BMX flying machine Dean stays grounded in SA
A champion BMX rider, who trains with Olympian Sam Willoughby in the US, is home in Adelaide with family waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to ease before pushing strongly for the Tokyo Olympics
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Family reveals extent of BMX star’s ‘truly serious injury’
Kai Sakakibara has started to communicate with his family and friends months after a race crash that left him with a traumatic brain injury.
All gears go as Maeve gets Olympics green light
The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out many sports for the coming months but news that the Tokyo Olympics is still a goer, albeit in 2021, is a relief to a young South Aussie star who will debut at the Olympics.
Top Olympic athletes get funding guarantee
Our best Olympic athletes have had their funding fears allayed as they adjust to the news of the Tokyo Games’ postponement.
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Spratt attack bodes well for Rio
RIO-bound road rider Amanda Spratt has produced a confidence-boosting ride ahead of the Games to take her first victory of the Thüringen Rundfahrt race in Germany.
Opals star talks about depression battle
BASKETBALL star Liz Cambage has spoken out about her fight with mental illness after the Opals Olympic squad member battled depression mid-last year.
New Rio nightmare for our biggest stars
HERE’S a sneak peek at where Aussie athletes will be forced to sleep at the Rio Olympics, and it is making our biggest stars more than a little bit nervous.
Gerrans out, Rio hopes now rest on Richie
AUSTRALIA is poised to back Richie Porte as its outright leader for the road race at the Rio Olympics after Simon Gerrans was forced to withdraw due to a broken collarbone which ended his Tour de France.
Gerrans in doubt for Rio after TdF fall
SIMON Gerrans is facing a race against time to be fit for the Rio Olympics road race after breaking his collarbone in last night’s chaotic stage of the Tour de France.
Women’s road race cycling team for Rio named
AUSTRALIA’S professional women’s cycling team Orica-AIS has produced the four female road riders who will compete in next month’s Rio Olympics.
Aussies march out of opening ceremony
AS few as one in three Australian Olympic athletes will march behind golden girl Anna Meares at next month’s Rio opening ceremony.
Sprint prodigy’s horrific injuries
YOUNG cycling star Courtney Field has had surgery after a nasty fall involving Australia’s Olympic flag-bearer Anna Meares left her with pieces of the track embedded in her leg.
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