Double bronzed Montag and Cowley clinch medley medal
Aussies Jemima Montag and Rhydian Cowley have found an inspired podium at the first Olympic medley marathon walk, with Montag seeing double with another bronze to her name in Paris.
Athletics
100m champ got wild 2am request after win
Noah Lyles was the most famous man in the sports world after winning the 100m final at the Olympics, but he came crashing back to earth.
Aussie hurdler’s insane 70,000km trip to make Olympics
Injury could have forced hurdler Celeste Mucci to give up on her Olympic dream. Instead, she travelled the globe in a personal odyssey that will end down the straight at Stade de France.
Trans runner through to 1500m semis
The US runner has spoken out about transphobia and the gender storm that has surrounded athletes during the Paris Olympics.
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‘Never seen this’: Olympic bombshell exposed
Aussie Olympic champion Sally Pearson has dropped a bomb on the Australian team just 58 days from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Aussie shatters record in Olympics statement
Australian middle distance runner Jessica Hill has smashed an athletics record, announcing herself as an Olympic medal contender.
Hull smashes Aussie record to fire rivals Olympic warning
Jessica Hull has further enhanced her Paris Olympic medal credentials, smashing the Australian 1500m record in one of the fastest races in the world this year.
How ‘imposter’ became Australia’s great gold medal hope
She suffered from “imposter syndrome” after winning the world title in 2022, but Eleanor Patterson is more confident than ever she can convert her favouritism into an Olympic gold medal.
Shameful statistic two Indigenous icons are fighting to fix
When Patrick Johnson and Nova Peris rose to stardom, there were no clear pathways for the champion Indigenous Olympians. Now, they are creating avenues so young athletes don’t have to go through what they did.
Two-time Olympian new Athletics Australia CEO
Athletics Australia announces first major appointment under new presidency ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The four Aussies hitting their straps just in time for Paris
A quartet of Australian athletes have put themselves well and truly in the frame for Paris medals, finishing with strong podium results at the Doha stop of the world’s premier athletic series.
‘We’re going to the Olympics’: 24-year drought ends
Thanks to a record-breaking performance led by 19-year-old Torrie Lewis, Australia will field a 4x100m women’s relay team for the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games.
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