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Scott GullanScore Columnist – AFL/Athletics writer

Scott Gullan has more than 25 years experience in sports journalism. He is News Corp’s chief athletics writer and award-winning AFL correspondent. He’s covered numerous Olympic Games, world championships and Commonwealth Games. He’s also the man behind the Herald Sun’s popular Score column.

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‘Mountain to climb’: Australia’s fastest man fails to escape heats

Rohan Browning’s horror year has continued with Australia’s fastest man failing to get out of the 100m heats in Paris on Saturday night.

Athletics

How Aussie pole vaulter defied logic to make Games

Kurtis Marschall wasn’t expected to compete at Paris after he dislocated his ankle at the national championships in Adelaide in April. These are the extraordinary lengths he went to to save his Olympic dream.

Olympics

Australian pole vaulter, Nina Kennedy in Perth, December 14 2023. Picture: Tony McDonough

Kennedy’s secret: I can win gold with my broken back

“It is broken now” – World Champion pole vaulter Nina Kennedy’s extraordinary injury revelation as she strives for Paris Gold.

Athletics

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Ashley Moloney of Team Australia competes during the Men's Decathlon Shot Put on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Injury destroys Aussie’s Olympic decathlon dream

Ash Moloney has withdrawn from the decathlon at the Paris Olympics after being struck down by an injury on the first day of the athletics program.

Athletics

US' Sha'Carri Richardson (C) crosses the finish line to win past Australia's Bree Masters and Canada's Jacqueline Madogo in the women's 100m heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

‘I’m speechless’: Aussie 100m sprinter breaks 24-year drought

For the first time since the Sydney 2000 Olympics Australia will have a starter in the women’s 100m sprint semi final.

Athletics

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: (L-r) Oliver Hoare of Team Australia, Brian Komen of Team Kenya and Narve Gilje Nordas of Team Norway lead the group during the Men's 1500m Round 1 on day seven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Aussie 1500m carnage as medal hopes fade

The first major shock in the athletics program came in the opening heat of the 1500m with Commonwealth champion Olli Hoare fading badly to finish third last.

Athletics

Star runner calls for clean 1500m on track as meets get physical

Aussie star Ollie Hoare has called for his rivals to produce a clean 1500m race in Paris, as meets get physical in the lead up to the Games.

Athletics

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Gold medalist Jiayu Yang of Team People's Republic of China (C), Silver medalist Maria Perez of Team Spain (L) and Bronze medalist Jemima Montag of Team Australia (R) pose on the podium after the Women's 20km Race Walk on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)

Holocaust survivor Nan inspires Montag to Olympic bronze

Paris already held a special place in Jemima Montag’s heart and with every step of her 20km race walk to Olympic bronze, she saw the bracelet on her wrist from her late Nanna and Holocaust survivor who fled to the French capital to seek refuge.

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 28: A view across the Seine River on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. The Olympic triathlon swimming training session scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled after recent heavy rain in Paris affected pollution levels in the Seine. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Olympic organisers pray for heat to save River Seine embarrassment

Rain, rain go away. That will be the thoughts of the organisers of the Paris Olympics, with the men’s triathlon delayed due to the poor conditions in the River Seine.

Olympics

(FILES) USA's Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the Men's 100m event during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the London stadium in London on July 20, 2024. The US sprinter Noah Lyles, in search of glory at the Paris 2024 Olympics, has always believed in his destiny as a champion, despite a childhood illness and bouts of depression that he has been coping with for the past three years. A favourite in the 200m at the Tokyo Games in 2021, he only took the bronze medal after accepting treatment for his depression. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)

Three therapists to win: US star’s secret to Olympic success

Despite finding life in the Olympic village tough thanks to his new-found fame, US superstar Noah Lyles has turned to three different therapists in his quest for gold.

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