medallist, Danny McFarlane, arrived in Sydney yesterday (Monday) - becoming the first international athlete to arrive for the Sydney Track Classic. |
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One week to go: Sydney tickets selling fastWith just one week to go before some of the biggest names in track and field hit town for the 2010 Sydney Track Classic, it's time for all athletics fans to get behind their favourite athletes along the road to Delhi and get their tickets to the hottest show in town. |
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Olympic medallist to launch into action Down Under this summerFormer world champion and Beijing Olympic Games bronze medallist Tero Pitkamaki is the latest international challenger signed up to test his mettle against Australia’s top athletics talents this summer, the Finnish star heading south for the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday, February 27 and Melbourn..... |
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