ATHLETICS: Olympic pole vaulter Alana Boyd has had a hectic couple of months. Not only has she recently tied the knot, but the former Australian champion has been busy making the transition from star athlete to career woman. Read More
Australian pole vault record holder Alana Boyd has announced her retirement. Australian pole vault record holder Alana Boyd has decided that the best year of her decorated career is the perfect time to bow out. The 32-year-old announced her retirement on Wednesday, two months after being edged out on countback…
OLYMPIC pole vault finalist Alana Boyd is already thinking of backflipping on retirement thoughts but not before smoothly clearing her wedding day. The popular athlete will swap dashing down the runway for the bridal waltz on September 24 when she marries sweetheart Ryan Quade on the Sunshine Coast. On Friday,…
Alana Boyd jumped as high as she had ever jumped, give or take a centimetre. She jumped as high as her dad had ever jumped in an Olympics. She jumped as high as the bronze medallist. But she did not win a medal. Alana Boyd finished fourth. She was denied…
Medal shot Alana Boyd is confident that an untimely ankle injury will not hinder her Olympic campaign in the women’s pole vault. Having smashed her own national record with a clearance of 4.81m in Queensland last month, the 32-year-old Boyd arrives at a global championships as a genuine podium contender…
Medal shot Alana Boyd is confident an untimely ankle injury will not hinder her Olympic campaign in the women’s pole vault, but admits it has hindered her preparation. Having smashed her own national record with a clearance of 4.81m in Queensland last month, the 32-year-old Boyd arrives at a global…
TRACK & FIELD: Sunshine Coast pole vaulter Alana Boyd has suffered an injury in the lead-up to the Olympics. The 32-year-old withdrew from the Monaco Diamond League meet after sustaining an ankle problem during the warm-up. A two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Boyd also had an ankle injury in March, when…
POLE vault star Alana Boyd has sent a scare through the Australian camp after suffering an ankle injury in the warm-up of the Monaco Diamond League meet. The national record holder immediately pulled out of the event given it’s the second time she’s had an ankle problem this season. Boyd…
Pole vaulter Alana Boyd has soared into Rio Olympics medal contention, smashing her own Australian record by 4cm. The dual Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Games champion cleared 4.81m on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, bettering the national record of 4.77m she set in January. The spectacular clearance was 6cm higher…
Track and field has always been a family affair for Alana Boyd so it was little surprise that when she broke her Australian pole vault record last January the achievement held extra significance. Boyd had moved from Perth back to her Sunshine Coast home after the 2012 London Olympics to…
