Hurdles stack video haunts athlete Nic Hough
Nicholas Hough has known Michelle Jenneke most of his life. And they have more in common than just starting their careers at the same Little Athletics club. They have viral videos.
Australian Team
Will Ryan on wave of success as World Sailor finalist
They have won every major regatta this year but Newcastle’s Will Ryan and skipper Mat Belcher have the fight of their life ahead to win this major award.
‘It was the hardest race I have ever done’
“Every part of my body was cramping,’’ said Amanda Spratt after a race she described as the hardest of her life made her a bronzed Aussie.
Olympic size effort from paddler Jess Fox
The first athletes heading to the Olympics were named recently. Now it looks like a Penrith paddler will be joining them in Tokyo next year.
Aussie rivals make splash at world canoe titles
In a major show of power, a trio of Penrith paddlers have taken on the world and ended up on top of it at the canoe slalom championships in Spain.
Gymnast breaks into world title team
Gymnast Gabriel Swan-McLean has a nickname he would dearly like to shake off with a big performance at the upcoming world championships.
Olympics a step closer for South Aussie athletes
The countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games is well and truly on and one more step closer for South Australia’s top athletes as they are officially fitted for uniforms.
Aussie track team looks to future with new pups
The world championships represent a changing of the guard for the Australian track and field team with a 16-year-old one of the headline debutants in Doha as we build towards Tokyo in 2020.
Penrith paddler claims World Cup double
When push came to shove Penrith paddler Jessica Fox was able to shoulder all her rivals out of the way in the K1 at the World Cup in Prague.
Penrith rower a bronzed Aussie
Erik Horrie’s incredible winning streak has come to an end but the Penrith rower has still made the podium in his biggest race of the year.
Meg’s back on the bike and aiming for Tokyo
Meg Lemon is preparing for the 2019 Para-cycling Road World Championships in the Netherlands in September as she sets her sights on representing Australia in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
It’s ‘cold-en’ times for our Olympic sailors
The heat in Tokyo is a hot topic of conversation for athletes and teams competing at Olympic Games venues. But sailors have come up with a novel way of keeping their cool.
Owen Wright wins Tahiti Pro
Owen Wright has won the Tahiti Pro but that’s had an impact on Newcastle surfer Ryan Callinan’s world ranking.
Tragedy to triumph for surfer Ryan Callinan
It was a tragedy which could have broken him but instead Newcastle surfer Ryan Callinan is riding a wave of success ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympic pair’s extraordinary purple patch
It could be one of the greatest purple patches seen in Australian sport this year and Newcastle’s Will Ryan is a central part of it.
Mark: ‘Shooting needs positive publicity’
He became a household name on the back of his stunning Olympic career. And as he prepares for one of Australian sport’s highest honours, Russell Mark is going in to bat for shooting.
Lauren Parker’s sights set on 2020 Paralympics
Lauren Parker has two weeks to figure out how to turn bronze into gold after putting the heat on rivals at the Tokyo Paralympic test event.
Surf life saver chasing Olympic-size result
Rio Olympic kayaker and surf life saver Riley Fitzsimmons has watched his ironman girlfriend race to multiple wins this year. No it’s his time to make a splash.
Strange training in quest for Olympic medal
A tent in the garage of a share house in a desert town in the US could help a Newcastle athlete secure a spot in sporting history at the Tokyo Olympics next year.
What homesick sailor wanted after his world title win
He is one of Australia’s newest world champions and Newcastle sailor Will Ryan wanted to celebrate the milestone in a special way – even if it did require more than 24 hours of travelling.
Medal predictor: Aussies set for Tokyo gold rush
After subpar showings in London and Rio, a global data giant has predicted a new generation of wonder women are set to return Australia to its Olympic glory days. SEE AUSTRALIA’S ‘TOTAL’ MEDAL TALLY.
Pregnant pause, but Tokyo still on Trengove’s radar
Marathon star Jess Trengove still has ambitions of competing at next year’s Tokyo Olympics but says her priority is a safe pregnancy and healthy baby.
Movie makers to do a Bradbury
A feature film about Steven Bradbury has finally been given the go-ahead after nine failed attempts, but the opportunity to play the Brisbane speed skater is proving hard to cast.
Aussie Olympic golden girl in custody
FORMER Australian Olympic golden girl Chantelle Newbery has been held in custody after facing string of charges in a Queensland court in what her lawyer describes as “quite a fall from grace”.
Julian Wilson’s world title Pipe dream alive
HE has done it before and if he does it again Julian Wilson could be Australia’s first men’s world surfing champion since Mick Fanning in 2015.
Smyth: There’s no winner in AOC vote
BASKETBALL legend Phil Smyth warns John Coates could become a lame-duck Australian Olympic Committee president – or vital influence could be lost – after a vicious election campaign.
Cure cycles into history books
AUSTRALIA finished top of the medal tally at the recent track cycling world championships in Hong Kong with a variety of top results. But one was particularly special.
Olympic power play escalates
THE toxic battle for control of Australia’s Olympic movement has intensified, with revelations the AOC paid $6.4m in commissions to sponsorship agencies in the Rio lead-up, almost a third of the amount spent on the team.
Triathletes rewarded for Rio golden moment
IT was some of the most memorable moments of last years Paralympics and it has earned Katie Kelly and guide Michellie Jones top honours at their sports awards.
She’s how old? Swimming’s newest rookie
SHE’S just shy of 30 but is swimming’s newest rookie. The latest from surfing, swimming, triathlon, diving, netball and cricket in this week’s edition of SHORT AND SWEET.
Aussies celebrate world selection
SALLY Pearson, discus star Dani Stevens, sprinter Ella Nelson and hurdler Lauren Wells swapped track shoes for heels to celebrate their world selection.
History as Aussie rides to Tour of Flanders podium
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Gracie Elvin has created history with an explosive sprint propelling her onto the podium at the Tour of Flanders.
Dani throws weight behind world discus bid
IT’S been eight years since she stunned by becoming the youngest discus world champion in history, but Dani Stevens reckons she is still nowhere near her peak.
’You’re legless… try snowboarding’
‘I heard the pilot tell the medical staff they would be coming in with a dead body.’ What has happened to snowboarder Joany Badenhorst since is quite incredible.
Fox on the run with new quest
SHE’S won two Olympic medals and multiple world titles but paddler Jess Fox is now testing the waters for a place in history.
Lassila: ‘You can have it all — on some days’
THERE are days when everything feels like its been turned on its head — for mother-of-two and Winter Olympic star Lydia Lassila that’s pretty much the norm.
Play of the Weekend: Lassila flies to gold
SHE was happy to just stay on her feet but ski mum Lydia Lassila did a lot more than that to claim the Swoop Play of the Weekend.
Olympians honoured on Australia Day
IT was the first time an Australian Olympic team had gender parity but when it comes to Australia Day Honours our top female athletes from Rio are way ahead of the rest.
Play of the Weekend: Jessica Fox
WHEN the going gets tough, Jess Fox gets going. It’s why she has earned Swoop Player of the Weekend.
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.
Elliott claims top honour at Paralympic awards
STAR swimmer Maddison Elliott’s three gold medals at Rio was rewarded on Thursday when she was named female Paralympian of the year.
Sally Fitz chasing Olympic dream
PRO surfer Sally Fitzgibbons says neither married life or a budding business empire will be sending her to the sidelines any time soon with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics firmly on her radar.
Fox clears name after leaked medical record
OLYMPIC medallist Jess Fox says she was eager to distance herself from suspicious athletes after her medical records from the Rio Games were hacked by Russians.
Green turning heads off rugby pitch
UNTIL she cut a swath through the New Zealand defence to help win Olympic gold, rugby sevens speedster Ellia Green never got asked for a selfie.
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.
Fox, Watts new voices of Aussie Olympians
RIO Olympians and good mates Jessica Fox and Shelley Watts are the new female faces on the Australian Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission.
How Australia fared at Rio Paralympics
AUSTRALIA’S Paralympic team finished in the top five at the Games — five places better than their Olympic comrades. We take a look at their numbers game in Rio.
Olympians share tips for Sydney bridge run
VICTORIA Mitchell has won the Sydney Bridge Run for the last two years. With a week until this year’s Sydney Running Festival, we get some top tips from her and running sensation Eloise Wellings.
Aussie Olympians’ medical records hacked
OLYMPIC rowing champion Kim Brennan is one of three Australians to have confidential medical data published by Russian cyber espionage group ‘Fancy Bears’.
Alcott’s perfect response to bullies
SIXTEEN years ago, Dylan Alcott was bullied in school for being overweight and in a wheelchair. Now he’s a dual Paralympian tennis gold medallist. VIDEO.
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