Huge funding boost for Olympians
More than two-thirds of the Australian Olympic team in Tokyo relied on crucial grants, and athletes are about to get a massive funding boost before Paris 2024.
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Cambage penalty for Olympics incident revealed
Liz Cambage is still eligible to play for Australia but whether she does remains unknown after her penalty for a pre-Olympics incident in Las Vegas was revealed.
Big challenges ahead as new CEO steps into swimming hot seat
Interim boss Eugenie Buckley won over Swimming Australia with her ‘incredible ability to build and execute a strategy’ to land the fulltime CEO gig.
Why Australia won’t ditch Beijing Olympics
Protesters across the world have called for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but the head of Australia’s Olympic Committee says Aussie athletes should still go.
Sports to go in Games shake-up
There isn’t even a host yet for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, but a big shake-up is coming with only two sports guaranteed to be on the program.
Investigation orders Cambage to face hearing
Basketball star Liz Cambage is set to face more scrutiny over her involvement in an Las Vegas incident before the Olympics which led to her shock withdrawal from the Tokyo Games.
Legends hail ‘greatest Aussie marathon ever’
Australia’s 21st and final gold in Tokyo is sure to live long in the memory as Madi di Rozario somehow found the energy for one last push when she had nothing left to grab a famous victory.
Aussie swims through heartbreak for relay silver
Aussie Timothy Disken has swum an emotional race in Tokyo to take home silver just days after the death of his mother, Jenny.
We’re equal: 16-year fight ends for Aussie Paralympics great
Swimmer Ellie Cole was thrilled when she became Australia’s greatest female Paralympian in Tokyo, but a government commitment close to her heart has bought real emotion.
Heartwarming interview has nation in tears
Australian swimmer Rachael Watson has delivered an incredible interview at the Paralympics that left everyone tearing up.
Aussie breaks three world records in 60mins
Australian Paralympian Vanessa Low has set Tokyo alight with a performance that left her husband an emotional mess as she made history.
Aussie breaks world record three times on incredible night
She once competed for Germany, but Vanessa Low well and truly won Aussie hearts after her stunning gold medal-winning performance in the long jump in Tokyo.
Aussie swimmers add to incredible medal tally
The Aussie swim team has won another four medals to add to its booming tally in the pool, while a bronze medallist who was planning to retire has a change of heart.
Paralympic cyclist once ‘too scared’ of velodrome
Too scared to even sit on her bike the first time she went to a velodrome, Emily Petricola is now one of Australia’s best medal hopes in Tokyo.
The ten Aussies spearheading bid for stunning Tokyo haul
Our data experts have crunched the numbers with Tokyo set to expect a mind-blowing second Australian gold rush.
Meet Australia’s legendary Paralympic flagbearers
One will compete at her seventh Games, the other is an Aussie sporting icon – meet Australia’s Tokyo Paralympics flagbearers.
DIY bathroom hack helping cyclist beat heat in Tokyo
Tough times call for inventive ways to train and this Sydney athlete has hit on a genius – if a little odd – hack to help him prepare for the big heat in Tokyo.
Olympic photo highlights Australia’s shame
Just weeks after Australians united to cheer on Peter Bol in the Olympics a devastating situation has showed up a double standard.
Barty lifts the lid on Olympic village life
The Tokyo Games was Barty’s first foray into the Olympics, and if her experiences in the Olympic village are anything to go by, it won’t be her last.
Olympian wants change for Paris
Australia again missed a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, and to boost their chances of getting on the podium there should be one big change in Paris.
Welcome home Queensland Olympians – here you are in pictures
Welcome home Queensland Olympians – here you are in pictures.
Heartwarming scenes as Olympians return home
Over 100 Australian Olympic team members reunited with their loved ones in beautiful scenes, having completed their two-week quarantine period.
‘Stay hungry’: Watch Olympic hero’s revenge
He emerged as a new national hero in Tokyo, and Aussie Olympian Peter Bol has racked up a big win. WATCH THE EPIC FINISH
Simmons’ Boomers gesture says it all
Ben Simmons withdrew from the Boomers squad ahead of the Olympics, but his special gesture to the team shows he truly does care after all.
Why Team USA is in awe of Australia
The Boomers won plenty of admirers at the Tokyo Olympics, including Gregg Popovich, the head coach of the powerhouse Team USA.
Aussie star’s quarantine post causes chaos
Hotel quarantine can be a hellish experience for lots of people but some of our Olympians are living their best lives thanks to their fans.
Olympic quarantine fiasco exposed
The AOC’s CEO has revealed the cruel change of plans from the SA government to force returning Olympians into extra quarantine.
‘It’s inhumane’: Aussie Olympian hits out
Aussie boxer Skye Nicolson is back from Tokyo and says it’s “inhumane” how some of our Olympians are being treated by the SA government.
Proof Australia has ‘lost the plot’
Some Olympians are staring at the “cruel and uncaring” prospect of 28 days in quarantine, and nobody in Australia can understand why.
Olyroos sanctioned for flight behaviour
Upholding a ‘duty of care’, Football Australia has opted against making public punishments given to Olyroos involved in a flight incident while travelling home from Japan.
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