Aussie giant’s big payday after record throw
Australian athletes continue to set new records on the track and now giant Matt Denny has joined in to earn a big cheque in the US.
Athletics
Aussie great ‘humbled’ by stadium gesture
The Olympic stadium in Sydney will forever recognise one of Australia’s greatest Olympians after a grandstand was named in her honour.
‘Huge honour’: Aussie champ shatters 17-year record
Australia’s Stewart McSweyn has shattered a 17-year-old national record at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Saturday morning AEST.
Script flipped after ‘shameful’ medal furore
Aussie Nina Kennedy has responded with a victory of sheer class following the “shameful” world championships medal furore.
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How frustrated Sally got back on track
SALLY Pearson was almost down and out, on the verge of quitting athletics. But what was it that lit the spark back under the Olympic gold medal winner?
Jamaica, Bolt stripped of gold medal
JAMAICA and Usain Bolt have been stripped of the 4x100m gold medal from the 2008 Olympics after a positive doping test.
Who’s Australia’s top sportswoman?
WHO is Australia’s top sportswoman in 2016? Have your say and VOTE in the Swoop People’s Choice awards.
Usain Bolt’s surprising admission
USAIN Bolt has dropped a hint on the future of his career — and it’s not looking great for the world’s fastest man.
Jess Trengove — running with commitment
JESS Trengove knows – and shows – what it takes to be a marathon runner: commitment, determination and resolve. Those qualities have won her many fans – and The Advertiser/Channel 7 Sports Star of the Year People’s Choice Award.
Paralympic Games: That’s a wrap
IT was the second biggest sporting event in 2016 behind the Olympics. But this time Australia cracked the top five. Our wrap of the Paralympic Games.
100m silver for Year 9 schoolgirl Holt
TEEN sprint sensation Isis Holt has added a Paralympic Games silver to her world championship golden double, finishing second in her T35 100m final.
One giant leap from poverty to $150K
ONE year ago, Mariyappan Thangavelu lived in extreme poverty and couldn’t afford a bed to sleep on. That all changed after one jump.
Stories behind our Paralympians
THEY are teachers, advocates, adventurers, cafe owners, AFL referees and Newcastle Knights fans and they are set to take the world by storm in Rio.
Ballard hopes Rio will remember Paralympic titans
ANGIE Ballard says she has had her “mint moment” as an athlete, but the soon-to-be five-time Paralympian may rethink that if she can pick up an elusive gold in Rio this month.
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