Aussie Olympic uniform revealed
REACTION is coming thick and fast to the preppy mint green and white outfits Aussie athletes will don during the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics.
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Speculation mounts about Jackson’s future
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Aussie uniforms for Rio revealed
AUSTRALIAN athletes will don green and white-striped blazers with white bottoms during the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. What do you think? Vote in our poll
In pics: Australia’s Olympic kits through the years
GALLERY: From tailored jackets, super short-shorts, neck to ankle suits and shiney trackies, these are Australia’s Olympics uniforms through the years.
Meares on track for Rio heroics
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Rio-focused Opals push ‘blackface’ saga aside
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Aussie achieves huge Olympic first
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Dunmall too quick for young gun Hale
AFTER finishing seventh two years earlier, Queensland’s Isaac Dunmall stuck out his chest to claim the 2016 Stawell Gift, edging out a high-class field including sprint sensation Jack Hale.
BMX’s Buchanan on road to Rio success
BMX star Caroline Buchanan knew from the age of nine there was pretty much nothing she wanted more than an Olympic gold medal.
Six of WA’s best picked for Poland
TWO rising Western Australian pole vaulters will don the green and gold at the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Poland in July.
High fives for Rio-bound Matildas
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Chinese admit six swimmers tested positive
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Gold for Tallent – but it’s lost some lustre
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Tallent to be awarded gold medal
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Honey Badger begins a late Olympics push
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Aussie women who could take Rio by storm
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Russian doping claims rock swimming
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Lots of spirit in Paralympics bid
MEET the group behind a push to have athletes with down syndrome given a fair crack at the Paralympics.
Aussies take long sleeve approach to stop Zika
AUSTRALIA has asked Olympic uniform suppliers Adidas for an extra long-sleeve top as a cautionary measure against the Zika virus stalking the Rio Olympics.
Rookie Hockeyroo given the nod
Rookie Grace Stewart has been named in the Hockeyroos squad for the eight nations tournament in New Zealand next month.
Bolt to make Rio his Olympics swan song
CHAMPION sprinter Usain Bolt has confirmed the Rio Olympics will be his last, saying he doesn’t have the desire to compete at Tokyo in 2020
Olympic flag bearer to be named early
AUSTRALIA will break with one of its most famous sporting traditions by announcing its Olympic flag-bearer before it leaves for this year’s Rio Games.
‘If anyone can get back it is her’
OPALS coach Brendan Joyce expects to have a handle on whether basketball legend Lauren Jackson is any shot at all of suiting in Rio Olympics by the end of this week.
Sprint queen Meares’ defence of cycling
AUSTRALIAN cycling legend Anna Meares has launched a passionate defence of her sport in response to “inappropriate’’ social media posts.
Short and sweet: Captain Courageous bats on
A CAPTAINS courage, a surfer soars, international medal on the track and in the pool. All in this week’s SHORT AND SWEET
Aussie star misses gold by barest of margins
AUSSIE long-jumper Fabrice Lapierre has been pipped for gold at the world indoor athletics championships by just one centimetre.
Rowing icon Sarah Tait remembered
SHE was one of rowing’s most popular and successful athletes and from 2017 onwards the open women’s Coxless Pair Champions of Australia will be awarded The Sarah Tait Memorial Trophy.
Wu dives to another bronze
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Skier Gallagher enters bronze age in velodrome
SHE won an historic medal for Australia in alpine skiing, is a world medallist in track and field and now at her first ever world track cycling championships Jessica Gallagher has ridden off with a medal.
Six-pack of triathletes heading to Rio
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