“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.
Australian Team
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 …
Brennan flagged for fairytale finish
IF a gold medal wasn’t a fairytale finish for Kim Brennan, carrying the Australian flag at the closing ceremony of the Rio Games would surely be the ultimate last hurrah.
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.
Australian cycling set for major overhaul
AUSSIE cycling is in for a widescale review as it searches for what went so wrong on the track at the Rio Olympics where arch rival Great Britain wiped the floor.
Jiggling Jenneke: ‘One of my worst races ever’
AS jiggles went, it wasn’t a gold medal performance. But Michelle Jenneke’s performance in the media mixed zone was a lot more impressive than what she showed out on the track.
‘My balls hurt, but my arms hurt more’
JARROD Poort put his balls on the line. His coach thinks he may become the “sex symbol” of open water swimming. His dad is worried he might have “gravel rash on his nuts.”
Burton wins sailing gold for Australia
AUSTRALIA’S Tom Burton won the Laser one-person dinghy sailing gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday in a final postponed by high winds a day before.
Boomers believe in gold
THEY’RE not looking past the quarterfinal but the very obvious streak of Olympic mortality displayed by the USA has the Boomers sensing a gold medal is very much for grabs.
Last shot at glory for Aussie veteran
PENNY Taylor is close to retirement and knows her time in Rio is the last shot she’ll get at winning Olympic gold. She’s determined not to go quietly into the night.
Meares bows out, Samuel goes long
A roundup of what went down on day 10 in Rio: Anna Meares bids farewell to the Olympics, Dani Samuel goes long in the discus and the Hockyroos and Stingers crash out …
Bairstow injured, Boomers down Venezuela
IT was harder work than necessary but the Boomers will enter the men’s basketball finals with confidence after securing a 81-56 victory over feisty Venezuela.
Aussie Olympian’s raunchy post
WE’VE heard stories about the Tinder games, now one Aussie athlete has posted a picture of “Olympic condoms” with some sportsmanlike advice.
Kyle Chalmers still has much to learn
KYLE Chalmers is now a gold medallist, but he’s still keen on returning to graduate high school. Does he regret postponing his education to go to Rio? Hell no!
Howzat? You’re a legend bro!
MITCHELL Starc is on record-breaking pace in Sri Lanka, but the fast bowler’s status as the most talented sportsman in the family is under threat.
Crime scare prompts Aussie party venue switch
AUSTRALIAN Olympians have found their own rooftop party zone much closer to the athletes’ village to avoid becoming victims of Rio crime.
Aussie sailors aim to rebound from ‘shocker’
TWO Aussie sailors had a self-confessed ‘shocker’ , but are confident they’ll rebound in the gold medal race in Rio.
Aussie cyclist’s noble take on Russian rival
THE Rio Olympics has seen hostility directed toward Russia’s athletes, but Aussie cyclist Matthew Glaetzer only had good words for his Russian rival.
Aussies make mark on historic night
HIGH-jumper Brandon Starc became the first Aussie to qualify for the high jump final in 20 years, while Australia’s 400m duo earned different fates.
Australia’s new rising star of the marathon
MILLY Clark was competing in her first Olympics, and just the second marathon of her life. She didn’t win gold, but the Aussie put together a performance to remember.
Rio failure set to scar Kookaburras
DID the Kookaburras spend so much time looking back they forgot to look properly forward? Robert Craddock looks at our men’s hockey team and why they couldn’t put it together in Rio.
Why knockout stages shouldn’t worry Boomers
THE Boomers are locked and loaded for the knockout stages at Rio, with the pre-tournament favourite USA team looking as beatable as ever.
Aussie volleyballers fall to US
TALIQUA Clancy and Louise Bawden have gone down fighting to gold medal favourites the US, beaten in the quarterfinals of the women’s beach volleyball tournament in Rio.
Proof ‘The Birdman’ is bonkers
WE KNEW he was fast, now we know he’s crazy. Dane Bird-Smith’s actions after his bronze medal walk in the 20km race prove just that.
Aussie fury as players punched in pool
AUSTRALIAN women’s water polo coach Greg McFadden has fired up at officials over rivals getting away scot free for belting his players.
Aussie athletes’ Rio beach ban
AUSTRALIAN Olympic athletes have been banned from tourist hotspots Copacabana and Ipanema beach after dark as reports emerge US swimmer Ryan Lochte was robbed at gunpoint.
Horton laments losing ‘Australia’s Race’
MACK Horton knew he was in trouble with 28 laps to go in the 1500m freestyle final. For these Olympics at least, the event once known as ‘Australia’s Race’ was Italy’s race.
Why we misunderstand Andrew Bogut
ANDREW Bogut has paid a high price for being one of the great Australian smart-arses, but these Olympics have shown the big-man’s true colours — in the best way possible.
Stars and flops of Aussie swimming in Rio
AUSTRALIA’S swimming campaign in Rio saw stars emerge, and others sink below expectations. TODD BALYM analyses who starred and who flopped.
Aussie swimmers in Rio ‘better than London’
KIEREN Perkins looks at where it went right for Australia in the pool, where it went wrong, and why Rio’s performance was ‘way better than London’.
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