Athlete’s bulge lands him $390k offer
After thousands of memes countless new Instagram followers, pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati has been made an offer for a very peculiar career shift.
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Aussie hulk goes ‘balls to the wall’ for gold
An Aussie athletics star is out to prove he is the best in the world after suffering the most heartbreaking result imaginable at the Olympics.
The Paris star who traded green-and-gold for French fame
Sasha Zhoya is Aussie born and bred. The Perth athletics sensation is so good he was poached by the French to be a poster boy at the Paris Olympics. This is the inside story of a stunning defection.
‘We knew it was coming’: Pole vault WR cleared in rock star fashion
‘Mondo’ rocked the pole vault at the Paris Olympics, breaking the world record amid high drama at Stade de Frande. And there was no-one happier for Armand Duplantis than Aussie competitor Kurtis Marschall.
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Tallent win can’t make up for Olympics shame
JARED Tallent will rightly get his gold, but the East German who cheated Raelene Boyle in Munich entered Germany’s Sporting Hall of Fame, writes Robert Craddock.
Fabulous at 40 and set for Olympic debut
SCOTT Westcott will become the oldest Australian track and field athlete to make his Olympic debut when he contests the men’s marathon in Rio at the age of 40 years and 331 days.
Is Tallent the unluckiest athlete in the world?
AFTER coming second to another convicted drug cheat at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Jared Tallent has been handed an unfortunate epithet.
Second best a privilege for Lincoln
MERV Lincoln, one of the pioneers of the four-minute mile, once smashed the world record by more than a second — but didn’t even win the race. Herb Elliott ran even faster.
Tallent to receive gold in Melbourne
AUSTRALIAN walker Jared Tallent will finally be presented with his 2012 Olympic gold medal in June in Melbourne.
Short and sweet: Supermum Rio bound
A SUPERMUM is heading to Rio, Turia Pitt goes the distance and surfer Steph Gilmore’s new passion. All in this week’s SHORT AND SWEET.
New Dawn for Aussie swimmers
OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser refuses to make any gold medal predictions for our swimmers but believes the current crop can bury the demons of the past in Rio.
Jess on mend as Games near
MARATHON star Jess Trengove says she is not panicking about a foot injury which has sidelined her this month as she flies to the US today to continue her preparation for the Rio Olympics.
Rio proves a race too far for Mottram
IT was the end of an era for Craig Mottram but the start of a new dawn for fellow Victorian marathoner Liam Adams.
Sally Pearson’s ‘Healing Hans’
HE is a world-renowned German doctor who works with some of the world’s top athletes and could be Sally Pearson’s secret weapon.
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