Paris 2024
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Why is Australia picking a fight with the US Olympic swim team?
Australia is looking at a record haul in the pool at the Paris Olympics — but we’re setting ourselves up for a monumental face-plant with the job not yet done.
- by Andrew Webster
Latest
Olympic sports funding package worth weight in gold – and almost half a billion
Australia’s Olympic sports and athletes have received a record-breaking financial boost less than a month out from the Games getting under way in Paris.
- by Chris Barrett
Hockeyroos star in selection tribunal showdown after shock Olympics snub
Rosie Malone is a Hockeyroos mainstay and was nominated for the world player of the year award this year. Her omission from the Paris squad has left teammates stunned.
- by Chris Barrett
From ‘bistro-mausoleum’ to tech and culture hub: How Paris got its mojo back
France may be grappling with massive social divisions, but its latest evolutions have helped it regain some of its historic savoir faire.
- by Brook Turner
Australia’s 20 most memorable Olympic moments
Freeman or Thorpe? Rugby sevens gold or water polo glory? We take a walk down memory lane and select 20 unforgettable Australian Olympic moments.
- by Tom Decent
Analysis
Swimming
The USA’s Olympic swimming trials have finished. Australia’s stars have work to do
Five weeks out from the Olympics, we crunch the numbers to see just how Australia’s swimmers are faring against their US rivals.
- by Tom Decent
Magazine
Sunday Life
The June 23 Edition
With the Olympic Games just a month away, the eyes of the world will be on Paris. We talk to four athletes who will be going for gold with their babies in tow.
‘I was pregnant when I decided to aim for the Olympics. I wasn’t done yet’
It’s Keesja Gofers’s third time competing at the Olympics, but her first as a mother. She’s not alone in her belief that parenthood has made her a better athlete.
- by Jane Rocca
‘I was thrust into the spotlight’: Life as Australia’s second-fastest man
“That made me feel quite uncomfortable,” says athlete Rohan Browning on the attention he received after the Tokyo Olympics.
- by Jane Rocca
Cuddles on a schedule: Olympic village nursery allows visits from bubs
Athletes will be able to schedule time for their children to visit the Olympic Village Nursery for the first time in the games’ history.
- by Amber Schultz
She’ll face the GOAT and a very fast upstart. Can Ariarne Titmus beat them?
In Paris, the women’s 400 metres freestyle final will be one of the Games’ most anticipated races: not least for world-record holder Ariarne Titmus.
- by Amanda Hooton