From Covid to the Australian record, Matt Denny who has shown why he will be a force to be reckoned with at the Olympics. Meanwhile, a rising star shocked an experienced field to claim victory on the track.
At just 16 Claudia Hollingsworth was already being described as ‘the GOAT’ two years down the track she is still dominating and could be on her way to Paris.
The coach of star Aussie pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall has announced his shock resignation, leaving both athletes in the lurch just months out from the Paris games.
Pressure is mounting on the Olympics’ major sports after one governing body announced a significant cash bonus for gold medal winners in its events.
A Queensland Olympian has gone from fast lane to Tokyo to the local supermarket aisle amid the global coronavirus shutdown.
The call to delay the Tokyo Olympics has been welcomed by the Australian Olympic Committee – while panicked athletes who had booked their place in 2020 received a major boost on Wednesday.
The Australian Olympic Committee’s decision to pull out of the Tokyo Games has been praised by the nation’s athletics stars, who say the shift is the best result for athletes around the world.
The state’s Olympic contenders have backed moves to postpone the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus, as the Australian Olympic Committee tells athletes to start preparing for 2021. READ WHAT THEY SAID.
Australia has pulled the pin on this year’s Olympic Games as the Coronavirus pandemic takes over the planet. But in 16 months the world will be reunited after a horror period of dark isolation.
In the unlikely event the Tokyo Olympics go ahead as scheduled, Australia’s travel restrictions mean our athletes won’t be going.
South Australian marathon runner Jess Stenson’s bid for a third Olympic Games appearance has been cruelly ended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Countries around the world, including China, have either stopped or scaled back their drug-catching programs because of COVID-19 lockdowns – opening the door for drug cheats to flood the Tokyo Olympics.
Champion Olympian Sally Pearson is adamant the show will go on in Tokyo with the retired Australian hurdler claiming only a ‘world war’ will stop the Games despite panic surrounding the coronavirus.
After quitting athletics following a disappointing 2016 Olympics, Eleanor Patterson has returned in a big way – breaking the national high jump record to push for a spot at the Tokyo Games.
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