Sport
Athletics
No Cat,Trina Bisset ready to pounce in Tokyo
Middle-distance runner can see the positive side of taking on the world’s best.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Olympic trailblazer Rick Mitchell dies aged 66
Rick Mitchell was the last Australian male runner to win an individual Olympic medal on the track. He passed away on Sunday night from prostate cancer.
- by Michael Gleeson
Olli Hoare beats Stewart McSweyn, makes claim for Tokyo
Australian 1500m runner Olli Hoare has beaten his Australian rivals, including national record holder Stewart McSweyn to almost make certain of his place on the Olympic team.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
Australian cricket
After a shoddy burial, the Sandpaper Zombie-pocalypse is back. And England will be overjoyed.
Unless the participants sit down and tell all, the stench of Sandpapergate will never go away. Can the Ashes be motivation to finally address it honestly?
- by Malcolm Knox
After US college success, Australian in running for Tokyo berth
Runner Ollie Hoare is like an indie band that is bigger overseas than at home but this weekend he’ll compete in England, trying to win Games selection in the 1500.
- by Michael Gleeson
Editorial
Gymnastics
Australia’s gymnastic governing bodies must confront sport’s ugly past
With the abuse of gymnasts so pervasive in so many countries, it must be asked whether the myopic focus on Olympic medals needs to be abandoned as the sole measure of success.
- The Age's View
Life after Usain Bolt: who can be the fastest of them all?
The great Jamaican dominated the 100 metres at the past three Olympics. Who will replace him on the dais as the quickest man in the world at this year’s Games?
- by Michael Gleeson
Feeling the heat: Long jumper turns up the temperature as Tokyo approaches
With overseas competition or camps not feasible, medal contender Brooke Stratton is one of many athletes who are using a heat chamber to prepare for Tokyo’s heat.
- by Michael Gleeson
Athletics champ worries for her partner and coach stuck in India
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kathryn Mitchell hasn’t seen her partner and coach Uwe Hohn for 18 months, and with him stuck in India she doesn’t know when she will see him again.
- by Michael Gleeson
Three strikes, you’re in: The Olympian who bombed because he was too fit
Kurtis Marschall, the Commonwealth Games pole vault champion, missed every height at the nationals, but his best could put him in medal contention in Tokyo.
- by Michael Gleeson
Refugee denied national title, but not giving up Tokyo dream
Abdoulie Asim, a refugee from the Gambia who lived under a bridge for a week and ate discarded McDonald’s meals pulled from bins, crossed the line first in the 200m in Sydney. But he was disqualified for stepping outside his lane.
- by Michael Gleeson