A Geelong sprinter selected for her first Olympics has opened up on the “scary” decision to help her achieve her dream as a local high jumper was rewarded for his resilience to earn a second Games chance.
The full Australian Olympic team for the Paris Olympics has now been confirmed. Meet every athlete set to wear the green and gold and see which athletes hail from your local area with our interactive map.
Two of Australia’s top athletes have warned of the damage of “digital devices” pulling kids away from the glories of sport to the closed world of smartphones.
Not since the Sydney Olympics in 2000 has the Australian athletics team been as big as the one headed to Paris.
Jessica Hull has made history with one of the greatest runs Australian athletics has ever seen on an insane day of records.
Australia’s Jessica Hull is the fifth fastest 1500m runner in history after a stunning performance which has stamped her as an Olympic title contender.
A fourth North Queensland athlete has officially punched her ticket for Paris, after qualifying for the Australian Olympic heptathlon team. We spoke to her exclusively from Poland:
Torrie Lewis, who made huge news with a record-breaking effort earlier this year, has made a surprise Paris Olympics call.
SA champion runner and mum Jessica Stenson has revealed her secret weapon that will fuel her marathon run at the Paris Olympics.
Australia’s fastest man Rohan Browning, a stunning semi-finalist in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympic Games, is at serious risk of failing to qualify for Paris 2024.
Dubbed the next Matt Shirvington and Australia’s budding super star over the 100 metres, Rohan Browning now finds himself on the brink of missing the Olympic Games in Paris after a semi-final appearance in Tokyo, three years ago.
The Jamaican great, who has won the 100m-200m sprint double at the last two Olympics, won’t have a chance to compete in Paris.
The reigning women’s Olympic 800m champion will not defend her title in Paris after “heartbreaking” scenes at the US trials.
Outspoken American sprint star Noah Lyles pulled a trick from his pocket at the US Olympic trials that had nerds salivating.
She might be Australia’s fastest woman, but Torrie Lewis has a constant battle on her hands just to get to the starting blocks, revealing how coeliac disease could potentially derail her Olympic campaign.
She spirited into sporting history with a record-breaking run that saw her dubbed Australia’s ‘fastest woman ever’. Now, Torrie Lewis reveals what’s next as she prepares for the Paris Olympics.
Ballarat based high jumper Yual Reath could be Australia’s surprise packet in Paris, as coach declares he could ‘win at the Olympics’ after he achieved his first Oceania Championship title.
Aussie sporting legend Cathy Freeman has revealed she feels a tinge of regret over her iconic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Sebastian Sultana is the future and the present of Australia’s athletics team with the 18-year-old continuing to impress with strong performances on his lead into a debut Olympic Games.
After some ugly fallout the Australian marathon team for the Olympics has been confirmed with one inclusion overcoming some remarkable obstacles.
An Australian athletics legend has weighed in on the women’s marathon Olympics controversy, criticising the selection policy.
Aussie Olympic champion Sally Pearson has dropped a bomb on the Australian team just 58 days from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Australian middle distance runner Jessica Hill has smashed an athletics record, announcing herself as an Olympic medal contender.
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.
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.
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.
Athletics Australia announces first major appointment under new presidency ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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.
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.
Torrie Lewis is the name everyone is talking about in athletics. But what did it take to make her a star? Her former coach reveals what makes her special.
Eight long years after she was denied an Olympic berth in a controversial selection race, Charlotte McShane is giving her Games dream one last crack.
Onlookers have been left stunned after a runner smashed out an incredible time at the London Marathon all while nailing a ridiculous challenge.
Aussie sprint sensation Torrie Lewis is in ominous form heading into the Olympics after beating out American 100m world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in her Diamond League debut.
An Aussie teenager has announced herself on the world stage with a staggering upset win over an Olympic legend
Liz Clay was working in retail when she realised something had to give. The self-managed Olympian explains to SHANNON GILL how she unlocked the power of social media to make gains on and off the track.
Peter Bol went through hell last year grappling with a positive drug test before proving his innocence. The World-Anti Doping Agency has made a key change in the aftermath of the saga, reports JULIAN LINDEN.
With the countdown to the Games well and truly on for the nations best athletes, JULIAN LINDEN takes a look at who wins medals for Australia and why it’s all set up for a huge summer in Paris.
Named the youngest among 14 new track and field stars set for the Olympics, this Melbourne runner has done all she can to keep her head in the game as the countdown to Paris reaches 100 days.
An investigation has been launched after an “embarrassing” detail at the finish line of the Beijing half marathon sparked uproar.
He might have been cutting it fine, but Chris Mitrevski has secured a place in the Australian athletics team for the Paris Olympic Games and is among four debutants including Victorian teenage sensation Claudia Hollingsworth.
A teenage sensation has stormed to the crown of Australia’s fastest man, leaving Olympic semi-finalist Rohan Browning in his wake.
From Covid to the Australian record, Matt Denny who has shown why he will be a force to be reckoned with at the Olympics. Meanwhile, a rising star shocked an experienced field to claim victory on the track.
At just 16 Claudia Hollingsworth was already being described as ‘the GOAT’ two years down the track she is still dominating and could be on her way to Paris.
The coach of star Aussie pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall has announced his shock resignation, leaving both athletes in the lurch just months out from the Paris games.
Pressure is mounting on the Olympics’ major sports after one governing body announced a significant cash bonus for gold medal winners in its events.
Commonwealth champion Ollie Hoare is hoping he makes less mistakes on the track than he did with his hair styling as he makes his return after a 10-month absence through injury.
Track star Rohan Browning warmed up for the national titles with a win, but he and the rest of a high-class field were upstaged by a pair of rising stars with the Paris Olympics in their sights.
Paris 2024 and the Stade de France. LA 2028 and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Every Olympics is a silent prisoner of the Games before it – that spells trouble for Brisbane.
Aussie fan favourite Peter Bol has just four months until he is back in the blocks on the Olympic stage, but the lead into Paris hasn’t been all smooth sailing despite it being his ‘biggest year yet.’
Today’s announcement by Queensland Premier Steven Miles to overlook recommendations as to where Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic stadium should be, provides plenty of food for thought. ROBERT CRADDOCK’s analysis.
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