That's what this aritcle says:
Anthea Beveridge wrote:
It feels like there's a shift in the sport, where Australians — who used to only associate with athletics once every four years — have really started to take notice.
It's now making headlines, on the back page of the paper, and leading the sport bulletins in the 7pm News.
And it's all because the athletes — who track and field fanatics have known about for years — have stepped up to another level, catching the attention and the imagination of the nation.
This year has been the best we've seen from the sport, possibly ever.
"I feel like if you had a said at the start of the year, we'd have seven Olympic medallists … multiple Paralympic medallists … 10 World Junior medallists, an age world record that beats Usain Bolt, you probably would have called bulls*** pretty quickly," athletics commentator Mitch Dyer said.
