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Canoe sprint

August 2021

Cate Campbell, of Australia, and teammates celebrate after winning the gold medal in the women’s 4x100-meter medley relay final at Tokyo last weekend.

How Gina Rinehart ‘saved swimming’

The sports supported by Australia’s richest person yielded the best results.

  • Michael Bleby
Skateboarder Keegan Palmer won gold in the men’s park final.

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.

  • Updated
  • Michael Bleby
Thomas Green of Team Australia competes during Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Heat 1 on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo.

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.

  • Michael Bleby

July 2021

Emma McKeon, right, and Cate Campbell celebrate their 100m freestyle performances on Friday.

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.

  • Michael Bleby

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