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News.com.au
09-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Harness racing driver Kate Gath sets personal best marathon time amid Inter Dominion campaign
It is a case of one challenge down and another one to come for harness racing's 'Superwoman' Kate Gath during the Queensland Inter Dominion. Gath, 42, the most successful female Group 1 driver in Australian history, is a passionate distance runner and smashed her personal best win last Sunday's Gold Coast Marathon. Just hours after a handful of drives on night one of the Inter Dominion at Albion Park, Gath headed to the Gold Coast, swapped her driving silks for running shoes and blasted around the 42.2km course in 3min 3.27sec – that's a sizzling 4min 20sec p/km. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! It was only Gath's fourth marathon, which includes New York in 2022, and she smashed her previous best by four minutes. 'I hit a flat patch around the 30km mark, but worked my way through it and finished strongly,' Gath said. 'It was a bit warmer than I expected, but I was pleased with the time. I love my running, it's like meditation for me … the only 'me' time I get.' It's a regular thing for Gath to go out and run 20km or more just hours before hopping in the sulky and driving in feature races at Melton. 'When you're training for a marathon you have to stick to a plan, so I remember one time I ran 28km and then had all the Breeders Crown finals at Melton that night,' she said. Gath was back into harness mode soon after finishing the Gold Coast circuit last Sunday, out tending to and feeding the three Inter Dominion runners – Catch A Wave, Tango Tara and Hector – she and husband, Andy Gath, have in this series. Two of them, Catch A Wave and Tango Tara, ran well enough on night one to keep their hopes alive of a berth in next Saturday's $1m Inter Dominion pacing final at Albion Park. Gath's next challenge is to cement those spots, especially with stable star and eight-time Group 1 winner Catch A Wave, through Saturday night's second and final round of qualifying heats. Unlike Gath, consistency isn't a strong point for the gifted but enigmatic Catch A Wave. 'He drives Andy and I insane at times, but we've come to terms with that just being 'Tex' and we have to take the good with the bad,' she said. 'He's given us some of our greatest moments in the game, but he's also the most frustrating horse we've trained with quirks and unpredictability. 'We sort of hoped he'd mature and grow out of things over time, but Tex is still just Tex. 'You'll think you've got him spot on at home and then he'll go to the races and disappoint you.' Case in point being Catch A Wave's lacklustre first-up fifth at Melton on June 28, which almost saw his Inter Dominion plans aborted. 'Then he comes out a week later in the first round heats (last Saturday) and runs a fantastic race when we really didn't know what to expect. That's just him,' Gath said. Catch A Wave, who boasts 22 wins and over $2.2m, will need to be at the top of his game to snare a top four or five finish in the strongest heat of the series on Saturday night to secure a final spot. 'Not only have we drawn the same heat as Leap To Fame and Don Hugo, but they have better draws than us,' Gath said. If Catch A Wave shows the tenacity of his driver, making the final won't be an issue.
RNZ News
04-07-2025
- Sport
- RNZ News
NZ's top female frisbee golf player to compete at world champs
New Zealand's top female professional frisbee golf player is off to compete at the world champs in Finland later this month. Also known as disc golf players throw a frisbee into a series of metal baskets around an outdoor course. There are no age divisions and Michele Simpson will be up against people who make a living doing this full time. Aotearoa's top female pro frisbee golf player, Michele Simpson spoke to Lisa Owen. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Analyst Claims Caitlin Clark Will Become Most Popular U.S. Athlete, Already More Famous Than All but 3 NBA Stars
Analyst Claims Caitlin Clark Will Become Most Popular U.S. Athlete, Already More Famous Than All but 3 NBA Stars originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Some of the most frequently treaded topics in sports, like who is or is not a superstar (for instance, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers), or which player is the greatest of all time between Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant can grow tedious quickly based on the shallow nature of those discussions and how frequently debate shows on television and radio regurgitate them when in need of content. Advertisement But sometimes discussions about popularity and fame can find compelling lanes to occupy, such as when debating where a female athlete like Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark stacks up in the pantheon of professional sports figures in the United States. Fox Sports analysts Colin Cowherd, of "The Herd" and Nick Wright of "First Things First" delved into that conversation on Wednesday, June 18. The two came out of the discussion agreeing that Clark is already in the upper echelon of all athletes -- male and female -- across all of American sports and that she could potentially elevate to No. 1 on that list in a few years time, once a small handful of players who outrank her in that regard retire. "I've decided that [Clark's] star can't be up high enough," Wright said during a guest appearance on Cowherd's show. "Once Steph [Curry] and LeBron [James] retire, will there be an active American athlete, that's not a quarterback, that's more famous than her?" Advertisement "No," Cowherd responded. "No, there won't." "I think she will be more famous than every baseball player -- she might already be, in this country -- every hockey player, all of the U.S. Men's National [Soccer] Team and every football player that isn't really Patrick Mahomes and maybe Lamar [Jackson], Josh [Allen] -- like, there's only a few," Wright continued. "And I think she's already more famous than every NBA player but [Kevin Durant], Steph and LeBron. And I don't see any of those [other] guys catching her. I think she is a supernova of fame and talent." "And it is not anti-Angel Reese or the WNBA to acknowledge [Clark] is the Tiger [Woods] of 20 years ago on the [PGA] Tour," Cowherd added. "The ratings disappear [when Clark is not playing]. It's nothing against the WNBA. [Clark] literally is changing the entire league economy." Related: WNBA Announces Several Punishments for Fever-Sun Brawls Involving Caitlin Clark This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
BBC News
08-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Olympic champion takes part in Portsmouth sports bra research
A reigning Olympic champion has joined a study investigating how sports bras can work for different body types during physical University of Portsmouth research project is designed to assess how the underwear supports women of different bra sizes through practical rower Lola Anderson said: "A correctly fitted sports bra is the most important piece of kit for any female athlete."Researchers have urged more women to come forward and take part in the Hampshire-based study, which aims to enhance sports bra design with a more accurate understanding of women's needs. Ms Anderson, who won gold in the women's quadruple sculls at the Paris Olympics last year, said: "I didn't know how important they were until I was about 23 or 24, and I've felt a huge difference in having a correctly fitted, supportive bra since then."To see that backed up with the data during my visit to Portsmouth, was really reaffirming."A correctly fitted sports bra is the most important piece of kit for any female athlete and finding a bra that fits comfortably as well as helps my performance is invaluable." In addition to the testing, participants in the study will take part in a bra fitting, complete a series of questionnaires and have their breasts scanned to gather additional women aged between 18 and 39 who have not had breast surgery, are not pregnant and have not breastfed in the past 12 months are eligible to take Nichola Renwick, from the University of Portsmouth, said: "We frequently hear from women with larger breasts who feel there aren't supportive options available to them."Our aim is to identify what good breast support really means for larger sizes and to help create better options for everyone." You can follow BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Georgia O'Connor dead at 25: Female British boxer dies just two weeks after she got married following battle with 'incurable' cancer
Female boxer Georgia O'Connor has tragically passed away at the age of 25 following a battle with cancer. O'Connor was diagnosed with an 'rare and aggressive' form of cancer in October 2024 that was deemed 'incurable' by doctors.
