Next big things! Who to watch at NSW All Schools Athletics
More than 2000 athletes will compete at the NSW All-Schools with the event boasting a field of rising stars and young guns out to make their name. Athletes to watch and preview.
Athletics
‘Huge relief’: Aussie star’s rare feat
It’s been a banner year for Australian athletes and another high mark has been achieved in Vienna.
‘World’s sexiest athlete’ comes crashing down
Alica Schmidt, dubbed the “world’s sexiest athlete”, has been dealt a crushing reality check after being blown off the track.
50 Qld rookies from 12 sports eyeing Games glory
Here’s 50 crack sporting rookies from 12 sports short listed as potentially Queensland’s next Olympic and Commonwealth Games representatives.
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‘Superhuman’ leaves world in awe
SHE’S just 19, but Simone Biles is the most dominant athlete in Rio. Everyone else, no matter how talented, can only watch her in awe.
Bolt slammed for not speaking out
GERMANY’S Olympic discus champion Robert Harting has criticised Usain Bolt for not speaking out more in the fight to clean up athletics.
Brave Hoskins back on bike after horror fall
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hoskins proves that her Rio Olympics are not over. Despite needing crutches to walk she has climbed back on her bike 48 hours after a horror training crash.
Athletes back Mack’s drug cheat stance
AUSTRALIA’s athletics team have strongly backed their swimmers drug crusade, branding it a bold step forward for sport.
Where is everyone? Bolt turns ticket salesman
RIO is playing host to some of the world’s greatest athletes, yet some stands at the venues are virtually empty. Usain Bolt as posted a plea to help change that.
‘Great’ Britain? Stuttering Poms go quiet in Rio
RUBBING the nose of a famous old rival in the dirt is normally considered extremely poor sportsmanship. But when it comes to the struggling Poms, normal doesn’t apply …
US gold medallist takes shot at Gatlin
US SWIMMER Lilly King, inspired by Mack Horton to “call out” Russian drug cheat Yuliya Efimova, has declared that compatriot and world champion sprinter Justin Gatlin should not be competing in Rio.
Bolt’s brilliant Rio press conference
THE Usain Bolt brigade has rolled into Rio, and judging by his latest press conference, he is determined to make his last Olympics one to remember.
‘She’s nice, but never thought: I’m a sexy thing’
YOU’VE all watched Michelle ‘Jiggling’ Jenneke in action. But there’s plenty about her you don’t know as she arrives in Rio for her first Olympics.
Pistorius taken to hospital
OSCAR Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to the South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence.
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