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Australian Winter Olympics flag bearer banned for sexual misconduct with a minor
Brendan Kerry, who was an Australian flag bearer at the Beijing Winter Olympics, has been barred from US figure skating after an investigation led by the country’s peak sports abuse authority.
- by Carla Jaeger
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The ‘scaredy-cat’ skier who’s won it all
Jakara Anthony has soared from Barwon Heads to Winter Olympic glory and the pinnacle of sport. But where do you go after reaching the top of the mountain?
- by Marnie Vinall
Who is Jakara Anthony, the Australian skiing sensation?
The 25-year-old from Barwon Heads has won 13 of 15 world cup competitions she’s entered this season – the greatest season ever by a moguls skier.
- by Billie Eder
It’s the greatest season ever by any moguls skier ... and she’s an Australian
Olympic gold medallist Jakara Anthony has claimed a record 13th gold medal in the most dominant World Cup season ever seen.
- by Ian Chadband
Is a country with the population of Sydney the world’s top sporting nation?
With champions such as Erling Haaland, Casper Ruud and Ada Hegerberg, Norway is a small but mighty country when it comes to sport.
- by Billie Eder
After defecting, Soviet Olympic skating great was shunned – then welcomed back
Oleg Protopopov and his wife, Ludmila Belousova, were credited with inventing ingenious variations of the “death spiral” spin and continued skating into their seventies – with the aid of an unusual routine.
Frank Prihoda, who escaped communism on skis, was Australia’s oldest Olympian
Frank Prihoda escaped communist Czechoslovakia on cross-country skis, gliding silently across a frozen lake on the Czech-Austrian border.
- by Jerry Krejzar
Sports TV rights review to put streaming services under microscope
How and where Australians can watch major sporting events is being reviewed by the federal government.
- by James Massola
AOC game of thrones: Is winter coming, or will it be the Mean Machine?
Mark Stockwell and Ian Chesterman stand to inherit the throne vacated by Olympic supremo John Coates. Both state their case ahead of the April 30 election.
- by Phil Lutton
Ukraine war overshadows Winter Paralympics until the very end
Australia finished the Games with just one medal after Ben Tudhope won bronze in the snowboard cross.
‘It’s killing me’: Ukraine’s Paralympians go on, despite fear for their families and country
Valerii Sushkevych, president of Ukraine’s Paralympic committee, can detect in the pink, swollen eyes of his athletes that they have not been sleeping. They feel powerless, except in one regard.
- by David Waldstein