Hackett’s Rio Olympics bid on track
GRANT Hackett has moved a mini-step closer to the Rio Olympics by progressing to tonight’s 400m freestyle final at the official trials in Adelaide.
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Gentle fires up for Rio triathlon chase
ONE of the last times Rio Olympic triathlon hopeful Ashleigh Gentle raced she reckons she would have made great fodder for a funniest home video.
Racing to Rio: sport scandal goes Hollywood
AN old sport scandal goes Hollywood, sailors back on track, athletes star and golf makes headlines. All in this week’s RACING TO RIO.
‘He always tells me how tough he had it’
EMILY Seebohm has a standard reply any time her father John, the Glenelg 300-game SANFL legend and Tigers hall of famer, tells her how tough competitive sport was “back then”.
Seebohm takes plunge with pool romance
EMILY Seebohm’s road to Rio has been cluttered with injury, illness and heartache. Despite everything our star swimmer has refused to break off her high-profile romance, promising it won’t get in the way.
Diverse talent puts Australia top of the world
Womens Sevens Series leaders Australia can draw upon the talents of a couple of code-switchers this weekend to ensure they remain the team to beat.
Campbell sisters ready for ‘cutthroat Rio trials’
SWIMMING’S sibling rivals Cate and Bronte Campbell are used to trading blows in the pool — but now the pair is dealing with trading places in the casualty ward.
James is a heat-seeking missile
JAMES Magnussen isn’t just expecting a Rio Olympic trials “dogfight” in Adelaide this week – he’s craving it.
Trials a chance to put London demons to rest
OUR nation’s best swimmers will battle it out for a place on the plane to Rio at the Olympic swimming team trials in Adelaide. Here are the ones to watch.
Olympic crash keeps Moffatt on her game
AT the time it was painful, bloody and shattering but in hindsight a triathlon crash at the London Olympics could help extend Australia’s medal streak at the Rio Games.
Young duo hoping to sail off with Rio spot
THE Australian battle for the historic all-female 49erFX spot at the Rio Olympics is heating up with the youngest and newest teams making an impact in a major European lead-up regatta.
Fire still burns for ‘old man’ Hackett
HE might be the “old man with a walking stick” but Grant Hackett insists his competitive flame still burns like a teenager at his first Olympic Games.
Illness fails to put Hackett off Rio goal
GRANT Hackett says illness almost made him abandon his campaign to become the oldest swimmer to make the Australian Olympic team.
Short and Sweet: Athletics, cricket on centre stage
THE Southern Stars may have lost to the West Indies but they are winners with fans. Overseas news, Rio selections and surf comebacks. All in SHORT AND SWEET.
Aussie sprint revolution to cause chaos in Rio
JUST a year after packing shelves at Big W, Rio-bound Josh Hartmann will become the first man to represent Australia in the 200m since the Athens Games in 2004.
How 1cm secured Frayne Rio ticket
OVER the past four years, long-jumper Henry Frayne has spent more time in doctors’ rooms than on the track. But with a Rio ticket on the line, miracles can happen.
Sydney young gun ready for world’s best in Rio
EVERYONE was expecting Morgan Mitchell to go to the Olympics but no-one had factored in Sydney 17-year-old Sydney’s Jessica Thornton behind her.
Why Rio hope Patterson wants to remain a mystery
RIO medal chance Eleanor Patterson continues to turn her back on $30k worth of funding, she explains why she wants to keep Athletics Australia at arms length.
Casey chasing one final goal
HOCKEYROO star Casey Sablowski is eyeing Rio and her third Olympics, but she has much bigger things planned on the home front.
Broken Bronte on trial with no guarantees
BRONTE Campbell’s will to win is undiminished but whether her broken body is up to the task it is the big question as she heads to the Olympic swimming trials.
Dominant Mathews books Rio spot
AN Olympic year is the perfect time for a career break-out and on Saturday night Luke Mathews got his timing right again.
Ellia’s fast feet racing her towards destiny
ELLIA Green, a fine track sprinter, always had an Olympic dream. But it changed when she was snapped up at on a Rugby 7s talent identification day in 2012.
Manou’s ‘final’ race may revive Olympic dream
WHAT was supposed to be Tamsyn Manou’s farewell tour this summer, could end up being one of the great comeback stories in Australian sport.
Pacquiao to fight in Rio Olympics?
MANNY Pacquiao says he’s thinking about fighting for his country in the Olympics this summer if the boxing competition is open to professional fighters.
A Day to dream of green
IAN Baker-Finch likes Australia’s Olympic uniform but he’d love to see his men’s golfers packing blazers in a different shade of green when they arrive in Rio.
Decathlete Dubler off to Rio
AUSTRALIA’S track and field team has its first Rio bolter with decathlete Cedric Dubler a surprise qualifier on Friday night.
One last shot for Australia’s fastest man
THE country’s fastest man over 800m is yet to post an Olympic qualifying time and blocking his path to Rio is a crack field of hungry middle distance runners.
Could sevens team suffer post-Rio exodus?
HE may be 29, but ultra-fit Aussie skipper Ed Jenkins is not ready for retirement. Only problem is Rio could be his swan song in the sevens format.
Pearson can pull off miracle gold: coach
SHE hasn’t raced for almost a year, but Athletics Australia’s head coach is adamant Sally Pearson can still strike gold in Rio.
The Russian ‘pimping’ Kenyan runners
FORMER elite Russian athlete Larisa Mikhaylova was making a tidy living off the back of poor Kenyan athletes, but her golden run may be over.
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