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Her career is one long highlights reel. But these were Emma McKeon’s five greatest moments

Australia’s most decorated Olympian has called time on her glittering swimming career. We relive the best moments.

  • Vince Rugari
Ava Godrey is one of the skateboarding stars of Queens of the Concrete. She is pictured with documentary maker Eliza Cox at Riverslide park by the Yarra.

Queens of Concrete: Life after the Olympic skateboarding dream

Australian Arisa Trew triumphed with a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, but the journey for girls in skateboarding isn’t straightforward, as a new film shows.

  • Cara Waters
A controversial goal has sent the Hockeyroos home from the Olympics.

The controversial decision and the Australian legend that crushed the Hockeyroos

The Hockeyroos thought they’d break their quarter-final curse in Paris. Instead, it continues, thanks to a controversial goal to China.

  • Jordan Baker
“I was never the most talented athlete,” says double Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus. “I just always have loved swimming.”

She’ll face the GOAT and a very fast upstart. Can Ariarne Titmus beat them?

In Paris, the women’s 400 metres freestyle final will be one of the Games’ most anticipated races: not least for world-record holder Ariarne Titmus.

  • Amanda Hooton
Athletes and psychology.

‘The weight of expectation was crippling’: How to avoid choking at the Olympics

The Olympic Games are unique – and so is the pressure that comes with racing in them. Not everyone finds a way to handle it.

  • Greg Baum
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Mila McDonald, 9, doing an air out at Bondi Skate Park.

How the Olympics helped a generation of girls fall in love with skateboarding

Female skaters like 14-year-old Chloe Covell are inspiring more girls than ever get into skateboarding.

  • Gyan Yankovich
Doping suspicions persist in the pool.

Why the China doping scandal has created a crisis of faith and suspicion

It must be traumatic for any athlete to discover, three years on, that they competed at an Olympics against rivals who, very likely, shouldn’t have been there.

  • Darren Kane
Meg Harris will push for a spot as an individual prospect on the Australian swim team come the Paris Olympics.

The science behind Aussie swimmers’ quest for Paris gold

Australian swimmers will need to hit historic heights to make an impression come the Paris Olympics. These findings have confirmed it for a Brisbane hopeful.

  • Nick Wright
Shayna Jack was banned for two years after her positive doping test despite convincing the Court of Arbitration for Sport she did not deliberately ingest the substance.

Dirty pool: The ‘disgraceful inconsistency’ exposed by Chinese doping scandal

How 23 Chinese swimmers escaped sanction after failing drug tests has shaken the confidence of clean athletes ahead of Paris 2024, and angered the camp of Australian swimmer Shayna Jack.

  • Chip Le Grand and Tom Decent

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