Bolt, Ali, Pele: The new big three!
HAVING won the 100m and 200m Olympic gold medal for the third time in a row, Usain Bolt says he now wants to be considered in the same category as Muhammad Ali and Pele.
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The trick that helped Gregson regain form
AUSSIE 1500m runner Ryan Gregson was finding it hard to relax so much so that it was affecting his performances. A trick from his coach has helped reverse that.
High hopes dashed for Aussie teen
HIGH jumping prodigy Eleanor Patterson was pegged as the next big thing for Australian athletics heading into the Rio Olympics was left in tears after failing to progress past qualifying.
Who is the man that stared down Bolt?
HE ran his first sprint wearing basketball shorts and Converse shoes, and has an Aussie link — meet the Canadian getting under Usain Bolt’s skin.
Semenya gender debate heats up in Rio
CASTER Semenya has rivalled Usain Bolt for fascination in the lead-up to these Games and the intersex athlete has the world scratching their heads.
Let’s bring Usain Bolt to Adelaide
EXCLUSIVE: THE State Government has been urged to lobby to make the state part of a new athletics series likely to feature seven-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt.
Bolt to jump-start athletics in Australia
EXCLUSIVE: Athletics Australia is set to make Usain Bolt the face of its new Big Bash League-style athletics series early next year.
Stratton feels the heat ahead of Rio final
LONG jump medal hope Brooke Stratton has admitted to struggling with the expectation associated with being ranked world No.3 coming into Rio.
‘I don’t know if she’s getting extra help’
AUSTRALIAN distance runner Eloise Wellings has questioned Ethiopian world record holder Almaz Ayana after the 5000m heats, saying she heard something strange.
“She’ll bounce back, it’s Kim Mickle”
HEAD coach Craig Hilliard has defended the decision to allow Kim Mickle to compete in Rio after the javelin star blew her shoulder apart for the second time in 12 months.
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