DANE Bird-Smith will have the depth of first-hand knowledge of a course which normally falls to golf greats like Greg Norman and Tiger Woods when he strives to win Australia’s first 20km walk gold on Sunday.
SALLY Pearson’s shock withdrawal from the Commonwealth Games comes at an awkward time for the hurdles champion who is looking to breath life into sponsor talks that had stalled of late.
THE early warning signs we should have seen and the brave face in a time of true grief at the opening ceremony – the full story behind Sally Pearson’s Commonwealth Games withdrawal.
SALLY Pearson must be increasingly flexible about her training schedules if she hopes to bounce back from her Gold Coast disappointment at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
THE news sent shockwaves around our loungeroom.“Sally Pearson has just called a media conference,” said an obviously stunned triathlon commentator Dave Culbert.
THERE were fashion disasters, grating television hosts but nothing beats the look of wonderment and joy on every athlete’s face as they enter the stadium, writes Mike Colman.
SHE was forced to pull out of the Commonwealth Games with a knee injury after missing the London Olympics due to a brain tumour, but devastated high jumper Amy Pejkovic is already formulating a plan to be ready for the Tokyo Olympics.
SALLY Pearson took things easy on the Gold Coast this morning as she continues to manage her fitness ahead of her home Commonwealth Games.
IT is the image of Matt Shirvington competing in lycra at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 Aussies can’t erase from their minds, and the former sprinter grudgingly admits it regularly overshadows his impressive on-track achievements.
COMMENT: Even if she’d been from Goulburn or Geelong, Sally Pearson would have been the best choice to lead Australia’s athletes into the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
SALLY Pearson has been pipped for the honour of carrying the Australian flag at Wednesday night’s Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in favour of hockey legend Mark Knowles.
AUSSIE sporting greats have pleaded for hometown hero Sally Pearson to be handed the honour of carrying the nation’s flag into Wednesday’s opening ceremony.
THERE is a familiarity surrounding Ashleigh Gentle’s push to become Australia’s first Gold Coast Commonwealth Games gold medal winner.
A WORRIED Sally Pearson says she will be able to confront whatever her Commonwealth Games fitness fate is, realising that her management of an achilles problem can only go so far.
AUSTRALIA’S track and field glamour girl Morgan Mitchell reveals the hidden pain which has haunted her Commonwealth Games preparation.
IT’S THE little things that have helped Claire Tallent walk her way to the Commonwealth Games less than a year after becoming a first-time mum.
RILEY Day knows she has a date with the devil. It will be sitting on her young shoulders as she steps up to the blocks in the 200m sprint in front of more than 35,000 hometown fans in her first Commonwealth Games.
FOR Australian athlete Anneliese Rubie, switching from 400m to 800m seemed crazy enough to work.
CATHY Freeman and her coach Nic Bideau hatched their plan for one of the most controversial moments in Commonwealth Games history at the breakfast table.
WITH Australia embroiled in a sporting armageddon, Hollywood superstar and Rabbitohs owner Russell Crowe sees a saviour on the horizon. Enter Sally Pearson! And she’s up for the challenge.
FORMER world champion Yohan Blake said he is ready to “take over’’ world men’s sprinting after cruising to a win in Brisbane in his last race before the Commonwealth Games.
ONLY 7 days to go! Get into the Games spirit with limited edition Gold Coast 2018 Official Borobi Pin Collection, available via the token in The Courier-Mail from Wednesday, April 4. Pin your hopes on the Aussies and collect all five!
THEY are here! Some of the best athletes from around the world have hit the Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games. Before things officially kick off, check out some of the biggest head-to-head battles we can’t wait for.
JAMAICAN sprint star Yohan Blake remembers the day he ran the second fastest 100m time in history as like being “a plane taking off’’.
THE heat and craziness of Delhi in 2010 holds a special place in the heart of wheelchair champion Kurt Fearnley.
SELF-PROCLAIMED sprint queen and dual Olympic champion Elaine Thompson has some advice for rising Aussie star Riley Day.
GAMES debutant Trae Williams says he loved being trash-talked by a former world champion when Jamaica’s Yohan Blake told him publicly last week to not be “scared’’.
AUSTRALIA’S Comm Games competitors have the chance to restore the country’s pride on the back of the cricket cheating scandal that has left a disillusioned public questioning whether athletes can be considered role models.
RILEY Day will delay her 18th birthday celebrations this week to focus on a Commonwealth Games preparation which now includes a 200m race against Jamaica’s Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson.
DUAL Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson is yet to confirm whether she will attempt the sprint double on the Gold Coast.
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