‘Downer’: America reacts to superstar’s flop
An American athletics star has missed out on a golden opportunity in the 100m final, ruining her perfect redemption story.
Athletics
Why the chance to catch a cheat is gone in just six hours
Athletics Integrity Unit has revealed that investigators could only have six hours to catch a cheat, as they continue to fight doping in athletics.
Superstar sprinter misses 100m after being denied venue entry
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was a shock withdrawal from the 100m in an event that was eventually won by St Lucia’s Julien Alfred.
Vicious online haters throw Hoare off his mark
1500m runner Olli Hoare has revealed the extent of the vicious online hate he has received throughout the Paris Games, with the social media abuse throwing him off his game.
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Aussie will be ‘best athlete on the planet’
After announcing himself in Tokyo as the new pin-up boy of Australian sport, there have been some remarkable claims about how good Ash Moloney can be.
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.
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