Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull will have a chance to compete for a share of a whopping $18 million in prize money as she becomes the first Australian to ink a deal with Michael Johnson’s Grad Slam Track.
After winning gold at the Paris Olympics, Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has starred in a new fashion shoot – and revealed the ‘really scary’ reality behind her ambition.
Soldiers hunted his family as the bloodshed of the second Congo war reached its peak. Now Queensland’s fastest 15-year-old hopes to honour the nation that saved them by sprinting for Australia at the Olympics. Watch him in action here.
One of Australia’s most exciting sporting talents is about to get a huge helping hand – linking with one of the fastest women in the world, and a Paris Olympics viral sensation.
Jess Hull is one of the favourites in the 1500m, and proof of her growth as a contender came when there was a clipping of heels and pushing with 350m left in her heat. Her reaction shows why she is a great Aussie medal hope on the track.
After thousands of memes countless new Instagram followers, pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati has been made an offer for a very peculiar career shift.
An Aussie athletics star is out to prove he is the best in the world after suffering the most heartbreaking result imaginable at the Olympics.
Sasha Zhoya is Aussie born and bred. The Perth athletics sensation is so good he was poached by the French to be a poster boy at the Paris Olympics. This is the inside story of a stunning defection.
‘Mondo’ rocked the pole vault at the Paris Olympics, breaking the world record amid high drama at Stade de Frande. And there was no-one happier for Armand Duplantis than Aussie competitor Kurtis Marschall.
A Canadian superstar has completely destroyed the competition with an enormous throw. But something else entirely caught the attention of Aussies.
She was run out of the 200m in the semi finals but Australia’s new track queen Torrie Lewis has proven she is ready to take on LA and Brisbane. Her story is just beginning.
Star Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy cruised through to the finals in Paris, while a main rival crashed out of the Olympics with a risky move that ended her campaign.
Mentally, Brooke Buschkuehl was fried. Physically, she struggled to put one foot in front of the other. The medal hopeful unpacks a year that left her questioning whether she should even bother trying to qualify for Paris.
Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers has revealed the journal entry that fuelled her pursuit of a second consecutive medal at the Olympic Games.
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