A two-day athletic carnival – the Australian Athletic Championships – held recently in Perth attracted top athletes from around Australia. Grahak Cunningham and Prabuddha Nicol from the World Harmony Run team attended the twilight meet last Friday at the new sports stadium in Perry Lakes and were able to get photos of two top athletes holding the World Harmony Run Torch.

Commonwealth Games golden girl Sally Pearson, cooling down after her 200 metre run, held the torch trackside while other events continued. Sally’s surprise silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics made her a household name. Last year she took gold in the Delhi Commonwealth Games. She is also the Australian record holder for the 100 hurdles and has the second fastest all-time Australian 100 metre time.

Fabrice Lapierre, known as a future force to be reckoned with, is currently the world indoor long jump champion. He holds the 5th best long jump in history, with an 8.78 metre jump. And was one of the lucky few on Australia's Greatest Athlete list for 2011.

Both junior and senior competitors enjoyed the warm, still weather conditions of Perth.

See also the big Australasia Leg of 2010 run

The Australasian leg of World Harmony Run began on 13 October in Christchurch New Zealand and finished with a closing ceremony in Canberra Australia on November 20th.

Australia run -5 Nov - 23 Nov 2010: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/au/news/2010

 See also

Historic  16 week -  April 27 to Aug 13  2008 Around Australia Run

http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/au/news/2008

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