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.
Victorian Lauren Ryan has booked her spot at the Paris Olympics after shattering the Australian 10,000m record.
There is no match on at the Gabba on Monday but it could be the most significant day in the venue’s history, as big decisions are to come with the Olympics on the horizon.
While the IOC is remaining steadfast Olympic medals will not be retrospectively awarded, it will not interfere with sports recognising the victims of East German doping regime.
The Paris Olympics are rapidly approaching – and you’ve got many questions that need to be answered. So, here’s the complete breakdown on dates, sports, tickets and more.
Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers was staring at another silver medal before memories of a cold night competing in Melbourne inspired her to a 10 out of 10 jump and World indoors gold.
Needing a successful jump to continue her pursuit of gold, Aussie Nicola Olyslagers turned to a secret weapon at the indoor world titles.
Bookies have been banned from one of Australia’s most iconic races — the Stawell Gift — in a controversial move which has killed off more than a century worth of history.
Middle-distance legend Craig Mottram has revealed the day he first spotted Claudia Hollingsworth, the teenager who put the Paris Olympics on notice with a stunning 800m win in Melbourne.
Athletes willing to compete in the Enhanced Games have been given a sobering warning about their futures – and their health – in a stunning takedown by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Arrests have been made following chilling claims about the shock death of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum in Kenya.
At just 19 she’s already the fastest Aussie in history but the teen flash has a big goal as she plots an Olympic path.
The father of Kelvin Kiptum has called on the Kenyan government to investigate his son’s sudden death after meeting four mystery men.
Glamorous German track star Alica Schmidt says she didn’t ‘feel comfortable’ accepting an eye-popping offer.
Discus champion Matt Denny has revealed a secret weapon he picked up from golf star Cameron Smith to help his gold medal quest at the Paris Olympics.
The Enhanced Games, which will encourage athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs “out in the open” is almost a reality.
A rising star of Tasmanian athletics has claimed two state records in one weekend in results which even shocked her. Here’s why.
The new Australian 100m record holder has declared it is only a matter of time until she breaks one of the most elusive barriers in Australian athletics. Watch Torrie Lewis’s incredible run.
A teenager has just announced herself as an emerging force in athletics after breaking one of the sport’s most cherished records.
A Ballarat sprinting sensation has put other Australian Olympic hopefuls of notice after a stunning start to 2024 with the quickest times in the country. And he’s only going to get faster.
From NCAA titles to Olympic finals, the promising sportsman still had a long road ahead before he died on Wednesday at home in Kingswood, Texas.
Peter Bol’s path to the Paris Olympics will now include a race in Melbourne in February.
Doctor by day, medal hopeful by night – how javelin star Mackenzie Little juggles the demands of medicine with her Paris Olympic dream.
Police have announced an Olympic runner has been stabbed to death in news that has rocked the athletics world.
Tanielle Crase is a three-time national heptathlon champion, but the financial strains of chasing her Olympic dream forced the Paris hopeful out of the country and to take massive risks in the pursuit of glory on the world stage.
Peter Bol has welcomed new Athletics Australia boss Jane Flemming’s scathing condemnation of his nightmare drug scandal, as he turns his eyes towards the Paris Olympics in 2024.
After leaving the Tokyo Olympics in tears after a shattering injury, an Aussie running star has gone to another exciting level.
Jane Flemming has only just stepped into the hot seat at Athletics Australia, but she’s already made a firm statement on the handling of Peter Bol’s drug testing process.
Two years ago Toowoomba’s Patrick Tiernan defied the odds to finish the 10,000m Tokyo Olympics final after two brutal race falls. The long distance runner has gone from strength to strength since then and now has his sights set on a coveted race win.
Disgraced former Olympian Oscar Pistorius could face chilling revenge attacks from gangsters after he’s released from prison.
Peter Bol was put through hell earlier this year when he was provisionally suspended for a purported failed drug test, before being cleared. The man himself says he wouldn’t change anything.
Sprinter Rohan Browning has ticked off a key milestone ahead of a huge Olympic campaign, and he says the timing couldn’t be better.
Australian athletics cult hero Michelle Jenneke is in mourning after the death of a legendary coach, which has rocked the sport.
As Peter Bol proclaimed his innocence after being provisionally suspended following a failed drug test, Shayna Jack wasted no time reaching out. She knew what he was going through.
A photo of two Chinese athletes has been censored on social media in China with one tiny detail in the photo the reason behind it all.
The women’s marathon world record has been absolutely obliterated in a stunning performance that left runners in awe.
Australian athletes continue to set new records on the track and now giant Matt Denny has joined in to earn a big cheque in the US.
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