AUSTRALIA will field its biggest track and field team since Sydney 2000 at next month’s Rio Games. The final team was confirmed with 18 new additions to the initial squad which was named in April, bringing the number to 61 which includes 40 Olympic debutants. There were 86 representatives in…
Up until 1964, Fred Hansen had made a slow but gradual improvement as a pole vaulter, reaching a personal best of 4.90m in 1963. But in the early months of the 1964 season, Hansen rapidly exploded to become the world’s premier vaulter. On 5 June, at Houston, Hansen cleared 5.20m,…
