‘Abomination’: Champion’s statue torn down
Olympic women’s 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon was honoured with a statue in Kenya, only for it to be torn down amid outcry.
Athletics
‘Nice trip’: Cheeky dig at Olympic hurdler
Friends of an Olympic hurdler have taken a cheeky dig at the returning athlete as the Aussie team touched back down on home soil.
Aussie Olympic heroes hit by ‘tonne of bricks’
As the Paris Olympics come to an end, our Aussie heroes are about to experience the worst type of “hangover”, writes Sally Pearson.
Mental health played a part in Diver’s marathon breakdown
The ‘vitriol’ of social media has again impacted yet another athlete with marathon runner Sinead Diver subjected to online abuse in the lead-up to her forced withdrawal from the Paris Olympic marathon.
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‘Catastrophic’ stuff-up in Bol drugs saga
New independent testing has revealed the “catastrophic blunder” that wrongly found champion runner Peter Bol was doping.
Trans athlete eviscerates bombshell move
Australian Olympic gold medallist Ellia Green has condemned the transgender ban put into place by World Athletics this week.
Why aths followed swimming to ban trans athletes
Lord Sebastian Coe, called it decisive action to protect females as World Athletics fell in line with swimming to ban transgender athletes from elite competition.
World athletics’ bombshell transgender move
Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone.
‘Blind Freddie can see it’: Trans vote set to split athletics world
A leading Australian athletics coach has laid out the major hurdles facing the sport ahead of a seismic vote on whether to allow transgender women into elite-level female competitions.
Star’s ‘most unsportsmanlike act in history’
A star athlete has issued a grovelling apology after he outraged the sports world at a recent athletics championship.
Star’s $500K career switch after doping saga
The Australian Olympian’s reality TV switch has been revealed – and he’s already one of the favourites to emerge victorious.
Peter Bol drops doping saga bombshell
In an explosive tell-all interview, Australian athlete Peter Bol has gone on the attack to clear his name after a drug scandal this year.
Peter Bol drops doping saga bombshell
In an explosive tell-all interview, Australian athlete Peter Bol has gone on the attack to clear his name after a drug scandal this year.
Aussie teen blows athletics world away
An Australian teenager has entered the record books and put the athletics world on notice in a truly jaw-dropping display.
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