Rio celebration inspiring big-hitting young gun
For years Sariah Paki spent hours on buses and trains getting to training because she was too young to drive. Now she’s heading to Tokyo hoping to steer a new generation of women into her sport.
Olympics 2016
Perfect Patty ices win as new recruit steals show
As he so often does, Patty Mills delivered the three-point goods to lead the Boomers to an Olympic warm-up win over Argentina as a teammate of the absent Ben Simmons shone on the big stage.
Family matters to this new wave of Olympic talent
They come from sporting families and now this son of an NRL hardman and a set of brothers are out to make waves in the Olympic arena.
What you don’t know about our Olympic champs
Did you know Ariarne Titmus is a pavlova whiz, swimmer Zac Stubblety-Cook was once scared of water and rower Caitlin Cronin was a rep footballer? Learn more about 20 Queensland Olympic stars here.
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Unluckiest man in Australian sport
DESPITE qualifying for Rio, this Aussie athlete has tragically missed out on realising his Olympic dream by the smallest margin.
Opals shock selection for Rio Olympics
THREE-TIME Olympic medallist Suzy Batkovic has been left off Australia’s 12-woman basketball roster for next month’s Rio Games. The 35-year-old is one of three big names to miss out.
Goulding ready to fly high in Rio
ANDREW Bogut wasn’t the only Aussie basketballer fighting off injury to qualify for Rio. Melbourne United star Chris Goulding will be on the plane after an ‘aggressive rehab plan’.
Wu headlines Aussie Olympic diving hopes
MELISSA Wu, Maddison Keeney and Brittany Broben hold the keys to Australia’s Olympic diving medal aspirations in Rio. Here’s why.
Meares ‘proud and humbled’ to be flagbearer
CYCLING legend Anna Meares was this morning announced as Australia’s Rio flag-bearer at an Olympics where the nation intends to fight back from the London 2012 disaster.
Hockeyroo starlet’s axing a ‘form decision’
HOCKEY poster girl Anna Flanagan has missed the Rio Olympics, but coach Adam Commens says her drink-driving cover-up played no part in the decision.
Uluru inspiration for ‘solid rock’ Boomers
BONDING at Uluru as a group ahead of the Rio Olympics has turned into an exercise in national inspiration for the Boomers.
Young guns set for Olympic action
NICOLE Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are set to realise their Olympic dreams – three years after moving to SA with little more than hope.
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