David Tarbotton
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Athletics/CG/OG statistician & historian. Recording history through pics/stats/articles. Post hurdling career, providing context to Aussie perf. #TarbyStats
Sydney Australia
Joined April 2011
Australia’s most successful mens event at the world championships is the Pole Vault (2g, 1s, 1b) 29 athletes have cleared 6.00m, including 3 Aussies (incl Marschall's coach Paul Burgess)
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Photo finish confirmed winning margin in men's Marathon is 0.003 (3 thousands of a second) Previous closest championship marathons in global history - Worlds - 1 seconds Olympics - 3 seconds #WorldAthleticsChamps
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The Australian team at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo arrive with 442 Australian teams under their belt.... Most Australian teams: o 18 - Rhydian Cowley o 13 – @kurtismarschall, Nicola Olyslagers, Linden Hall o 12 - @jessicahull96
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Another sports star on breakfast television... It is timely this week as we are between the NSW junior & NSW Open/Little Athletics Champs, that former NSW junior athletics star Alison Piotrowski is on @TheTodayShow & regularly on @weekendtoday as co-host Doing a great job Ali !
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Inaugural Little Athletics NSW State Championships On this day, 6 March 1971, 54-years-ago, the inaugural Little Athletics NSW State Championships were held. Article: https://t.co/ogrSgudJ02
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NSW Junior Championships: 5 emerging athletes to watch Article https://t.co/45AnZ42tjk 📷 David Tarbotton
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Sad news with the passing last week of 1956 Olympic long jump Erica Dick (nee Willis), she was aged 90. The Newcastle athlete was the AUS long jump champion in 1956 and a Melbourne Olympian. RIP Erica
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TRACK AND FIELD MERIT RANKINGS Aussie ranked in 2024: PV 1st Nina Kennedy HJ 2nd Nicola Olyslagers 1500 2nd Jessica Hull JT 2nd Mackenzie Little DT 3rd Matt Denny HJ 5th Eleanor Patterson 20kW 5th Jemima Montag PV 6th Kurtis Marschall Full analysis https://t.co/ZvYcoU6cuw
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SUPERLATIVES – 20.04 Gout Gout 200m FINAL 20.04 (1.5m/s) Australian All Schools Australian Open, U20 & U18 record Breaks Australia’s oldest National record (Olympic events), held by Peter Norman Record had stood for 56 yrs (or 20,506 days) More stats https://t.co/ZvYcoU6Kk4
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Australia’s oldest track and field Olympian Dave Stephens has passed away just short of his 96th birthday. The Melbourne Olympian, set a world six-mile record in 1956, was one of Australia’s most famous athletes, known as ‘the Flying Milkman.’ READ MORE https://t.co/ZvYcoU6Kk4
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Dates, venues and sports proposed for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games It has been proposed that a 'scaled-down' 2026 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2. https://t.co/PDVnthlkRO
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It has been proposed that a 'scaled-down' 2026 Commonwealth Games is held in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2.
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Olympic Games - swimming medal table: USA v Australia...
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#OnThisDay 100-years-ago, at noon on 30 April 1924, the Australian team for the 1924 Paris Olympic Games departed Circular Quay to the cheers of a crowd of thousands. They departed on the R.M.S Ormonde, which would stop in Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth to collect more Olympians.
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Camryn Newton-Smith on her way to something special in the open heptathlon. Overnight she was 88 points up on her PB (6050). Now a great start on day 2 leaping 6.21 in the LJ. #AustraliaAthleticsChampionships
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2024 Sydney Track Classic: Fun facts & things to watch https://t.co/rc1byeGKqz What: Sydney Track Classic Where: ES Marks Athletics Field, Kensington, Sydney Date: Sat 23 March 2024 Time: Gates open 3.00pm Tickets: https://t.co/R4vjmFIGFu Info: https://t.co/Zxbbw99eQ7
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Sydney Track Classic: 3000m Previews The men’s & women’s 3000m National titles at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday are two of the feature events. PREVIEW article https://t.co/Lw9DfjPmsc 📷 David Tarbotton
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The men’s and women’s 3000m National titles at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday are two of the feature events. They are the first National titles this year to be held on the track and they ...
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NSW Open Championships: Lovell on track for Paralympic Games success ▪️ Teenager Sebastian Sultana sprints to NSW U20 record ▪️ Izzi Louison-Roe, now NSW open champion ▪️ Men’s 400m hurdles best ever https://www. /news/nsw-open-championships-lovell-on-track-for-paralympic/
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