Paris 2024
‘I trust in my body’: Matildas star says she’ll be fit for Olympics
Katrina Gorry said a chill ran up her spine when she went down injured for West Ham United, and she feared she may miss what could be her last major tournament with the Matildas.
- by Vince Rugari
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Medal threat: Australia’s Hull smashes national record on eve of Olympics
Jess Hull is dramatically closing the gap on the world’s best and is now poised as a medal threat at this year’s Olympics after smashing the Australian 1500 metres record in a Diamond League meet on Sunday morning.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘We support Peter’: Bol’s Olympic place secure despite revelations in anti-doping hearing
Athletics Australia says Peter Bol’s spot at Paris 2024 will not be affected by the revelations that included the discovery of a screenshot of doping information on his phone.
- by Michael Gleeson
Matildas star has won two Champions Leagues but still hopes third time’s a charm
It has been both the shortest and longest four years since Ellie Carpenter signed with Lyon. This weekend, she will play Barcelona for a third Champions League winner’s medal.
- by Emma Kemp
Tony Wright’s Column
Olympics
A rude awakening in the city of light
The French, as everyone knows, do things differently. Including, it would seem, their security alerts for the Paris Olympics.
- by Tony Wright
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Swimming
‘I just wanted the pain to end’: Olympic gold medallist announces sudden retirement
A member of Australia’s Olympic gold medal-winning women’s 4x100m medley team has called time on her swimming career just months before Paris.
- by Tom Decent
Jean beat a brain tumour; now she’s focused on rowing for Australia in Paris
Jean Mitchell was the fittest she had been when a throbbing feeling in the back of her neck flipped her world upside down.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
‘A real shock’: AOC blindsided by Morseu’s two-year-old assault charge
The former Olympic basketballer was last week found guilty of one count of assault occasioning bodily harm to a woman he punched in the head repeatedly in June 2022.
- by Emma Kemp
Sam Kerr finally ruled out of Olympics – five months after knee injury
The Matildas had been bizarrely reluctant to speak definitively about her chances – until Tuesday, when coach Tony Gustavsson unveiled his squad for their upcoming friendlies against China.
- by Vince Rugari
Calf injury has Bronte Campbell racing clock for a fourth Olympic campaign
After 18 months out of the pool, Bronte Campbell promised herself she would have one more crack at making an Olympic team. Then came an injury from left field.
- by Tom Decent
Meet Australia’s king and queen of boccia ahead of the Paralympics
In 36 years of Paralympic competition, Australia has never won a gold medal in boccia. Dan Michel and Jamieson Leeson are on fire and might be on the cusp of history.
- by Tom Decent