THERE is no secret that this will be the final Olympic Games of Australia’s Bronwen Knox’s water polo career, and the veteran has put everything into this chance to finish her career on the ultimate of highs.
After 12 months of hell, the Hockeyroos have completed their Olympic goal despite a heartbreaking quarter-final loss.
The Kookaburras will be driven by Olympic pain when they face nemesis Germany and have a secret weapon they hope will propel them to the gold medal match.
Australia has enjoyed a fruitful return in the medals at the Tokyo Olympics so far, and there’s one sport that will no doubt continue that trend.
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FANS were glued to TV sets across the nation as the Boomers fell tantalisingly short of the USA today in Rio, but there’s an upside says Phil Smyth.
AUSTRALIA’S hopes of the most improbable upset in Boomers’ Olympic history were alive until the final seconds on a night when the national team bravely punched above its weight.
THE Boomers v Team USA thriller has had an explosive postscript, with an American superstar branding the Australians a ‘dirty’ team after their Olympics clash.
THE AUSTRALIAN women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team has claimed a silver medal finishing behind the United States team led by superstar Katie Ledecky.
Australia’s Mitch Larkin has qualified second-fastest for the 200m backstroke final where he is expected to battle American Ryan Murphy and Russian Evgeny Rylov for gold.
Cate Campbell has set another Olympic record when qualifying for the women’s 100m freestyle final at the Rio Games along with sister Bronte who qualified fifth fastest.
KOOKABURRAS coach Graham Reid lauded his side’s mental strength after they snapped a two-game losing streak – to beat Great Britain and book a quarter-final berth.
SHE’S just 19, but Simone Biles is the most dominant athlete in Rio. Everyone else, no matter how talented, can only watch her in awe.
AUSTRALIA’S hopes of the most improbable upset in Boomers’ Olympic history were alive until the final seconds on a night when the national team bravely punched above its weight.
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