Olympic great inducted into most elite group
An Olympic champion and a surfing legend are among the new inductees to the most elite group of Australian sportspeople in history.
Athletics
First Aussie signs with revolutionary track league
Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull will have a chance to compete for a share of a whopping $18 million in prize money as she becomes the first Australian to ink a deal with Michael Johnson’s Grad Slam Track.
‘I was so f**king proud’: How Nina Kennedy conquered the world
After winning gold at the Paris Olympics, Australian pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has starred in a new fashion shoot – and revealed the ‘really scary’ reality behind her ambition.
Fleeing war, chasing gold: Congo refugee fastest in Queensland
Soldiers hunted his family as the bloodshed of the second Congo war reached its peak. Now Queensland’s fastest 15-year-old hopes to honour the nation that saved them by sprinting for Australia at the Olympics. Watch him in action here.
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Watch: Teen sprint star has mythical mark in crosshairs
The new Australian 100m record holder has declared it is only a matter of time until she breaks one of the most elusive barriers in Australian athletics. Watch Torrie Lewis’s incredible run.
‘It’s finally here’: Teen the fastest Aussie ever
A teenager has just announced herself as an emerging force in athletics after breaking one of the sport’s most cherished records.
Meet the teenage prodigy taking Australian athletics by storm
A Ballarat sprinting sensation has put other Australian Olympic hopefuls of notice after a stunning start to 2024 with the quickest times in the country. And he’s only going to get faster.
World champion pole vaulter dead at 29
From NCAA titles to Olympic finals, the promising sportsman still had a long road ahead before he died on Wednesday at home in Kingswood, Texas.
Bol confirms first Aussie race since return
Peter Bol’s path to the Paris Olympics will now include a race in Melbourne in February.
Saving lives and juggling javelin: Star’s battle for Olympic glory
Doctor by day, medal hopeful by night – how javelin star Mackenzie Little juggles the demands of medicine with her Paris Olympic dream.
‘Murder’: Olympian stabbed to death
Police have announced an Olympic runner has been stabbed to death in news that has rocked the athletics world.
‘I had to be all-in for this’: Aussie Olympian’s huge risk to chase gold
Tanielle Crase is a three-time national heptathlon champion, but the financial strains of chasing her Olympic dream forced the Paris hopeful out of the country and to take massive risks in the pursuit of glory on the world stage.
Bol ‘in the right mindset’ after nightmare drug scandal
Peter Bol has welcomed new Athletics Australia boss Jane Flemming’s scathing condemnation of his nightmare drug scandal, as he turns his eyes towards the Paris Olympics in 2024.
‘Shocked myself’: Aussie close to Olympic miracle
After leaving the Tokyo Olympics in tears after a shattering injury, an Aussie running star has gone to another exciting level.
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