Sport
‘More than smiles and flower caps’: Why artistic swimmers are Games’ fittest athletes
Meet some of Australia’s toughest competitors. They train eight hours in the pool every day, all year, in a sport that is often completely misunderstood.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Paris 2024
‘More than smiles and flower caps’: Why artistic swimmers are Games’ fittest athletes
Meet some of Australia’s toughest competitors. They train eight hours in the pool every day, all year, in a sport that is often completely misunderstood.
- by Jonathan Drennan
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- by Glenn Moore
NRL
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AFL
Basketball
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- by Glenn Moore
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‘More than smiles and flower caps’: Why artistic swimmers are Games’ fittest athletes
Meet some of Australia’s toughest competitors. They train eight hours in the pool every day, all year, in a sport that is often completely misunderstood.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Analysis
State of Origin
Why Aerosmith and Origin have more in common than you might think
- by Roy Masters
Updated
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Ku-Ring-Gai to Cleveland: Bazzana becomes millionaire Australian MLB success
- by Billie Eder and Claire Siracusa