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.
‘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.
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.
A Canadian superstar has completely destroyed the competition with an enormous throw. But something else entirely caught the attention of Aussies.
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.
IT was the end of an era for Craig Mottram but the start of a new dawn for fellow Victorian marathoner Liam Adams.
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.
RIO aspirant Craig Mottram knows he is going into the unknown when he makes his marathon debut in London on Sunday night.
CHELSEA Jaensch was 19 when she turned her back on athletics for more than seven years.
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