‘Never had’: Bruce loses it over Gout Gout
Legendary broadcaster Bruce McAvaney has seen it all in Australian sports but our latest rising athletics star is a different beast.
Athletics
‘World at his feet’: Australia’s never seen anything like Gout Gout
Bruce McAvaney has seen so much in Australian track and field throughout his broadcasting career, but nothing compares to what teen sprinting sensation Gout Gout is doing at his age.
Despair to baby joy: Peter Bol’s new life
Following a tough few years, Sudanese-Australian Olympian and runner Peter Bol explains how his daughter’s birth has inspired him and intensified his love for his sport.
QAS Athlete Awards to recognise Olympians and Paralympians
Queensland’s finest athletes laud the QAS Athlete Awards being reinstated after 41 finalists were unveiled. FULL LIST HERE
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Teen annihilates records in insane scenes
Aussie teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has left jaws on the floor once again at the All Schools Queensland championships.
Teen sprint freak signs huge deal
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New premier’s huge Olympic call
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Beloved Olympian, Strongman dead at 75
Tributes have flowed for a beloved three-time Olympian and two-time World’s Strongest Man, who died at the age of 75.
Olympic great inducted into most elite group
An Olympic champion and a surfing legend are among the new inductees to the most elite group of Australian sportspeople in history.
First Aussie signs with revolutionary track league
Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull will have a chance to compete for a share of a whopping $18 million in prize money as she becomes the first Australian to ink a deal with Michael Johnson’s Grad Slam Track.
‘I was so f**king proud’: How Nina Kennedy conquered the world
After winning gold at the Paris Olympics, Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has starred in a new fashion shoot – and revealed the ‘really scary’ reality behind her ambition.
Fleeing war, chasing gold: Congo refugee fastest in Queensland
Soldiers hunted his family as the bloodshed of the second Congo war reached its peak. Now Queensland’s fastest 15-year-old hopes to honour the nation that saved them by sprinting for Australia at the Olympics. Watch him in action here.
Australia’s fastest woman relocates to train with Dutch superstar Bol
One of Australia’s most exciting sporting talents is about to get a huge helping hand – linking with one of the fastest women in the world, and a Paris Olympics viral sensation.
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