Bright wary of new kids on the block
A NEW wave of exciting teenage snowboarders the latest challenge for Australia’s most successful Winter Olympian Torah Bright.
Winter Olympics
You’ll never guess the sport we rule
AUSTRALIAN women have dominated this sport for the last 20 years, and our newest world champ is Laura Peel. Laura who?
Violinist banned for rigging races
VIOLINIST-turned-skier Vanessa Mae has been banned for four years for rigged Olympic qualifying races.
Torah Bright’s darkest days
WINTER Olympic champion Torah Bright has revealed feeling like she “didn’t deserve life” amid the shock death of her closest friend and the collapse of her marriage.
James turns inventor after Sochi nightmare
THREE words — ultimate flying machine. Aussie snowboarder Scotty James has put the \Olympics “bad dream” behind him, and is now looking into the future.
Uh-oh, we just blew $57 billion
WELL, that didn’t take long. Just six months after the most costly Olympics ever, new pics show $57 billion of empty, unloved infrastructure.
Heroics had to be seen to be believed
THE unfortunate problem for the Winter Paralympics is you have to see it to believe it — footage on a screen just doesn’t do the athletes justice.
Gallagher wins second Paralympic bronze
VICTORIAN skier Jess Gallagher has delivered Australia a double-shot of joy with a bronze medal on the final day of the Sochi Paralympics.
Young star Tudhope to carry flag
AUSTRALIA’S 14-year-old snowboarding sensation Ben Tudhope will carry the flag in Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Sochi Paralympics.
Kane wins prestigious award in Sochi
AUSTRALIA’S only medallist at this week’s Sochi Paralympics, Toby Kane, has won the prestigious Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award.
Gourley tumbles out of Sochi slalom
A LATE fall has dumped Aussie Paralympian Mitchell Gourley out of the men’s standing giant slalom, his final event in Sochi.
Sochi Paralympic medal drought breaks
TOBY Kane has delivered Australia a breakthrough first medal at the Sochi Paralympics with bronze in the standing super-combined.
Schoolboy Ben restores Sochi pride
A 14-YEAR-OLD Sydney schoolboy has rescued Australia’s horror Sochi Paralympic campaign with a top-10 finish in the men’s snowboard final.
Gold beckons in sledge grudge match
THE fiercest rivalry in the fiercest sport at the Sochi Paralympic Games will reignite when Russia plays the US for sledge hockey gold.
Paralympics takes Putin to Tasker
AUSTRALIAN Paralympic Committee president Glenn Tasker has been given rare access Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Dizziness thwarts Aussie’s hopes
AUSTRALIAN skier Jess Gallagher has revealed she is suffering from dizziness which could be related to post-concussion syndrome.
Aussies frozen out of medals in Sochi
AUSTRALIA has just three days left to salvage a result in Sochi to avoid its first medal-less Paralympic Winter Games in 26 years.
Wheelchair curlers ‘play chess on ice’
HURLING a 20kg curling stone across the ice is always a challenge, but the wheelchair version of ‘chess on ice’ is even trickier.
The kid, the veteran and the dancer
THEY’RE our motley crew of snowboarders but together they will make history when they hit the slopes of Sochi on Friday.
Sochi, the fashion capital
THE stylish Italians continue to set the standard on and off the course in Sochi this week.
Sochi nightmare continues for Perrine
MELISSA Perrine remains proud of her performances in Sochi this week despite her nightmare Paralympic Games continuing with a crash.
Adopted athlete’s spectacular reunion
THIS is the incredible moment an American skier given up for adoption was reunited with her birth mother in Sochi for the first time in over 20 years.
Daredevil claims silver in Sochi
THE first man in history to land a backflip on a sit-ski has marked the 10th anniversary of the accident which left him a paraplegic by winning silver.
‘Enabled’ Amy dancing her way to the top
AMY Purdy lost both her legs at the age of 19 but in Sochi this week she’s snowboarding by day and dancing by night.
Perrine misses medal in Super-G
AUSTRALIA’S Melissa Perrine relinquished a one-second lead to allow Great Britain to claim its first ever Paralympic Winter gold medal.
Horror crash in Paralympics skiing
THEY’VE been described as the craziest athletes at the Sochi Paralympics and check out the video of one sit skier’s epic crash.
Aussie pair have no regrets
AUSTRALIA’S skiers would rather risk everything and crash out, like they did, than regret not going harder.
‘Stay strong’ Ukraine
THE man who has become the story of the Sochi Paralympics has urged people in his home country of Ukraine to “stay strong”.
Sochi blow for Aussie flagbearer
AUSTRALIAN Paralympic flagbearer Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has been forced to abandon his fourth Games after breaking his leg .
Sit-skier in hospital after crash
A US sit-skier is reportedly stable and conscious in hospital after a serious crash during Sochi’s Paralympic Games.
Ukraine decides against pullout
UKRAINE will compete in the Sochi Winter Paralympics after deciding against a boycott in protest against Russia’s intervention in Crimea.
Torah Bright smacks down her haters
AUSSIE snowboarder Torah Bright copped a lot of flak for her “negative attitude” during the Winter Olympics. But now Bright has slapped down her critics.
Perrine enjoys perfect preparation
ALL Melissa Perrine wanted was a smooth run into Sochi after a crash ruined her Vancouver Paralympics preparation.
Ski amputee’s brave Sochi return
SIX years ago Matthias Lanzinger was one of the fastest and best alpine skiers in the world.
Ukraine protest in Sochi village
UKRAINE is expected to today announce whether it will boycott the Sochi Paralympics after its athletes staged a protest.
A mug’s guide to Sochi Paralympics
YOUR armchair guide with everything you’ll need to know about the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games.
Lindsay has blind faith
IMAGINE standing at the top of a steep mountain, skis on and throwing yourself down at rapid speed with no vision.
Sochi fall paralysed skier
A RUSSIAN freestyle skier who suffered a serious accident at the Sochi Winter Olympics is permanently paralysed.
Break won’t stop flag-bearer
FLAG-BEARER Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has vowed to attend the Sochi opening ceremony despite breaking his leg.
Rahles-Rahbula hurt in crash
AUSTRALIA’S Paralympic flag bearer Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has crashed at high speed and been taken for X-rays.
Teen wonder boy ready for chance
ORDINARILY, Ben Tudhope would be sitting in a classroom at Shore Grammar in Sydney, just like any other 14-year-old.
Dad flags special moment in Sochi
CAMERON Rahles-Rahbula to carry the flag for Australia in the opening ceremony of the Sochi Paralympic Games
Icy blasts didn’t faze me, says Chumpy
SNOWBOARD star Alex Pullin says the Team Outcast controversy was “sad” but funding rows played no role in his failure to bag a medal at Sochi.
Leg, boot, $10K of wax missing
AUSTRALIA’S preparations for the start of the Sochi Paralympics are in chaos with lost luggage and thousands of dollars of skiing equipment missing.
Ice warriors chase golden dream
TWO American sled hockey players who lost their legs in the same accident will add another chapter to their journey in Sochi.
Beefed-up Aussie set for Sochi
WINTER Paralympian Mitch Gourley has been eating six meals a day to match it with the world’s fastest skiers in Sochi.
Skier paralysed after Sochi crash
THE Russian freestyle skier who was hospitalised following an accident in Sochi has no feeling from the waist down.
We’re the world’s third worst
AUSTRALIA made the podium for underperforming Winter Olympics teams in Sochi, international media analysis suggests.
Russia put on farewell spectacular
WHILE Russia had a triumphant farewell, one of Australia’s most respected Winter Olympians took the stick to Torah Bright.
Torah ‘should be ashamed’
FIVE-time Winter Olympian Jacqui Cooper has slammed Torah Bright over her behaviour and performance at the Sochi Games.
Winter Olympics — Fakes v facts
THE Winter Olympics produced some crazy stories. We reveal which ones were real and the ones that were just too good to be true.
Thanks for the sexy memories Sochi
THE Winter Olympics are over. That’s it. Snow more. But at least these hot, young athletes can go home with some very sexy memories.
Those Russians do have a sense of humour after all
IT WAS one of the most famous flubs from the Sochi Opening Ceremony, and it turns out the Russians don’t mind poking fun at themselves.
Child star ‘belongs to Russia now’
IT’S the one-word interview with Yulia Lipnitskaya which said more than a thousand words could ever reveal.
Maple thieves spring Aussie trap
AN Australian bobsledder who now represents Canada has hit out at authorities over being demoted to the slower team.
Goodbye to wonderful Sochi
CHANNEL Ten commentator Steven Lee has been highly impressed with the Sochi Games, calling it ‘absolutely brilliant’.
Sochi: Let’s get this party started
VLADIMIR PUTIN’s Russia has pulled off the improbable, closing its mind-bending Olympics in party mode.
Comment: it’s money well spent
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin has confided that when he lined up to race for gold, he felt his reputation was under a cloud.
Chesterman: team was distracted
AUSTRALIA’S Winter Olympics chief Ian Chesterman says the “team outcast” controversy distracted the team.
Sochi hit by fourth doping case
THE Olympic Games were hit by two fresh doping cases overnight, taking the total number of failed drugs tests to four.
The little town with the $57 billion main street
JUST a couple of streets behind a five star Marriott hotel and a four storey nightclub called Skybar where Olympic athletes ogle thong-clad pole dancers, lies is an authentic Russian mountain village.
14 photos of Russians looking ridiculously happy
RUSSIANS are dour, miserable people who hate Westerners, never smile and have an unnatural obsession with vodka, right? Wrong. Just ask these people.
Coates getting extreme
OLYMPICS supremo John Coates has become a skater boy. He’s got a thing for indoor rock climbing as well.
Please go to Rio, Tony
OLYMPICS supremo John Coates has issued a plea to Prime Minister Tony Abbott: please come to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Morris named Aussie flagbearer
DAVID Morris will be Australia’s flagbearer at the Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony, a decision that wasn’t hard to predict.
Canada freezes out USA
DEFENDING champ Canada defeated the United States 1-0 to reach the hockey gold medal match at the Winter Olympics.
Lockett just misses skate semis
DEANNA Lockett secured a ninth-placed finish in the women’s 1000m short track speed skating event in Sochi.
Gold medallist tests positive
THE first doping cases have hit Sochi after a double gold-medal winning German female biathlete tested positive.
Kerrigan ‘teary’ 20 yrs after attack
NANCY Kerrigan was emotional after watching a one-hour retrospective on the figure skating scandal that shook the Olympics 20 years ago.
Sochi: Ten highs and lows
DAVID Morris soared and Alex “Chumpy” Pullin hit the floor. Ten highs and ten lows from a riveting two weeks in Sochi:
Coaches defend Sotnikova’s gold
ADELINA Sotnikova’s coaches have hit back at claims her figure skating gold was due to favouritism by Russian judges.
No more mountain medals
SHE wasn’t quite the cat who got the cream, but Katya Crema was still licking her lips in satisfaction after finishing seventh in the ladies’ ski cross.
We’re a five-ring circus
THE Winter Olympics in Sochi has been just about as bad as it gets for Australian Olympic sport.
You can’t put a price on inspiration
IT is impossible to put a dollar figure on the cost of each Olympic medal. Our children need role models. They need to be inspired by winners.
Smash, crash, where’s our cash?
VIDEO: WHAT does Olympic snowboard and ski cross funding buy you? Six crashes from our seven racers so far.
Skating scores tough to figure
FROST BITES: RUSSIA has won its first ever women’s figure skating gold, but the judges’ marks have raised plenty of eyebrows.
‘It’s a bitch fight out there’
JENNY Owens is a delightful person who is an inspiration. But once she’s out on course, she’s quite different.
Ukraine skier quits in protest
A UKRAINIAN alpine skier has pulled out of the Sochi Games in protest at the authorities’ deadly use of force in Kiev.
Sheehan bombs out in ski halfpipe
AUSTRALIA’S last genuine medal hope went down the pipe in Sochi with Amy Sheehan finishing 10th in the ski halfpipe.
‘Wolf in my hall?’ asks Olympian
US winter Olympian Kate Hansen got the fright of her life when she opened her dorm door to see a wolf walking past, and she filmed the whole thing.
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