‘Who else?’: Gout Gout stuns once again
Gout Gout continues to show his extraordinary talent, coasting to victory in his first 200m run at the All Schools Championships.
Athletics
Reason Gout Gout’s record run won’t count
The legend of teenage sensation Gout Gout is continuing to grow after the prodigy once again rewrote the record books.
WATCH: Gout Gout edges closer to magical 10-second barrier
Sprint sensation Gout Gout is getting closer to a huge milestone after the 16-year-old swept the competition in a record-breaking day at the Australian All Schools Championships. WATCH THE RACES
‘Insane’: Aussie runner shatters record
An Australian runner says he has “transformed” after producing a freakish run the country has never seen before.
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Watch: Viral sprint star Gout Gout stuns with another world-class run
He’s the viral internet sprint star earning comparisons to Usain Bolt and Gout Gout showed just why at the world junior athletics championships in Peru.
Aussie teen prodigy rewrites history books
The world better get used to the name Delta Amidzovski after the teenage Australian did something no other Australian had ever achieved.
Geelong Paralympian out to shed ‘fourth-place’ status in Paris
In January, Geelong Paralympian Sam McIntosh found himself in hospital, undergoing surgery for internal bleeding. Now, eight months later, he’ll go for gold in Paris in a fourth games appearance.
Aussie teen freak blowing the world away
An Australian teenager is rewriting the record books and drawing comparisons to Jamaica’s all-time sprinting king.
Teen Swan Telaya flying towards Paris track dream
16 year-old Sydney Swans’ AFLW academy hopeful Telaya Blacksmith is putting footy on hold momentarily to chase Paralympic glory, writes BRAYDEN MAY.
‘Abomination’: Champion’s statue torn down
Olympic women’s 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon was honoured with a statue in Kenya, only for it to be torn down amid outcry.
‘Nice trip’: Cheeky dig at Olympic hurdler
Friends of an Olympic hurdler have taken a cheeky dig at the returning athlete as the Aussie team touched back down on home soil.
Aussie Olympic heroes hit by ‘tonne of bricks’
As the Paris Olympics come to an end, our Aussie heroes are about to experience the worst type of “hangover”, writes Sally Pearson.
Mental health played a part in Diver’s marathon breakdown
The ‘vitriol’ of social media has again impacted yet another athlete with marathon runner Sinead Diver subjected to online abuse in the lead-up to her forced withdrawal from the Paris Olympic marathon.
‘Vitriol’ caused Aussie’s 1.2km marathon act
Australia’s Sinead Diver has claimed “online vitriol” contributed to her pulling out of the Olympic marathon just a kilometre into the race.
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