August 2021
How Gina Rinehart ‘saved swimming’
The sports supported by Australia’s richest person yielded the best results.
Ring-ins lift Australia’s medal tally to within a whisker of history
Two canoeists who had never competed together internationally and a teenage skateboarder have given Australia’s medal tally a massive boost.
Team Australia resets in Tokyo as Green advances in canoe sprint
The postponement of sailing bouts due to a lack of wind symbolised the slowdown for Australia, which held on to its fourth place on Monday in the medal tally.
July 2021
Australia’s best opening week of medals since Beijing
The country’s final medal tally is unclear, but performances that suggest the country has arrested the slide in place ever since Sydney 2000 is a triumph.