A lawyer for the daughter of Olympic gold medallist and former senator Nova Peris has compared the circumstances around Jessica Peris’ drug ban to that of the AFL’s darkest hour, the Essendon supplements saga.
She had the weight of the world on her shoulders. Despite dominating the 400m scene and being an obvious favourite in Sydney, a tiny sliver of doubt seeped into Cathy Freeman’s mind seconds before the biggest moment of her career.
The full story surrounding Marie-Jose Perec shock decision to pull out of the Sydney Games before her 400m rematch with Cathy Freeman has never been explained. Selina Steele and Rory Mulholland track her down in Paris to uncover the truth.
Caster Semenya has slammed World Athletics for being ‘on the wrong side of history’ after she lost an appeal to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics without taking medication to reduce her testosterone levels to the same as he competitors.
Growing up Kelsey-Lee Barber never thought for a second she would be going to an Olympics as a javelin thrower. She actually had other plans.
Reigning javelin World Champion Kelsey-Lee Barber says the Olympics feel “real again” after having her selection, with four other athletes, locked in for Tokyo 2021.
It’s hard to top a week where you break an 18-year-old Australian record and set a PB but Tokyo bound athlete Jessica Hull just has.
Darren Hicks discovered the depth of his resilience after a fatal accident at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway. Now a paracycling world champion, he’s set his sights on Tokyo 2021. As have Kyle Chalmers and Jess Stenson. EXCLUSIVE video series.
Sporting enthusiasts, write down the name of race walker Caitlin Hannigan and each year prior to the start of a Commonwealth or Olympic Games, scan the Aussie athletics team looking for her. After all she has been thrust onto the cover of an AOC publication.
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has rattled the medal dreams of walker Dane Bird-Smith, who is quickly making other athletes aware they do not have to go through this mental upheaval alone.
The Australian Olympic Committee has made representation to the Federal Government on behalf of athletes to be granted relief from COVID-19 restrictions.
Australian athletic golden girl Genevieve LaCaze has not had her Tokyo Olympic Games plans derailed by the coronavirus crisis. LaCaze has hopes of adding the 10,000m to her workload after already qualifying for the 3000m steeplechase.
Our best Olympic athletes have had their funding fears allayed as they adjust to the news of the Tokyo Games’ postponement.
A Queensland Olympian has gone from fast lane to Tokyo to the local supermarket aisle amid the global coronavirus shutdown.
The call to delay the Tokyo Olympics has been welcomed by the Australian Olympic Committee – while panicked athletes who had booked their place in 2020 received a major boost on Wednesday.
The Australian Olympic Committee’s decision to pull out of the Tokyo Games has been praised by the nation’s athletics stars, who say the shift is the best result for athletes around the world.
The state’s Olympic contenders have backed moves to postpone the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus, as the Australian Olympic Committee tells athletes to start preparing for 2021. READ WHAT THEY SAID.
Australia has pulled the pin on this year’s Olympic Games as the Coronavirus pandemic takes over the planet. But in 16 months the world will be reunited after a horror period of dark isolation.
In the unlikely event the Tokyo Olympics go ahead as scheduled, Australia’s travel restrictions mean our athletes won’t be going.
South Australian marathon runner Jess Stenson’s bid for a third Olympic Games appearance has been cruelly ended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Countries around the world, including China, have either stopped or scaled back their drug-catching programs because of COVID-19 lockdowns – opening the door for drug cheats to flood the Tokyo Olympics.
Champion Olympian Sally Pearson is adamant the show will go on in Tokyo with the retired Australian hurdler claiming only a ‘world war’ will stop the Games despite panic surrounding the coronavirus.
After quitting athletics following a disappointing 2016 Olympics, Eleanor Patterson has returned in a big way – breaking the national high jump record to push for a spot at the Tokyo Games.
She is an Australian beach sprint champion but just months after Bree Masters started dating 100m runner Matt Rizzo, the 24-year-old has swapped the surf for turf in a bid to compete in this year’s Olympic Games.
Some of Australia’s smartest sporting brains are now helping the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia 76ers and Arsenal, leading many to ask: what the hell happened to the Australian Institute of Sport?
Caster Semenya has changed the world of track and field forever. What she has been subjected to is horrendous, but sadly for her it’s not a level playing field and sometimes the greater good has to win.
He came, he saw, he conquered — and had a brush with Prince Harry while doing it. In just his second marathon, South Australian-born parathlete Michael Roeger smashed the T46 world record in a memorable day in London.
Sally Pearson knows the world is watching. She knows her rivals are waiting for her to slip up. She knows some athletics pundits want her to prove herself, again. And she has a message for all of them.
Australia’s hopes of ‘the next Cathy Freeman’ setting the Tokyo track alight next year are in doubt after her American coach was suspended following an ASADA raid.
When Rohan Browning was weighing up whether to continue playing rugby or get serious about running, the wife of his athletics coach gave him some sage advice. Track and field is good for your love life.
FLAGSTAFF Hill Athletics Club has become home to young runners from around the globe and they will show off their talents at the 120m Gift meeting.
SOUTH African star Caster Semenya says her looming court battle against the IAAF is not for herself but rather is a fight for future generations of runners.
FORMER refugee Joseph Deng has smashed the 50-year-old Australian 800m record at the Diamond League athletics meet in Monaco.
SOUTH Australian runner Jess Trengove has emerged from the torture of the Commonwealth Games marathon with a bronze medal and renewed focus as she sets her sights on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
She’s the high-flying mother of two and gold medallist aiming to reach new heights at the Winter Olympics. All the mail on LYDIA LASSILA.
SALLY Pearson will throw her hat into the ring for the chance to race a second event at the Commonwealth Games if Australia opts to field a relay team on the Gold Coast.
SURFER Tyler Wright’s return from a potentially season-ending knee injury to win a second world crown and Sally Pearson’s comeback to win another world title has seen the pair nominated for prestigious Laureus world sports awards.
COMMONWEALTH Games gold medal favourite Sally Pearson has admitted she still has “a lot of work to do” after winning her pet event at the Jandakot Airport Track Classic in Perth.
JUSTIN Gatlin says he is “shocked and surprised” by allegations in a British newspaper that his coach and an agent offered to sell performance-enhancing drugs to undercover reporters.
AFTER 30 years of being idle there is hope Kensington Oval will again be an athletics stronghold.
STEVE Hooker became one of Australia’s most recognisable faces after his gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and he’s using his Sport Australia Hall of Fame dinner to say thanks.
AFTER injuries forced her out of the Olympics, the gold-medallist hurdler has made an extraordinary comeback. But in an exclusive interview, she reveals it hasn’t been easy.
THE world’s fastest man says he’s yet to hit full speed on his sporting career and is set to start training to become a Manchester United football star next month.
AUSTRALIA has moved a step closer to claiming its first ever Olympics long jump gold medal, 13 years after the drug-tainted event was held.
SALLY Pearson was given two medals for winning the 100m hurdles at the World Championships — one for her and one for her coach,. The only problem was she coached herself.
SA pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall is off to the IAAF Diamond League final in Switzerland after a whirlwind 12 months, capped by a breakout world championship performance.
IF RUNNERS in Sunday’s Adelaide Marathon are looking for a world-class pacer to help them through the gruelling event then there’s no one better qualified than Jess Trengove.
SHE has already pulled off one remarkable comeback. So no one should doubt world champion Sally Pearson when it comes to making the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
WE’VE seen jockeys get the lap count wrong in horse races before but we have new entrant for bizarre sporting bloopers.
SA young gun Kurtis Marschall says he has the form and confidence to produce a career-best jump in the pole vault final at the world athletics championships in London.
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