‘Crazy’: Chaos as cameraman strolls into race
Commentators were left in shock after runners were forced to dart around a camera operator in an ‘insane’ Olympics moment.
Athletics
’I’ve got nothing to answer for’: Bol confronts WADA drama
Peter Bol is headed for the repechage in the 800 metres at the Paris Games but try as he might, he can’t out-run his past.
‘F*** off’: Furious bust-up explodes on track
An Aussie was forced to leap to avoid the carnage in a chaotic 5000m race that left a Great Britain star angrily confronting a rival.
Double bronzed Montag and Cowley clinch medley medal
Aussies Jemima Montag and Rhydian Cowley have found an inspired podium at the first Olympic medley marathon walk, with Montag seeing double with another bronze to her name in Paris.
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14 years on: Marathon mum’s incredible feat
Marathon veteran Lisa Weightman has bettered a result she ran 14 years ago to spark optimism she can be a threat at the Paris Olympics.
‘Cowards’: Olympic legend savages gold medal trolls
After weathering a storm for sharing the pole vault gold medal with Australia’s Nina Kennedy, the sport’s ‘GOAT’ has smashed critics who labelled the move ‘pathetic’.
Heartwarming scenes after finish line act
Racing at the World Athletics Championships is one of the pinnacles of an athlete’s life but a pair of walkers have just ticked off another life goal.
Hurdles great’s emphatic message to ‘disaster’ hunters
After storming to an incredible third 400m hurdles world title, athletics great Karsten Warholm had a message for those cheering for a “disaster story”.
Sharing gold: Aussie and arch rival melt hearts
Australia’s newest world champion was crowned after a gruelling final and a tear-filled gesture that stunned the world as Nina Kennedy claimed gold with cramp taking over her body.
Stunning gesture secures epic Aussie gold
Australia has a new athletics world champion after a stunning turn of events in Budapest.
Relief as two-time world champ Barber scrapes into javelin final
With 18 left to throw in the javelin, only five would have had to better Kelsey-Lee Barber’s distance to knock her out of the final. That she made it will go down as the miracle in Budapest.
Bol drug scandal called a ‘disaster’ by top boss
Peter Bol’s bungled drug case in early 2023 has been labelled as a disaster by the head of the World Athletics Integrity Unit, admitting it was not fair on the long-distance runner.
Peter Bol’s sad flop in world champs return
In his first race since being cleared of doping, Aussie Olympic hero Peter Bol struggled badly as his nightmare year continued.
World Champs: Jenneke jiggles into semis, Bol blows up
Peter Bol’s fairytale return to world athletics ended in a nightmare, but the storyline was a happier one for his compatriots Joseph Deng and Michelle Jenneke.
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