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.
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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.
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