What really goes on inside Rio village
PARTIES, condoms and celebrities. Olympian Melanie Wright reveals what really happens when 10,000 athletes live together.
Swimming
Out of our way, the Aussies are here
IN A show of force and intent, Australia’s fresh-faced Olympic swimming team have taken over Rio’s Olympic Aquatic Stadium
Sharp practice means Wilson is Rio ready
MADISON Wilson issued a warning to her backstroke rivals in Rio, declaring her training was “a lot faster” than last year when she was a shock world titles silver medallist.
‘I thought I’m going to vomit all over myself’
AUSSIE swimmer Alicia Coutts knows she’s left nothing in the tank for her third Olympic Games and there was almost television footage to prove it.
Campbell joins social media blackout
CATE Campbell is the latest of our swimming stars to stop using social media during the Olympics, telling her followers that she will be “taking a break”.
Bronte cool as ice on Cate’s WR
FINALLY the Campbell sister rivalry just got real. Very real. When Cate broke the 100m freestyle world record last month, Bronte was nowhere to be seen.
Olympic legends help raise McKeon’s stocks
DAVID McKeon has taken advice from Olympic greats Mark and Tracey Stockwell every day for the past year as he looks to conquer his nerves on the world stage.
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 …
Sister act is lapping up the pressure
THE Campbell sisters stand on the verge of creating Olympic history but there is no chance the swimming superstars will be weighed down by the burden of what they can achieve in Rio.
Olympic success is all in the mind
THE Australian swim team’s secret weapon is a sports psychologist who has armed our medal prospects with all the mental tools required to become a champion.
Cate makes the switch to automatic
CATE Campbell’s coach has tried to turn her into a swimming “robot” but from now until the Olympic Games she’s being treated as fragile as a China doll.
True cost of an Olympic medal
AUSTRALIAN taxpayers have handed over an incredible war chest of riches to our swimmers in Rio. The cost of a gold medal will shock you.
Thorpe’s emotional words driving Larkin
WORLD backstroke champion Mitch Larkin has revealed how an “emotional” speech by Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe has inspired his Rio Olympic quest.
What price success? How we fund Rio stars
IT HAS cost the Australian taxpayer $38m to get our swimmers to Rio. With estimates the team could win eight gold medals, that works out to $4.75m each.
Seebohm’s anti-social plans for Rio
AFTER reading too many messages of adulation on Twitter prior to her final at the Lodnon Olympics, Emily Seebohm has a whole new approach for Rio.
The scandal that’s left McEvoy lost for words
CAMERON McEvoy is renowned for his intelligence. He’s pondered life’s big questions, is an academic and understands string theory. But this question stopped him in his tracks.
The worst roommates at the Olympics
BRONTE Campbell has warned that however much you prepare for an Olympic Games, success hangs on picking the right person to bunk with. And there’s a group you should definitely avoid.
Chalmers ready to do some heavy lifting
PORT Lincoln’s Olympic story to date rests on the broad shoulders of tuna fisherman turned weightlifting star Dean Lukin. Kyle Chalmers is set to add a new chapter in the pool.
Respect now due to class of 2016
AUSTRALIA’S swim team will have the rock star treatment without the rock star behaviour when they arrive in Rio via a $300,000 private charter 737 jet on Sunday.
Video: McEvoy’s mind-blowing science lesson
WORM holes dinosaurs and e=mc2. Cameron McEvoy is passionate about science, so when we approached him for a physics lesson, he blew our minds. WATCH HERE.
‘Disrespectful’ to compare us to London team
TEAM leader and world record holder Cate Campbell launched an emphatic and passionate defence of the Australian swim team and its cultural rebuild.
Swim team from Stilnox to scrabble
FROM Stilnox to scrabble, parties to fancy dress — this is the PG-rated Australian Olympic swim team of 2016.
McLoughlin’s irritating formula to success
BEEP … beep … beep. Like a fridge with a door left open, an annoying sound to a normal person is actually a formula to make Jack McLoughlin swim to victory.
Swimmers’ preparation is down to the letter
AUSTRALIAN swimmers have received personal handwritten letters of inspiration from past Olympic greats to help them cope with the stress and pressure of competing in Rio.
McEvoy’s plans to make a Big Bang in Rio
HE IS hoping to leave Rio as the biggest name in swimming, catapulting him alongside Usain Bolt as a star of the games; but instead of partying, Cameron McEvoy has just one “must do” item on his list.
Russian pleads to be allowed to race McEvoy
CAMERON McEvoy’s main Russian rival Vladimir Morozov has pleaded his innocence of doping allegations and pleaded to be allowed to compete in Rio.
Wu hoping it’s third time lucky in Rio
AUSTRALIAN diver Melissa Wu is confident she is ready to claim an individual Olympic medal as she prepares for her third Games after an incredible 10 years on the national team.
McEvoy: The vital lessons I learnt form Phelps
CAMERON McEvoy plans to use Michael Phelps as inspiration to avoid the emotional wave of competition when he tackles Australia’s busiest schedule in Rio.
Russia ban is relay good news for Aussies
THE men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team have moved one step closer to Olympic gold after a decision by FINA to ban Russian rivals from the Rio Games.
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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.
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