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Five Filipinos seeing action in World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth

FIVE Filipinos are seeing action in the 22nd World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth, Australia. National team coach Danilo Fresnido opens the Philippine campaign on Friday in the javelin.
The Guardian

‘Perth is primed for fast times’: Australian athletics’ Generation Next set to light up nationals

Conditions are ideal at this week’s national championships, with the prospect of a sub-10s 100m driving much of the pre-meet excitement It’s not a good week to be a national record. The Fremantle ...
The Courier-Mail

How Perth’s Sasha Zhoya knocked back an offer from Kerry Stokes to become a French poster boy

Sasha Zhoya is Aussie born and bred. The Perth athletics sensation is so good he was poached by the French to be a poster boy at the Paris Olympics. This is the inside story of a stunning defection.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jess Hull travels from Jamaica to Perth to run at Australian Athletics Championships

Jess Hull is competing at the Australian Athletics Championships only four days after taking part in a meet in Jamaica. Hull won her heat of the 1,500m in Perth on Thursday. If Jess Hull appeared in a ...
nytimes.com

Preparing Perth Stadium for Ashes cricket: A drop-in wicket, a 40-tonne transporter and sleepless nights

Perth Stadium is hosting its first Ashes Test Paul Kane/Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. Perth. Five letters that stir vivid images for cricket ...