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Teahupo’o wipeout,

No more monsters: Olympic surfing downsizes after the thrills of Teahupo’o

The 2028 Olympics will host surfing at an often criticised location, but squash will make its debut in a Hollywood film location.

  • Dan Walsh

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Australia's Harry Garside crashes out of the Paris Olympics in his first-round bout against Hungarian Richard Kovacs. © International Olympic Committee
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Garside eliminated in shock Paris defeat

Australia's Harry Garside crashes out of the Paris Olympics in his first-round bout against Hungarian Richard Kovacs. © International Olympic Committee

After the monstrous waves of Tahiti in 2024, organisers of the 2028 Olympics have opted for a more genteel break for the surfing competitions.
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Los Angeles announces surf venue for 2028 Olympics

After the monstrous waves of Tahiti in 2024, organisers of the 2028 Olympics have opted for a more genteel break for the surfing competitions.

Peter Bol set a stunning new national mark in the men’s 800 metres.

‘I’m back where I belong’: Peter Bol makes it through his lost years to break national record

Like Rohan Browning on Saturday night, Peter Bol stepped out of Gout Gout’s shadow as if to say, “Remember me?” in setting a new national record after years of drama.

  • Michael Gleeson
Rohan Browning is still Australia’s sprint king – at least for now.

Long live the king: Browning beats Kennedy, Lewis beats O’Brien in astonishing 100m finishes

Rohan Browning and Torrie Lewis won the men’s and women’s 100-metre finals in Perth by mere thousandths of seconds.

  • Michael Gleeson
Lachlan Kennedy.

‘I might actually get this’: Kennedy becomes Australia’s second-fastest ever

Lachlan Kennedy ran the second-fastest time by an Australian ever – 10 seconds flat – a night after Gout Gout got the coveted single-figure time with a tailwind. This is some rivalry.

  • Michael Gleeson
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Sydney Morning Herald sports journalist Tom Decent is the fourth winner of the Harry Gordon Memorial Award for Olympics coverage.

Herald’s Tom Decent wins top national prize for Olympics coverage

Decent has been awarded the Harry Gordon Memorial Award for coverage of the Australian swimming team at the Paris 2024 Games.

  • Penry Buckley
Sione Polhill and Bella Garner have travelled from Hay, NSW, to participate in a swimming carnival in Sydney.

The free public pool Jack built to stop ‘haunting’ fears of parents

Hay, population 3000, is bucking the trend of declining swimming carnivals with a large carnival and two weeks of swimming lessons for every primary student. Using its 50-metre pool is free.

  • Julie Power
Kaylee McKeown after winning gold in the women’s 100m backstroke at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

‘It’s unbelievable’: Aussies aim for gold medal haul in LA after new Olympic events added

The International Olympic Committee has announced the event program for the LA Games in 2028 and there is good news for Australia’s swimmers, golfers and even Gout Gout.

  • Tom Decent
Cody Simpson ahead of his lead role in Guys & Dolls. Performing on stage has parallels with swimming races, he says: “The nerves are very similar.”

From pop idol to swim star to leading man: ‘Annoyingly gifted’ Cody Simpson’s new gig

He’s already been a pop-phenom heartthrob dating the likes of Miley Cyrus, and a champion swimmer. Now, the Gold Coast-raised prodigy is in his third act.

  • Konrad Marshall

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