17-year-old sensation won his Stawell Gift heat with ease Footage from a new angle has gone viral around the world Scintillating new footage of sprint sensation Gout Gout overcoming a big handicap ...

Pre-race favourite Matthew Rizzo took out the Stawell Gift with a blistering 12.10 seconds run in the final. Running off a 7.5m handicap, the 18-year-old from Langwarrin took the lead halfway ...

The Stawell Gift has been run every Easter weekend since 1878 except for four years during World War Two and in 2020, when the COVID pandemic forced its cancellation. ($1 = 1.5584 Australian dollars) ...

When is the Stawell Gift 2025? The Stawell Gift event is being held over Easter from Saturday, April 19 to Monday, April 21. The main events for men and women - Stawell Gift (men) and the Women's ...

Victorian athletics officials have defended the handicapping system for events like the Stawell Gift, saying they no longer get the "smokies" winning the race that they used to. Lachlan Kennedy (0 ...

The Stawell Athletics Club has been forced to reduce its prize money for the major men's and women's gifts, after major sponsors declined to support the event. Prize money to be cut by $15,000 ...

Teenage sprinter Gout Gout's highly anticipated Stawell Gift showdown with rival Lachlan Kennedy will not take place after both athletes missed out on the final. John Evans, a South Australian ...

Australia's richest footrace - the Stawell Gift - will be held once again over Easter weekend in the Victorian countryside. Across three days, there is an 120m handicap feature race for both the ...

Australia’s richest footrace was sent into chaos by rain threatening the Stawell Gift main events which were eventually won by two athletes each with their own story to tell. Olympian Peter Bol ...

A young teenager has avenged her mother’s defeat in the Stawell Gift against the same athlete, while another teenager has won the men’s sprint after a summer with Essendon footballers.

Scintillating new footage of sprint sensation Gout Gout overcoming a big handicap in the Stawell Gift has left sports fans stunned by the teenager's raw speed in a way previous clips of him racing ...