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Cycling
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.
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.
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.
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