With the countdown to the Games well and truly on for the nations best athletes, JULIAN LINDEN takes a look at who wins medals for Australia and why it’s all set up for a huge summer in Paris.
Named the youngest among 14 new track and field stars set for the Olympics, this Melbourne runner has done all she can to keep her head in the game as the countdown to Paris reaches 100 days.
An investigation has been launched after an “embarrassing” detail at the finish line of the Beijing half marathon sparked uproar.
He might have been cutting it fine, but Chris Mitrevski has secured a place in the Australian athletics team for the Paris Olympic Games and is among four debutants including Victorian teenage sensation Claudia Hollingsworth.
Athletics fans could barely believe their eyes as America’s fastest man slipped up in his heats of the 100m, leading to a very nervous wait.
Australia’s flying mullet has captured attention across the world, drawing likeness to a Hollywood hunk after his blistering time in the 100m heats.
![Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Day 08. 31/07/21. Athletics Finals, semifinals and qualifications at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Australias Rohan Browning [far left] finishes first in hid heat of the Mens 100m Round 1 qualifiers. Picture: Alex Coppel.](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/62ca7daf03a8eecad4eeed4b975ef790?width=650)
New golden boy Rohan Browning followed up his record-breaking run with a classic message for Australia on a stunning night in Tokyo.
Rohan Browning took 10 seconds to make himself a household name in Tokyo, but his story started long before that. This is how he became our greatest sprint hope.
Rohan Browning didn’t just introduce himself to Australia last night, he stormed on to the radar of the athletics world.
The world finally has an answer to why this historic Olympics moment turned bitterly frosty between so-called teammates.
He became the face for Covid fears grippingTokyo when exposed to an infected competitor earlier this week. Now, a healthy Kurtis Marschall reveals how close his Olympics came to being over.
Usain Bolt’s rivals are thankful he’s finally missing from the Olympics, but he leaves a gaping hole that nobody’s sure can be filled.
Sports lovers have rushed to Bruce McAvaney’s defence after a bizarre take on the legendary commentator didn’t go down well.
Olympics officials have done a backflip on their decision to disqualify the United States for a major blunder in the mixed relay.
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