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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

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Australian sprint star Gout Gout speaks to the media after running under 10 seconds in the 100m at the national championships in Perth, with an illegal tailwind.
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Gout breaks 10-second barrier

Australian sprint star Gout Gout speaks to the media after running under 10 seconds in the 100m at the national championships in Perth, with an illegal tailwind.

Gout Gout enjoys his victory in the heats.

Gout breaks 10-second mark in 100m – twice – with illegal tailwind

Lightning doesn’t strike twice, but Gout Gout did. The schoolboy phenomenon broke 10 seconds over 100 metres twice just two hours apart at the national championships in Perth.

  • Michael Gleeson
Lachie Kennedy beats Gout Gout in the 200m sprint at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on March 29, 2025.

Like lifting a polar bear: How Australia’s fastest man exploded out of the blocks against Gout Gout

Gout Gout v Lachie Kennedy is poised to become one of the great rivalries in Australian athletics. Data and video analysis show how Kennedy won their first race, and give clues to how their duels will unfold in the days and years ahead.

  • Michael Gleeson
Former prime minister John Howard bowls a ball during a cricket game in Pakistan in 2005.

From Hawke to Dutton: Politicians and their sporting mishaps

News that a cameraman was bloodied after a misplaced punt from Peter Dutton is just the latest political sports mishap

  • Penry Buckley
Another punch hits its target.

Tszyu conquers himself, and American opponent, in stunning comeback

By his own admission, a third consecutive loss would have spelled the end of his career. However, Tim Tszyu’s comeback win against Joey Spencer changes everything.

  • Adrian Proszenko
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Min Woo Lee

They called Min Woo Lee ‘the chef’ and Dr Chipinski. Now they call him a PGA winner

It’s not every day you get congratulated by Justin Bieber. But then, it’s not every day you get your breakthrough win on the PGA Tour. 

  • Peter Ryan
Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy after the 200m.

The AFL created a TV vacuum. Gout and Kennedy filled it

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.

  • Michael Gleeson
Olli Hoare at Lakeside Oval ahead of the Maurie Plant Meet.

The teenage competition and shift in mentality driving this Australian record-holder

Olli Hoare could barely walk this time last year and battled at the Paris Olympics. Now fit, he has an urgency to be the best – and to put his teenage competition in their place.

  • Michael Gleeson
Teenage star Gout is helping drive interest in athletics.

What’s it like to race against – and lose to – Gout Gout? Not as miserable as you’d think

We tracked down the teenagers who were blown away by the world’s fastest man over 200m this year. Here’s what they said about the experience.

  • Penry Buckley

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