Another Steven Bradbury? Mullet man’s road race lament
Bloodied and bruised, a courageous Alistair Donohoe has revealed how he was sliding around like Steven Bradbury at times during his unpredictable rain-drenched road race in Tokyo.
Cycling
We’re equal: 16-year fight ends for Aussie Paralympics great
Swimmer Ellie Cole was thrilled when she became Australia’s greatest female Paralympian in Tokyo, but a government commitment close to her heart has bought real emotion.
Kieran Modra’s family on first bittersweet Games without him
Kieran Modra’s widow Kerry is sure her husband would have come out of retirement for the 2021 Paralympics. But she takes solace in how his legend has been embraced.
Paralympic cyclist once ‘too scared’ of velodrome
Too scared to even sit on her bike the first time she went to a velodrome, Emily Petricola is now one of Australia’s best medal hopes in Tokyo.
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’Australian cycling is lost’
OLYMPIC medallist and former world champion Shane Perkins says Australian cycling is “lost” and has put the heat on its high performance program for answers.
Kings of the court and BMX bandits
A roundup of what went down on day 12 in Rio: The Boomers ease in to the semi-finals, our BMX men and women fire and Usain Bolt laughs all the way to the 200m final …
BMX big guns well set for semi-finals
AUSTRALIA’S top-ranked male and female BMX riders, Caroline Buchanan and Sam Willoughby, have qualified in the top three ahead of Friday’s semi-finals.
Olympian defends sister’s awkward interview
SHE’S an Olympic record holder and half of a cycling power couple, but Laura Trott has been forced to slam haters after her sister’s TV interview.
Shake-up scheduled as Brits belt Aussies
AUSTRALIAN cycling is set for a full-scale review of its track program in the wake of a disastrous Rio Olympic campaign that was dominated by arch rival Great Britain.
Dominant Brits and crashes sum up horror games
ANALYSIS: Australia’s cycling campaign in Rio has been a shambles and the final blow was sprinter Matt Glaetzer falling off his bike before the race for ninth even began.
Aussies rule the waves … but sink elsewhere
A roundup of what went down on day 11 in Rio: Australian sailors rule the waves, but the Opals and our track and field stars fail to stay afloat …
Australian cycling set for major overhaul
AUSSIE cycling is in for a widescale review as it searches for what went so wrong on the track at the Rio Olympics where arch rival Great Britain wiped the floor.
I didn’t say the Poms are cheats: Meares
ANNA Meares has taken to Twitter to clarify her comments about Britain’s dominance on the track in Rio saying she never insinuated they had cheated.
‘There was a mole in the camp’
IN THE latest scandal to hit the track in Rio, a British cyclist has claimed a “mole” tried to “sabotage” his Olympic dream.
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