World Champs: Jenneke jiggles into semis, Bol blows up
Peter Bol’s fairytale return to world athletics ended in a nightmare, but the storyline was a happier one for his compatriots Joseph Deng and Michelle Jenneke.
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‘I’m not back, I’m better’: Drug ban to stunning world 100m gold
Two years after she was infamously barred from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, Sha’Carri Richardson has sensationally won the women’s 100m world title.
100m record smashed after drugs ban
American sprinter Sha’carri Richardson has broken records in her return to the World Athletics Championships after a drug ban.
Aussie discus star’s bittersweet, record-breaking Budapest effort
Aussie discus star Matt Denny has been in a similar position, but the Queenslander could not hide his disappointment as his record-breaking performance in Budapest still fell short.
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‘No regrets, I’d do it over again’
AUSTRALIAN javelin athlete Kim Mickle says she has no regrets about pushing herself so hard in Rio she literally threw her shoulder out of its socket.
The only person in the stadium not watching Bolt
ONE particular Australian athlete found out the hard way at the Rio Olympics that the world stops for Usain Bolt.
Who is the man that stared down Bolt?
HE ran his first sprint wearing basketball shorts and Converse shoes, and has an Aussie link — meet the Canadian getting under Usain Bolt’s skin.
Aussie flag still flies for ‘Sally’s race’
EVEN though our representative was 14,000kms away, an Australian flag flew proudly behind the blocks for the start of the women’s 100m hurdles final.
‘Not cool’: Bolt fires up at young rival
SPRINT star Usain Bolt has shown a side we have never seen, taking aim at a young rival in his post 200m semi-final interview. WATCH THE RACE HERE!
Kings of the court and BMX bandits
A roundup of what went down on day 12 in Rio: The Boomers ease in to the semi-finals, our BMX men and women fire and Usain Bolt laughs all the way to the 200m final …
Bolt’s main rival suffers massive blow
USAIN Bolt’s quest to win another gold medal in Rio just got a whole lot easier after his main rival shocked the athletics world.
Penis claim denied by ‘ridiculed’ athlete
HIROKI Ogita has denied reports that his penis cost him a place in the pole vault final in Rio and has slammed the media for attempting “to take him down.”
Let’s bring Usain Bolt to Adelaide
EXCLUSIVE: THE State Government has been urged to lobby to make the state part of a new athletics series likely to feature seven-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt.
Horrific aftermath of Aussie’s graphic injury
KIM Mickle literally threw her arm out of its socket in the Olympic javelin competition. What the Aussie endured to get the dislocated limb back in place is just awful.
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