It wasn't the Stawell Gift but fans got the Gout Gout vs. Lachlan Kennedy showdown they'd been waiting for on Easter Monday.

The Stawell Gift is the richest foot race in the country but many felt the iconic event made a bad blunder as sprint ...

The Stawell Gift is the richest foot race in the country but a glaring flaw in the handicapping system has cost Aussie fans ...

The 2025 edition of the iconic handicap race was able to attract the biggest name in Australian sprinting largely due to ...

Sprint stars Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy have locked in their spots in the Australian team for the Tokyo world athletics ...

Stawell Gift winner John Evans has conceded he was well aware he received a “good handicap” as the system hits the spotlight ...

The hotly anticipated showdown between Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy at the Stawell Gift did not eventuate, while John Evans ...

The only other woman to win the Gift off scratch (starting from the back) was former Australian 100m record-holder Melissa ...

Victorian athletics officials say they may have to review the benchmark time used for handicapping the Stawell Gift and other races, after the failure of Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout to reach the ...

That the two quickest men in Stawell on Monday could not even get to the final would suggest the handicappers had a howler.

Rising Australian sprinters Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy were upstaged by schoolteacher John Evans at the country's oldest ...