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Jessica Hull to take a free swing at the 800m in Tokyo

Jessica Hull to take a free swing at the 800m in Tokyo

Jessica Hull, Claudia Hollingsworth and Abbey Caldwell will form a strong triple threat for Australia in the women's 800m at the world championships.

Aussie sensation Gout Gout set to be unleashed in Tokyo

Aussie sensation Gout Gout set to be unleashed in Tokyo

Aussie sensation Gout Gout set to be unleashed in Tokyo

Aussie sensation Gout Gout set to be unleashed in Tokyo

Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis will be the centre of Australian attention in the opening round of the 200m races at the world championships.

Jessica Hull hangs tough to claim 1500m bronze in Tokyo

Jessica Hull hangs tough to claim 1500m bronze in Tokyo

Jessica Hull hangs tough to claim 1500m bronze in Tokyo

Jessica Hull hangs tough to claim 1500m bronze in Tokyo

Jessica Hull has claimed bronze in a dramatic 1500m final at the world championships won by Kenyan superstar Faith Kipyegon.

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Gout Gout avoids the big guns on debut at worlds

Gout Gout avoids the big guns on debut at worlds

Gout Gout will have the eyes of the athletics world upon him when he makes his senior international debut in the 200m on Wednesday.

Hull ready for whatever it takes in world 1500m final

Hull ready for whatever it takes in world 1500m final

Australian Jessica Hull will get another shot at legendary Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in the 1500m final at the world athletics championships.

Bronze for Marschall; another world record for Mondo

Bronze for Marschall; another world record for Mondo

Pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall has won Australia's first medal of the Tokyo world championships and Mondo Duplantis has broken his own world record in the event.

Gout Gout aiming very high for the 200m in Tokyo

Gout Gout aiming very high for the 200m in Tokyo

Gout Gout has wowed the world's athletics media ahead of his major senior championships debut.

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Seville shines brightest in men's 100m boilover

Seville shines brightest in men's 100m boilover

Seville shines brightest in men's 100m boilover

Seville shines brightest in men's 100m boilover

With legendary countryman Usain Bolt watching on, Jamaican Oblique Seville claimed the men's 100m title at the world championships.

Big blow for Torrie Lewis in 100m semis

Big blow for Torrie Lewis in 100m semis

Big blow for Torrie Lewis in 100m semis

Big blow for Torrie Lewis in 100m semis

Torrie Lewis has come up short in her bid to become the first Australian woman to reach a world championships 100m final.

Myers, Olympic champ both miss out on 1500m semis

Myers, Olympic champ both miss out on 1500m semis

Myers, Olympic champ both miss out on 1500m semis

Myers, Olympic champ both miss out on 1500m semis

A month after passing out on a training run in Poland, Australian Cameron Myers has been eliminated in the 1500m heats at the world titles.

Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis

Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis

Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis

Lewis ready to go quicker again in Tokyo 100m semis

Australian sprint star Torrie Lewis is putting no limits on how fast she could run in Tokyo.

Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds

Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds

Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds

Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds

Sprint queen Torrie Lewis has given Australia a flying start to the world athletics championships with a record-breaking 100m run.

Top-10 finish for Australian walker Henderson in Tokyo

Top-10 finish for Australian walker Henderson in Tokyo

Top-10 finish for Australian walker Henderson in Tokyo

Top-10 finish for Australian walker Henderson in Tokyo

Australian race walkers Rebecca Henderson and Rhydian Cowley have claimed top-12 finishes on day one at the world athletics championships.

Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles

Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles

Hopes very high for Australian success at world titles

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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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.

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.

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.

Japanese MPs launch leadership bids after PM resigns

The campaigning begins to replace outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after he quit over his party's poor showing in recent elections.

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Japan's PM resigns after bruising election losses

Japanese leader Shigeru Ishiba, who has faced a split within his ruling party, has pitched the world's fourth-largest economy into fresh political uncertainty.

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.

Pole vault queen Kennedy shifts the goalposts for Tokyo

After recovering from major hamstring surgery, pole vault superstar Nina Kennedy is taking a whole new mindset into her world championships title defence.

Japan's PM vows to stay on after bruising election loss

Japan's ruling coalition has lost its majority in the upper house but Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has no plans to quit.

Kisnorbo out as Japanese club parts with another coach

Australian Patrick Kisnorbo's brief tenure as head coach of Yokohama F.Marinos is over.

Vital step toward healing as ancestors returned home

Indigenous custodians have received the remains of ancestors that had been kept in Japanese institutions, in what is considered a vital step towards healing.

Rizzo claims huge scalp at venue of world aths titles

Bree Rizzo has beaten American star Sha'Carri Richardson to win the 100m, headlining a brace of strong Australian results at a Tokyo athletics grand prix.

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