Aussie record obliterated in 96-year first
Australian Olympic runner Ollie Hoare has toppled the national and Oceania indoor mile records in a stunning 96-year first.
Athletics
Partnership payday to give athletics a boost
A breakthrough Tokyo Olympics has resulted in a cash injection for Australia’s track and field team, with athletics’ peak body securing an important partnership.
Olympic sprinter hit with booster side effect
An Olympic sprinter says she is “upset” at being diagnosed with a rare heart condition after getting her Pfizer booster shot.
Friendly Games flame burns bright for a starstruck generation
It’s 65 years since the Olympics that defined a nation. Melbourne was the catalyst for so much change, and for one current Aussie athlete on her first visit to the MCG, that legacy hasn’t been lost.
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Short and sweet: Supermum Rio bound
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Jess on mend as Games near
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Rio proves a race too far for Mottram
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Sally Pearson’s ‘Healing Hans’
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Into the unknown for Mottram
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SA long jumper who had seven-year break off to Rio
CHELSEA Jaensch was 19 when she turned her back on athletics for more than seven years.
Shattered Parnov vows to fight on
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