Toughest day ever: cycling medal hopes melt away
Australia’s bid for its first medal of the Olympic Games has ended in shock and disappointment on a hot, hilly road in the shadow of Mount Fiji.
Cycling
Aussie world champ pulls out of race
The cycling road race will kick off the medals at the 2021 Olympics but an Aussie champ has left Australia with just three riders.
Porte eyes golden double after huge TdF confession
Just days after riding in his 11th – and final – Tour de France, Aussie cyclist Richie Porte is ready to empty the tank at an Olympic swan song on courses suited to his climbing prowess.
Medal predictor: Why Ash won’t win gold
While Wimbledon champ Ash Barty will start a warm favourite for the Olympic tennis title in Tokyo, experience shows Games form doesn’t always follow world ranking trends.
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Wheels in motion for Rio redemption
AUSTRALIA has set itself a target of winning five to seven medals in Rio next month, and up to three gold, after yesterday announcing the team it hopes will lead it to Olympic redemption.
Meares bigger, stronger than ever
ANNA Meares is 32 and inching closer to a fourth and likely final Olympics in Rio but is still setting PBs in the gym almost every week which is as exciting for her as it is scary for her rivals.
Morton speeds up for Rio selection
She’s been to a Paralympics as a pilot. Now Stephanie Morton is doing everything possible to ride at the Rio Olympics.
Rio Olympics a lifetime in the making for Decker
ONE of Tim Decker’s earliest lessons in cycling and in life came when he was 15 and would ration himself just one bread roll a day for lunch at Horsham Tech School.
CA takes $1m gamble on Rio gold
CYCLING Australia has invested more than $1m and hired a motorsport engineer to forensically examine its track bike and athletes to find every millisecond it hopes will make a difference at the Rio Olympics.
Kelly peddles Perkins’ Rio prospects
MELBOURNE-BORN cycling star Shane Perkins should be picked in the national team for the Rio Olympics, one of the sports greats says.
Why perfect Rio prep has Modra worried
KIERAN Modra has never had a smoother preparation for a Paralympic Games but the flawless lead-in has the seven-time Paralympian concerned.
Silver lining for BMX star Buchanan
AUSTRALIAN Rio Olympic gold hopeful Caroline Buchanan’s unbeaten World Cup run has been ended by a determined Dutch rider on a mission to excel on home turf.
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