Olympics star shamed by cellulite warning
Aussie track star Morgan Mitchell has revealed it “blows her mind” that a female athlete could still be talked about in this way.
Athletics
Uni student smashes 27-year Stawell Gift record
Harrison Kerr and Carla Bull claimed the Stawell Gift’s $40,000 winners’ cheques, with the men’s champion breaking an incredible record along the way.
Why Dogs weren’t happy with radio team
Jon Anderson reveals why the Bulldogs told one radio team to keep it down and explains how one journo pulled off a Stawell Gift sting.
Highjumper leaping waterfalls in uncertain climb back to top
For a highjumper, obstacles tend to come easy … but this year Olympic silver medallist Nicola McDermott has had to navigate herself around a couple of unexpected, yet significant setbacks.
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Mighty jump to send Kurtis to Rio
ADELAIDE teenage pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall has leapt into Rio Olympic selection in Germany on the weekend with a giant PB as he prepares for the under-20 world championships.
Sprint finish for Rio hopefuls
ATHLETES Tom Gamble and Nik Bojic will go to Thailand to try to notch Olympic qualification after just falling short with in their respective performances at Cairns.
Russian women’s results ‘fall through floor’
JUMPS coach Gary Bourne says Russian long jump results have “fallen through the floor’’ this year since their samples were taken out of the country for anti-doping testing.
Drug whistleblower faces court after Rio ban
IT hasn’t taken Russia long to blow the whistle on the whistle blowers after Russian investigators started legal action against a former Moscow laboratory chief.
‘Russia’s ban boosts my confidence’
MELISSA Breen, Australia’s fastest women’s sprinter, says Russia’s Olympic athletics ban boosts her confidence that she’ll run against a field of clean rivals in Rio.
Hurdles keep on coming for Sally
IF Sally Pearson even makes it to the final of the 100m hurdles in Rio it will be the greatest accomplishment of her career, writes Mike Colman.
I had an inkling I raced drug cheats: Shirvington
MATT Shirvington, Australian sprint champion and Sydney Olympian, talks to Robert Craddock about drug cheats, role models and why Usain Bolt can fly.
Olympians on struggle street
SIMPLICE Ribouem is relying on Centrelink benefits to help him through his Olympic journey.
Will Rio Games be 100 per cent clean? No
DESPITE competition bans against Russian track and field athletes, Australian sports chiefs believe competitors in other sports will be drug cheats at Rio.
Tallent: Ban Russia, we don’t want cheats in Rio
AFTER being presented with his London 2012 gold medal, Australin race walker Jared Tallent has warned the Rio Olympics will be tarnished forever if Russia’s athletics team is allowed to compete.
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