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‘The girls were out for blood tonight’: Australian star ends golden season with Diamond glory
Nina Kennedy has soared to one final glorious triumph of her glittering pole vault season, taking the Diamond League crown in Brussels to add to her Olympic gold from Paris.
- by Ian Chadband
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Madison de Rozario wins silver, reveals father died on day of opening ceremony
Just hours after leading Australia into the Paralympic opening ceremony, Madison de Rozario was delivered some heartbreaking news.
- by Tom Decent
How motherhood propelled Vanessa Low to win her third gold medal
The long jumper defended her Paralympic title by smashing her own world record on her first jump in Paris, two years after having her first baby.
- by Sophie Aubrey
How this Paralympian rebounded from glandular fever to break a world record
Australian athletics star James Turner was down and out a few months ago. On Tuesday, he smashed the world record.
- by Tom Decent
‘I can’t help it if I am this way’: The trans sprinter dragged into Paralympics gender war
No Paralympic athlete has faced as much international scrutiny at the Paris Games as the 51-year-old vision-impaired sprinter.
- by Sophie Aubrey
‘The screen’s broken’: After years of bullying, Dayna surprised even herself
The 22-year-old doesn’t like going to shopping centres for fear of being looked at. On Sunday she braved a massive stadium.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Relay disqualification costs women silver, but Australia still claims record medal haul
Australia’s 4x100m women’s relay team were sensationally disqualified minutes after crossing the line thinking they had won silver at the Under-20 world athletics championships in Peru.
- by Michael Gleeson
Visually impaired Aussie runner ‘shattered’ after Paralympic disqualification
Jaryd Clifford crossed the line in third place and thought he’d done enough for a medal. Then came the bad news.
- by Tom Decent
It’s the most brutal course in Olympic history. But pain is just a French word for bread
Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall takes on the Marathon Pour Tous – a 42km run on the penultimate night of the Games, along the “most brutal marathon course in Olympic history”
- by Konrad Marshall
Lasted 1km: Coach defends marathon call as breakdown sparks backlash
Sinead Diver lasted a kilometre. The veteran Australian marathon runner, who finished 10th in Tokyo three years ago, had been battling injury but thought she was right to run and was cleared by doctors to compete.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘Do it for this little girl’: How a photo from mum inspired Hull’s brilliant silver
On the morning of the biggest race of Jessica Hull’s life, her mother sent her a photograph that brought her to tears.
- by Greg Baum
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