Paris 2024
‘If you do not protect women’s sport it will not end well’: Coe’s pitch for IOC presidency
World Athletics head Sebastian Coe has vowed to shift the IOC’s emphasis from human rights to biology if he succeeds Thomas Bach.
- by Oliver Brown
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Welcome to Raygun Inc, where breaking bad is good for business
No to reality TV, yes to brand deals. When it comes to turning 15 minutes of fame into a career, Raygun has all the right moves.
- by Thomas Mitchell
‘Have fun on the dance floor and own it’: Raygun retires after Olympic backlash
Raygun said the reaction to her Paris performance had been so upsetting that she would no longer compete.
‘The reason I can be the greatest athlete I can be’: Jessica Fox’s secret to success
The three-time Olympic gold medallist was self-conscious about parts of her body, but she’s learnt to see them as her strength.
- by Jane Rocca
She’s played AFLW and is a sevens superstar. Now Levi wants 15-a-side rugby … and then rugby league
Maddison Levi has ruled out an immediate switch to the NRLW, saying she wants to play for Australia in the 15-a-side rugby world cup.
- by Jonathan Drennan
The Mount Druitt club behind South Sudan’s Olympic stars
South Sudan’s first Olympic basketball team was built on courts in North America and Australia. Meet the Sydney club breeding the next generation of Olympians.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
Women’s marathon world record shattered as Nike overtakes adidas in super shoe wars
The 2:10 barrier was long considered unbreakable for a woman.
- by Jeremy Wilson
Olympian Chloe Covell explains how to do a kickflip
Fresh from her Olympic debut, teenage skater Chloe Covell is back in Australia for the Sydney leg of the Street League Skateboarding.
Victorian athletes feted in Melbourne as Paralympian calls for gender equity
Melbourne Park gave returning Olympic and Paralympic athletes a hero’s welcome on Saturday – and gold medallist Emily Petricola had a message for the International Paralympic Committee.
- by Hannah Hammoud
Morris dedicates silver to the people as Olympians bask in last hurrah
Grae Morris says Australia’s first windsurfing medal in 32 years is the “people’s medal” during a last hurrah homecoming for the heroes of Paris.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
‘We need to invest’: de Rozario warns of Brisbane Paralympics failure after Paris slide
Five-time Paralympian Madison de Rozario says better Paralympic funding is the only way to improve Australia’s fortunes.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
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