The $10m medal: Australia’s eye-watering Olympic price tag reveal
Australia’s record-breaking Olympic feats come at a high price, including $100m in high performance funding over the past year alone.
Athletics
Kennedy tops golden season with Diamond League brilliance
Australia’s Paris medal winning track and field stars have capped a stellar year with outstanding efforts in one of the most ‘high-pressure environments’ at the Diamond League championships in Brussels.
Partner who killed Games star now dead
Police say the man who murdered marathon star Rebecca Cheptegei has now died from his injuries sustained in the incident.
Turner’s turnaround: from pre-Games fever to Paris gold
After defying all odds to claim his third Olympic title in Paris, James Turner has revealed how he had to build himself from the ground up just months out from the Paralympic Games.
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Script flipped after ‘shameful’ medal furore
Aussie Nina Kennedy has responded with a victory of sheer class following the “shameful” world championships medal furore.
World champ Kennedy pips US rival to win pole vault in train station
Pole vault star Nina Kennedy set an Oceania record, personal best and meet record as she claimed another thrilling title — all while commuters watched on from Zurich’s main train station.
TV host blasts ‘ignorant’ world champion
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith has blasted four-time world champion Noah Lyles over his controversial comments about the NBA.
‘Wild’: Aussies achieve world first
The field events at the world championships have proved bountiful for Australia, including a historic first.
‘We can do anything’: Why record haul has Aussies primed for Paris
The sky is the limit for Australia’s athletics team at next year’s Olympics after a record-breaking haul in Budapest.
Medal blitz: History as Patterson, Olyslagers soar on to podium
Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have made history, putting two Australians on the same podium at a world championships for the first time.
Tears to cheers: Marschall joins Aussie medal rush
Kurtis Marschall was reduced to tears on Wednesday when training partner Nina Kennedy claimed a stunning gold in the women’s pole vault – and now he has a medal of his own.
American slams US ‘world champions’
American sprint king Noah Lyles has called out US sports over two words which cheapen his World Athletics Championships achievements.
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’.
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