Torrie Lewis: ‘I knew I had it in me’
She spirited into sporting history with a record-breaking run that saw her dubbed Australia’s ‘fastest woman ever’. Now, Torrie Lewis reveals what’s next as she prepares for the Paris Olympics.
Athletics
Ballarat high jumper who swapped landscaping for Paris dream
Ballarat based high jumper Yual Reath could be Australia’s surprise packet in Paris, as coach declares he could ‘win at the Olympics’ after he achieved his first Oceania Championship title.
Cathy drops 2000 Olympics bombshell
Aussie sporting legend Cathy Freeman has revealed she feels a tinge of regret over her iconic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
‘Quite special’: Sultana going from strength to strength
Sebastian Sultana is the future and the present of Australia’s athletics team with the 18-year-old continuing to impress with strong performances on his lead into a debut Olympic Games.
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How Australia turned Olympic athletics on its head
Australia’s middle-distance revolution is making the rest of the world sit up and take notice. This is the 15-year journey that has earned global respect and made other countries nervous.
‘Ash will be one of the greatest athletes on the planet’
Ash Moloney’s decathlon bronze put the athletics world on notice but his coach says the 21-year-old is just getting started and he will smash the current world record by hundreds of points.
Olympic coaches evicted after scary claims
The IOC kicked two coaches out of the Olympic Village after claims they attempted to send an athlete back to Belarus against her will.
Aussie act is an iconic Olympic moment
The new pin-up boy of Australian athletics won a historic bronze medal but the real hero of Ash Moloney’s triumph was the bloke beside him.
‘Sacrificed his own race’: Aussie hero’s iconic move
In the toughest event in track and field, Queensland’s Ash Moloney has created history by winning an Olympic bronze medal in the decathlon.
How an Origin great helped our bronzed Olympian Ash
Ashley Moloney’s step-by-step journey to becoming a bronze Aussie and how a State of Origin great helped on the road to becoming a Tokyo Olympic Games bronzed medallist.
The new poster boy of Australian sport
Ash Moloney has cemented his status as the new poster-boy of Australian sport, but his Olympic feats should not come as a shock.
Woolies worker living the Olympic dream
Aussie sprinter Riley Day has funded her Olympic dream by working at her local Woolworths store, after no sponsors came forward.
‘Sexiest athlete’ a no-show for event
Germany’s iconic 22-year-old track star Alica Schmidt was sent home early from the Tokyo Olympics after not being selected to compete.
Schedule for Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics
Australia’s eyes will be on our golden beach volleyball girls as they headline a huge day of action in Tokyo on Friday.
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