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13 siblings, one Paris dream: Sprint sensation defies back-breaking crisis
He is a young man with history in his sights, having overcome an injury that threatened his Paris quest. The help of 13 boxing siblings pushed him on.
- by Nick Wright
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Australia’s male sprinters on blocks for Paris relay, and they’ve still got our fastest man to call up
Like their female counterparts, Australia’s men’s team has qualified for the 4x100-metre Olympics relay for the first time since Sydney 2000. And they did it without even calling on the services of sprint star Rohan Browning.
- by Michael Gleeson and John Salvado
Olympians bumped off Sydney tracks for school carnivals before Paris
Less than 100 days before competing in Paris, Sydney-based Olympians have been forced to move to Japan to get regular track time ahead of Paris.
- by Jonathan Drennan
‘I want my name to be there forever’: Australia’s fastest woman targets records on path to Paris
Torrie Lewis stunned the athletics world by beating a world champion on her Diamond League debut. Now she’s aiming even higher.
- by Billie Eder
Australian teen sensation beats world’s fastest woman in Diamond League triumph
Torrie Lewis has made another stunning sprint breakthrough by beating the world 100-metre champ and powering to victory in the 200 metres at the season’s opening Diamond League meeting.
- by Ian Chadband
WADA makes drug testing changes after Bol ‘disaster’
Drug testers will alter how they test for the endurance drug EPO after a World Anti-Doping Agency review prompted by Australian Olympian Peter Bol’s case.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘I can take anyone’: How Peter Bol fought back from false doping accusation to make Olympic team
He’s been wrongly accused, temporarily banned, and sidelined by a pesky hamstring injury. But Peter Bol is not only “thrilled” to be back on the Australian team for Paris 2024; he also sent a warning that he is there to win gold.
- by Michael Gleeson
Teen wins race for the ages, as Australia name first athletes for Paris
Days after her 19th birthday, Claudia Hollingsworth was among the first track and field athletes named on Australia’s team for the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
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A week ago, Denny had COVID-19. On Saturday, he threw an Australian record
At the national titles and Olympic trials in Adelaide, the discus thrower threw bigger than he – or any Australian – has ever thrown before.
- by Michael Gleeson
Nina Kennedy won a world title with a broken back. Imagine what she can do in Paris
The 27-year-old pole vaulters had sustained a stress fracture at the end of the previous season and missed months in recovery.
- by Michael Gleeson
What’s a gold medal worth? Cash for medals in historic Olympics move
Olympic gold just got a lot more lucrative for track and field athletes in Paris.
- by Michael Gleeson