Young Australian runner Natasha Ward has died at the age of twenty-one. Her passing was confirmed by NSW Athletics and the Sutherland District Athletics Club. Ward was a promising athlete who competed in several national events. Her death follows the recent loss of fellow runner Jemma Stapleton. The athletics community mourns the loss of both talented young women.

The promising middle-distance runner, 21, died last week.

Australian athletics is mourning the death of rising middle-distance runner Natasha Ward, just weeks after Stawell Gift finalist Jemma Stapleton was killed during a family holiday…