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.
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Sky no limit as Australia poach top coach
CYCLING Australia has raided British Cycling and Team Sky by luring one of its top coaching and sports science brains to lead its rebuild towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Short and Sweet: Droughts broken and extended
THERE was good news for a triathletes and a basketball team but not for the Wallaroos and some of our top rowers. SHORT AND SWEET sport wrap.
Brennan, Payne in line for The Don
THE year’s brightest sporting stars will tonight vie for The Don Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony.
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.
Stories behind our Paralympians
THEY are teachers, advocates, adventurers, cafe owners, AFL referees and Newcastle Knights fans and they are set to take the world by storm in Rio.
Anna staying right on track
OUR greatest Olympic cyclist never looks back, only forwards to the next challenge, writes Mike Colman.
Tears flow as Edmondson meets sponsor child
IT’S the first time Annette Edmondson was happy to let the tears flow – and it had nothing to do with competition as she finally met her Brazilian sponsor child of 10 years.
Tears for Meares as old foe cheers
WITH her Olympics over and the dust settled, Australian team captain Anna Meares has had the chance to reflect on a highlight of her campaign — and it involved an old rival.
Buchanan’s BMX dream comes crashing to an end
FEW athletes who struggled in London were more obsessed about getting it right this time. Caroline Buchanan drove herself all the way to Rio and, finally, a touch too hard when everything was on the line.
The mentality of winning at the Olympics
IT’S called “Olympic swagger”. And when it comes to the Rio Games, you either have it or you don’t.
Aussie sailors and brilliant Bolt come good again
A roundup of what went down on day 13 in Rio: Aussie sailors and kayakers weigh in with more medals, a BMX beat-up and Usain Bolt strolls to 200m gold …
’Australian cycling is lost’
OLYMPIC medallist and former world champion Shane Perkins says Australian cycling is “lost” and has put the heat on its high performance program for answers.
Kings of the court and BMX bandits
A roundup of what went down on day 12 in Rio: The Boomers ease in to the semi-finals, our BMX men and women fire and Usain Bolt laughs all the way to the 200m final …
BMX big guns well set for semi-finals
AUSTRALIA’S top-ranked male and female BMX riders, Caroline Buchanan and Sam Willoughby, have qualified in the top three ahead of Friday’s semi-finals.
Olympian defends sister’s awkward interview
SHE’S an Olympic record holder and half of a cycling power couple, but Laura Trott has been forced to slam haters after her sister’s TV interview.
Shake-up scheduled as Brits belt Aussies
AUSTRALIAN cycling is set for a full-scale review of its track program in the wake of a disastrous Rio Olympic campaign that was dominated by arch rival Great Britain.
Dominant Brits and crashes sum up horror games
ANALYSIS: Australia’s cycling campaign in Rio has been a shambles and the final blow was sprinter Matt Glaetzer falling off his bike before the race for ninth even began.
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 …
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.
I didn’t say the Poms are cheats: Meares
ANNA Meares has taken to Twitter to clarify her comments about Britain’s dominance on the track in Rio saying she never insinuated they had cheated.
‘There was a mole in the camp’
IN THE latest scandal to hit the track in Rio, a British cyclist has claimed a “mole” tried to “sabotage” his Olympic dream.
Is this the end of Anna Meares?
IF sportsmen’s decisions on retirement rest on messages from their bodies then Anna Meares may be finished after her greatest physical assets – her legs – had their say on her future.
The reason Meares made it to Rio
IN May last year Anna Meares picked up the phone and called her coach Gary West and quit the cycling team. What he said that changed not only her career but her life.
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 …
Olympic rider’s classless act
THIS sprint star has been slammed for a classless reaction to his own unforgivable act of ruthlessness in a gold medal race.
’Chocolate and rum’: What’s next for Meares
ANNA Meares has signed off on her fourth Olympics and will take the next fortnight to consider whether she retires from cycling.
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.
Warning note posted in athletes’ village
A WOMEN’S cycling team was forced to post a stern message on the door to its room after receiving some unwanted visitors.
Meares to have ‘free swing’ at sprint title
THE pressure is off Anna Meares who is preparing to have a “free swing” at defending her sprint title in what could her final Olympic Games appearance.
Brennan’s gold moment, Cate’s silver lining
A roundup of what went down on day 8 in Rio: Kim Brennan delivered gold, Cate Campbell’s meet had a silver lining, while Michael Phelps signed off with yet another triumph.
Legend’s brilliant tribute to fallen Aussies
BRADLEY Wiggins sledged Australia in the lead-up but but such was the quality of racing there was only room for mutual respect after one of the greatest finals in history.
‘Thank f— that’s over’, says Aussie rival
BULLETS have flown and knives have flashed in Rio but Australia was at the heart of one of the most brutal and gripping battles in Olympic history.
Cate’s redemption, Matildas’ heartbreak
A roundup of what went down on day 7 in Rio: Cate Campbell returns to form, agony for the Matildas, Dane Bird-Smith takes race walking bronze — then sees his dad hauled off by the cops …
World record denies Aussies pursuit gold
THE Aussie men’s team pursuit have grabbed a silver medal as Great Britain broke the world record to win gold in a thrilling final in Rio.
Australia’s cruel silver fortune
THE Australian men’s team pursuit squad went under world record time. In a cruel twist of fate, it was not enough to win gold on the Rio track.
From foe to fan: Pendleton backs Meares
ANNA Meares’ friendly rival Victoria Pendleton believes the Australian champion has the hunger and experience to win another Olympic gold medal in Rio.
Meares and Morton put pedal to the medal
ANNA Meares, the greatest female track cyclist in history, and Steph Morton, a Paralympic gold medallist on Olympic debut, open their Rio campaigns Saturday.
Why wasn’t this woman banned?
THE Olympic time trial has been engulfed in controversy after Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya won a silver medal despite breaching the IOC’s initial criteria to compete in Rio.
Dennis cruelly denied in time trial
AUSTRALIA’S Rohan Dennis has been denied an Olympic time trial medal by a superstar field and a cruel mechanical problem in Rio.
Battered and bruised Aussies back on track
AUSTRALIA’S women’s team pursuit squad has courageously returned to the velodrome in Rio for training less than 24 hours after their horror crash.
Sevens heaven, hopes sunk in pool
A round up of what went down on day 3 in Rio: our women’s rugby sevens team win their gold medal match with the Kiwis, but medal hopes fall short in the pool …
Aussie cyclist in hospital after track crash
AUSSIE track cyclist Melissa Hoskins has been taken to hospital after the women’s team pursuit squad crashed at training in Rio, three days out from competition.
Olympic daily wrap: Aussies strike gold and go top!
A one stop round up of what went down on day 1 of the Games: Aussie medals in the pool and shooting range, a NSFW injury and robbers who messed with the wrong guys …
Cyclist Clarke the last man standing
SIMON Clarke was the last man into the Australian road cycling team and remarkably ended up being the only team member who finished yesterday’s Olympic road race.
Road rage: ‘Let’s just pack up and go home’
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic cycling coaches have taken extra steps to keep riders safe in Rio but the state of the course itself is completely out of their control.
Inspiring Meares brings the tears
AUSTRALIAN team captain Anna Meares admitted she couldn’t hold back tears as she told her teammates they would not be failures representing their country in Rio.
Elvin believes GB cyclist is clean
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Gracie Elvin believes current world champion Lizzie Armitstead is clean and deserves to race in Rio after successfully appealing a two-year ban.
Meares enjoying being in winners’ circle
FLAGBEARER Anna Meares has promised to try to stop and smell the roses in Rio just as she has in her preparation.
Bowden: I can do the job
HE’LL be locking horns with a Tour de France winner in an unfamiliar discipline but mountain biker Scott Bowden is confident he’ll hold his own in the 241km road race.
Edmondson out to prove a point in Rio
TRACK cyclist Alex Edmondson was only 17 and on his first trip away with the national team when he fell victim to an Anna Meares prank.
Bruce’s 50 must-see Rio moments
WORRIED you might miss the Rio Olympic moments we’ll be talking about for years? Fear not, Channel 7’s Bruce McAvaney is here to mark your card …
Broken Gerrans still a team player
INJURED Australian cyclist Simon Gerrans has travelled to Spain to address staff and riders who would have been his teammates at the Rio Olympics.
Cycling looks to athletics for lead in doping fight
THE Australian vice-president of world cycling will use information from athletics in helping to decide if Russian cyclists will be banned from Rio.
Meares, video have cyclists ready to roll
AUSTRALIA’S track cyclists will finally get their first real look at the new velodrome in Rio on Thursday after studying GoPro footage of the track from their LA training camp.
Dennis’ national pride more than skin deep
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Rohan Dennis has our coat of arms and a pitbull inked on his body. Proud, hungry, passionate and determined: they sum him up perfectly.
Aussies ‘obsessed’ with Great Britain: Wiggins
THE mind games in track cycling’s biggest rivalry have been reignited with Bradley Wiggins claiming Australia’s team pursuit squad is “obsessed” with Great Britain.
Rio 2016 ultimate guide: Cycling
CYCLING is a traditionally a source of Olympic strength for Australia and the nation will again be strongly represented across all events in Rio.
Clarke expecting the unexpected in Rio
SIMON Clarke has warned riders to expect chaos in the men’s road race at the Rio Olympics after earning an 11th-hour call up to make his Games debut.
Simon Clarke called up for Rio
VICTORIAN all-rounder Simon Clarke has been added to Australia’s cycling team for the Rio Olympics as a late replacement for the injured Simon Gerrans.
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Our 409 Rio athletes deserve the spotlight
I’M done with the bad energy. Let’s leave Russia, Kitty Chiller, Zika and crime at the Rio door and focus on what the Olympics is really about – the athletes.
Jack climbs hills in search for gold
EVERY gruelling pedal stroke of the Giro d’Italia in May, Jack Bobridge was thinking of one thing — Olympic gold on the track in Rio.
The Coffee Ride #114, with Reece Homfray
ROHAN Dennis says he will spend the next fortnight “living on my time trial bike” after leaving the Tour de France to prepare for the Rio Olympics overnight.
Spratt attack bodes well for Rio
RIO-bound road rider Amanda Spratt has produced a confidence-boosting ride ahead of the Games to take her first victory of the Thüringen Rundfahrt race in Germany.
Opals star talks about depression battle
BASKETBALL star Liz Cambage has spoken out about her fight with mental illness after the Opals Olympic squad member battled depression mid-last year.
New Rio nightmare for our biggest stars
HERE’S a sneak peek at where Aussie athletes will be forced to sleep at the Rio Olympics, and it is making our biggest stars more than a little bit nervous.
Gerrans out, Rio hopes now rest on Richie
AUSTRALIA is poised to back Richie Porte as its outright leader for the road race at the Rio Olympics after Simon Gerrans was forced to withdraw due to a broken collarbone which ended his Tour de France.
Gerrans in doubt for Rio after TdF fall
SIMON Gerrans is facing a race against time to be fit for the Rio Olympics road race after breaking his collarbone in last night’s chaotic stage of the Tour de France.
Women’s road race cycling team for Rio named
AUSTRALIA’S professional women’s cycling team Orica-AIS has produced the four female road riders who will compete in next month’s Rio Olympics.
Aussies march out of opening ceremony
AS few as one in three Australian Olympic athletes will march behind golden girl Anna Meares at next month’s Rio opening ceremony.
Sprint prodigy’s horrific injuries
YOUNG cycling star Courtney Field has had surgery after a nasty fall involving Australia’s Olympic flag-bearer Anna Meares left her with pieces of the track embedded in her leg.
Meares athletes’ leader and people’s champion
ANNA Meares — Australia’s flagbearer at the Rio Olympics — is loved by athletes and fans alike for her cycling exploits. But the woman behind the champion is every bit as impressive, says Reece Homfray.
Tour de France fun fact guide
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