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The first-year doctor balancing gruelling shifts with an Olympic medal bid
In 2024 Mackenzie Little will be working her first year as a full-time doctor. She’ll also be attempting to win gold at the Paris Olympics.
- by Billie Eder and Harriette Maguire
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After three Olympics, this runner was physically broken. She says pregnancy fixed her
After tearing her Achilles tendon at the Tokyo Olympics, Genevieve Gregson had a baby and gave up the steeplechase. Now, she’s back as a marathon runner, and making a stunning charge towards Paris 2024.
- by Michael Gleeson
How Jack Rayner won a national title but lost the race
Australian long-distance runner Jack Rayner has clocked up another national title on his road to the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
The biggest threat to Olympic sports is not the Matildas or AFLW
Olympian Jane Flemming was recently appointed Athletics Australia president, and says athletics has a competitive edge on other sports in Australia vying for women.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘I just wanted to be a normal girl’: Why Bendere Oboya retired at 22
At 17 she ran for Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Bendere Oboya was prematurely dubbed “the next Cathy Freeman”. At 22 she was retired.
- by Michael Gleeson
Athletics Australia says Andrews’ unapologetic manner made Games decision worse
Daniel Andrews’ unapologetic “easy decision” to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games made the pain of the devastating decision even worse, AA said.
- by Michael Gleeson