Browning cops brutal reminder as Paris path becomes clear
Rohan Browning’s Budapest performance has hammered home what Australia’s fastest man needs to do to have any chance in at the Paris Olympics next year.
Athletics
Why glory won’t be shared again for memorable high jumpers
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim were part of one of the best moments of the Tokyo Olympics. But they won’t be repeating the shared gold at the World Athletics Championships.
‘Next Usain Bolt’ crowned in 100m sprint epic in Budapest
Flamboyant American Noah Lyles made big claims before the world championships in Budapest, and the next great of sprinting backed it up, edging his rivals in an epic 100m sprint.
‘Never seen this’: Lunacy rocks world champs
A moment of heartbreaking drama has rocked the world athletics championships. Track legend Michael Johnson has “never seen anything like it”.
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Semenya gender debate heats up in Rio
CASTER Semenya has rivalled Usain Bolt for fascination in the lead-up to these Games and the intersex athlete has the world scratching their heads.
Bolt to jump-start athletics in Australia
EXCLUSIVE: Athletics Australia is set to make Usain Bolt the face of its new Big Bash League-style athletics series early next year.
‘I don’t know if she’s getting extra help’
AUSTRALIAN distance runner Eloise Wellings has questioned Ethiopian world record holder Almaz Ayana after the 5000m heats, saying she heard something strange.
Starc hopes to jump above cult figure status
HE walks away from the Olympic Games with a global profile but Brandon Starc hopes he can learn from a disappointing finish in Rio to make his name in high jump.
Stratton feels the heat ahead of Rio final
LONG jump medal hope Brooke Stratton has admitted to struggling with the expectation associated with being ranked world No.3 coming into Rio.
“She’ll bounce back, it’s Kim Mickle”
HEAD coach Craig Hilliard has defended the decision to allow Kim Mickle to compete in Rio after the javelin star blew her shoulder apart for the second time in 12 months.
Aussies rule the waves … but sink elsewhere
A roundup of what went down on day 11 in Rio: Australian sailors rule the waves, but the Opals and our track and field stars fail to stay afloat …
The loneliest athlete at the Rio Olympics
DARYA Klishina says she is so stressed by the past week of her life that she can’t even talk about it. It’s not over yet, either.
The night an Aussie track star was born
SHE missed out on the 200m final by a whisker, but Ella Nelson has announced herself at the Rio Olympics, and looks to become the next Australian sprint queen.
Starc falls just short in high jump final
AUSTRALIAN high jumper Bradon Starc was unable to reproduce his performance in the semi-finals in the final of the event, finishing outside the medal shake-up.
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