Olympics (Summer)

• BMX champion Willoughby on road to recovery as fundraising efforts get a boost

  By Claire Campbell

  Posted February 27, 2017 15:22:23 | Updated February 27, 2017 15:25:51

  Olympian Sam Willoughby is making good progress with his rehabilitation from a serious spinal injury, according to his father, as the SA Government auctions off a hot lap at the Clipsal 500 in his honour.

  Topics: community-and-society, sport, olympics-summer, adelaide-5000, sa

• 'Not just for girls': Gold Coast boys tackle synchronised swimming

  By Ashleigh Stevenson

  Posted February 25, 2017 14:58:22

  Holding their breath underwater is still proving a challenge, but two Gold Coast boys are bucking the stereotype by joining a junior synchronised swimming squad.

  Topics: synchronised-swimming, youth, olympics-summer, sport, southport-4215

• Federation wants mixed shooting events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  Posted February 24, 2017 09:45:49

  The Tokyo Olympics could feature up to three mixed shooting events, as part of a plan to achieve the IOC's goal of 50 per cent female participation.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, shooting, japan

• Grant Hackett to seek help with mental health, issues plea for privacy

  Posted February 21, 2017 20:08:15 | Updated February 21, 2017 20:16:02

  Troubled swimming champion Grant Hackett says he will seek help for mental health issues both in Australia and overseas, days after his arrest over a disturbance at his parents' Gold Coast home.

  Topics: olympics-summer, swimming, mental-health, sport, surfers-paradise-4217

• Admit women or lose Tokyo Olympics golf, IOC tells club

  Posted February 21, 2017 07:50:10 | Updated February 21, 2017 08:58:53

  IOC vice-president John Coates tells Tokyo Olympics golf venue to admit women members or lose the right to host 2020 Games.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, golf, women, japan

• Coates accuses AIS director Favier of plotting to oust him

  By national sports correspondent Mary Gearin

  Posted February 17, 2017 11:12:18 | Updated February 17, 2017 15:22:46

  AOC president John Coates accused AIS director Matt Favier of telling a group of sports managers in Canberra last October "to tell your CEOs now is your time to get rid of Coates, or words to this effect."

  Topics: athletics, sport, olympics-summer, australia

• Hitting 'rock bottom': When athletes struggle with life after sport

  By national sports correspondent Mary Gearin

  Posted February 16, 2017 20:17:50 | Updated February 16, 2017 20:44:18

  Moving from life in the sporting spotlight to relative anonymity is not always easy for retired athletes, writes Mary Gearin.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, australia

• AOC president Coates freezes out ASC boss Wylie

  By Tracey Holmes

  Posted February 16, 2017 16:48:21

  The bitter feud between AOC president John Coates and ASC chairman John Wylie deteriorates further following the drafting of a new agreement from Australia's Olympic body.

  Topics: olympics-summer, sport, australia

• Grant Hackett 'just wants to hide from everybody', father says

  Posted February 16, 2017 15:59:18 | Updated February 17, 2017 00:55:26

  Grant Hackett contacts his family to tell them he is safe, after they issued a public plea for help to find him when he went missing this morning, a day after his arrest over a disturbance at his parents' house.

  Topics: olympics-summer, missing-person, mental-health, swimming, sport, southport-4215

• Former Olympian Grant Hackett posts photo of bruised and bloodied face on Instagram image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 16, 2017 10:32:20

  Topics: swimming, olympics-summer, mental-health, sport, southport-4215

• Hackett a danger to himself, brother says

  By Matt Eaton and staff

  Posted February 16, 2017 07:51:38 | Updated February 16, 2017 14:22:04

  The brother of Grant Hackett says his family is at the "end of the road" in their struggle with the deteriorating mental health of the Olympic swim star, who posted a photo this morning showing his bruised and bloodied face.

  Topics: swimming, olympics-summer, mental-health, alcohol, sport, southport-4215

• Hackett's struggles a high price of sporting fame Analysis

  By national sport correspondent Mary Gearin

  Posted February 15, 2017 17:21:57

  Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett has struggled to adjust to life in retirement like many other sportspeople, writes Mary Gearin.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, mermaid-waters-4218

• National Press Club: Lord Sebastian Coe Video

  Video
  National Press Club

  1hr 51sec

  Posted February 15, 2017 15:12:00

  Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the IAAF, executive chairman of CSM Sport and Entertainment, and chairman of the British Olympic Association addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, athletics, canberra-2600, act, australia

• AOC cuts AIS director out of 2020 Olympics planning

  By Mary Gearin

  Posted February 14, 2017 15:45:00 | Updated February 14, 2017 16:47:02

  AOC chief John Coates raises the stakes in stoush between powerful sporting bodies, informing AIS director Matt Favier he will not be part of 2020 Olympics planning.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, australia, japan

• Olympian Mickle ruled out of AFLW with knee injury

  Posted February 14, 2017 15:12:13 | Updated February 14, 2017 15:14:11

  Two-time Olympic athlete Kim Mickle will miss the remainder of the inaugural AFLW season with Fremantle Dockers because of a knee injury.

  Topics: australian-football-league, sport, athletics, olympics-summer, fremantle-6160

• Tokyo Olympic medals to be forged from recycled electronics Video

  Video
  ABC News

  54sec

  Posted February 02, 2017 07:26:38

  Tokyo officials says they are recycling the electronics to promote sustainability and save costs.

  Topics: olympics-summer, recycling-and-waste-management, electronics, consumer-electronics, japan

• Tokyo Olympics medals will be made from recycled electronics

  Posted February 01, 2017 23:22:51 | Updated February 02, 2017 07:26:38

  Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say the medals will be forged from recycled metal from old mobile phones and appliances donated by the general public to give them a sense of direct involvement in the Games.

  Topics: olympics-summer, recycling-and-waste-management, sport, japan, asia

• Olympic champ Brennan's AM for more than just Rio gold

  Posted January 26, 2017 08:42:03 | Updated January 26, 2017 11:58:51

  Olympic gold medallist Kim Brennan was among Australia's Rio champions to earn Australia Day honours, but her award is for much more than just her skill on the water.

  Topics: olympics-summer, sport, australia-day, event, rowing, australia

• Junior surfers feeling pumped about 2020 Tokyo Olympics

  ABC Illawarra

  By Nick McLaren

  Posted January 13, 2017 11:24:45

  The inclusion of surfing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has junior surfers buzzing with enthusiasm.

  Topics: surfing, olympics-summer, kiama-2533

• Questions over why former Fiji Rugby 7s coach missed out on award nomination Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 17sec

  Posted January 11, 2017 15:27:39

  There's been an outpouring of support for the former coach of Fiji's national 7s team, Ben Ryan, after he missed out on a nomination for this weekend's inaugural Fiji Rugby Union Awards.

  Topics: community-and-society, sport, rugby-union, rugby-7, olympics-summer, pacific, fiji

• Paris plans boost for cyclists in fight against pollution

  Posted January 10, 2017 16:29:27 | Updated January 10, 2017 17:46:23

  As part of its bid for the 2024 Olympics, Parisian authorities plan a new four-kilometre bike lane to run along one of the city's most famous streets and will ban cars from parts of the centre.

  Topics: climate-change, cycling, olympics-summer, france

• Darts should be an Olympic sport, says Clive Woodward

  Posted January 05, 2017 08:59:44

  Former England rugby coach Clive Woodward pulls an idea out of left field, saying darts should be included in the Olympics.

  Topics: sport, olympics-summer, other-sports, england

• Samoan weightlifter awarded Beijing silver Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  3min 19sec

  Posted December 30, 2016 08:00:00 | Updated December 30, 2016 14:44:28

  It's been a long time coming but the wait hasn't taken the shine off Ele Opeloge Olympic silver medal.

  Topics: olympics-summer, weightlifting, pacific, samoa

• Bradley Wiggins calls time on glittering cycling career

  Posted December 29, 2016 08:30:07 | Updated December 29, 2016 09:19:54

  British cyclist, Bradley Wiggins, has announced his retirement to end a career highlighted by five Olympic gold medals and a Tour de France win.

  Topics: sport, cycling, olympics-summer, england

• Olympic medal first for Samoa as weightlifter awarded Beijing silver Audio

  Audio
  Pacific Beat

  4min 5sec

  Posted December 29, 2016 08:30:00 | Updated December 29, 2016 09:21:21

  It was a very Merry Christmas for Samoan weightlifter Ele Opeloge when she learned she'd been awarded a silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

  Topics: olympics-summer, weightlifting, pacific, samoa

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