Zac Stubblety-Cook reveals his broken back secret
Zac Stubblety-Cook values his Paris Olympic silver medal more than his Tokyo gold because of everything he conquered just to get it. The swim star reveals all about his difficult journey.
Swimming
Aus legend drops truth bomb on swimmers
Australia fell just short of ending America’s 68-year Olympic dominance in the pool. Steph Rice pinpoints one area the Aussies must improve in.
Revealed: Aussie swimmers won gold, silver while battling Covid
Australian legend Dawn Fraser has revealed to the Matty and the Missie podcast that up to seven Aussie swimmers competed in Paris while battling Covid with at least two winning medals.
‘Inappropriate’ star kicked out of village
Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso has been given her marching order from the athletes village after being sprung in a sneaky act.
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WADA ‘failed’: Aussie star whacks anti-doping body over China
Drug officials trying to defend accepting a Chinese explanation that 23 swimmers were positive from food contamination keep hitting criticism from clean athletes who aren’t buying it.
‘Were they training clean’: Ledecky plunges into Chinese doping row
The world doping authority is doing its best to extinguish the furore around the Chinese doping scandal but clean athletes like US swim star Katie Ledecky are having none of it.
Under Ledecky’s skin again? US star refuses to say Titmus’ name
Katie Ledecky’s rivalry with Ariarne Titmus has ignited once again after the US great’s apparent snub of our Australian Olympic champion.
Drug testing blitz on Chinese swimmers revealed
An eye-opening level of extra scrutiny is being applied to the Chinese swim team ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, despite the acquittal of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive to a prohibited heart drug prior to Tokyo.
‘Chase the cockroach’: Boxall opens up in rare interview
In his lone sit down interview ahead of the Paris Olympics, Dean Boxall reveals the lengths he goes to for his racers, and the constant battle within between the ‘Showman’ and the ‘Shy Guy’.
Officials play down ‘pressure’ for gold as Dolphins arrive in Paris
The Dolphins are in Paris and the first message they received was one of support, acknowledging the pressure that is about to envelope what looms as Australia’s greatest swim team in history.
Ford vs. Wickham: Story behind one of swimming’s great mysteries revealed
One of Australian swimming’s longest and most divisive mysteries has finally been solved, almost half a century after the rumoured feud erupted between Tracey Wickham and Michelle Ford.
Kaylee’s genius nemesis intent on ruining Australia’s grand plans
Australia’s swimming team stands on the brink of a record haul of medals, but one American could derail their grand ambition to be the No.1 nation in the world.
The famous Olympic families powering Australia’s medal hopes
The Australian swimming team has always referred to itself as one big, happy family. But at Paris, those family ties will run deeper than ever with four second-generation Olympic swimmers.
Swimming legend demands ‘fair fight’ amid Chinese doping saga
British swimming legend Adam Peaty has plunged head first into the Chinese doping scandal that threatens to overshadow the Paris Olympics, questioning whether we will see a ‘fair fight’.
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