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Paris Paralympics 2024
‘Incompetent, disrespectful, catastrophic’: Aussie slams Paralympic organisers after horror crash
Australian Paralympic cyclist Emily Petricola has accused officials of discriminatory treatment she believes would never have happened in the Olympic Games.
- by Tom Decent
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Gold in two different sports: Parker creates history in Paris with breathtaking win
Lauren Parker has become the first Australian Paralympian to win gold in two different sports at the same Games since 1976.
- by Tom Decent
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Meg was dizzy and in a ball after her race. She didn’t know she’d won a medal
It was a glittering result for Team Australia in an un-glittering setting, with organisers abandoning the Olympics’ picturesque cycling course for one in a satellite town.
- by Sophie Aubrey
He’s our newest gold medal champion, and he eats nothing but burritos
The medals have rained on Team Australia at the velodrome, with Paralympic debutant Korey Boddington winning gold barely a year after he first took up cycling.
- by Sophie Aubrey
‘GB are putting money up’: Teammates defend Richardson’s switch
Matthew Richardson’s decision to change allegiance from Australia to Great Britain has received support from some of those who know him best.
- by Jonathan Drennan
He won cycling medals for Australia in Paris. Now, he’s switched countries
Matthew Richardson has decided to change his riding colours from the green and gold to the place of his birth.
- by Dave Fleming
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Five Minutes with Fitz
Phil Liggett: I was so right about Cadel Evans, so wrong about Lance Armstrong
The ‘voice of cycling’ Phil Liggett has called his last Olympic cycling event, but even as he turns 81, there’s another stage to come for the affable Englishman.
- by Peter FitzSimons
The velodrome’s untouchable king, and the Australian who dared to dethrone him
Sprint gold medallist Harrie Lavreysen has for so long been the velodrome’s untouchable. For the first time in years, he has a genuine threat in the Australian.
- by Emma Kemp
World records are being obliterated at the Olympic velodrome. Here’s why
Paris may have offered up a slow pool, but there is no shortage of speed at the track cycling, with a combination of factors contributing to insanely fast times.
- by Emma Kemp
‘A lot of relief’: Australia’s unluckiest Olympian finally wins a medal
Matthew Glaetzer has finally broken his run of fourth-place finishes, on a night when Australia also broke the men’s team pursuit world record.
- by Emma Kemp
Can bikes keep getting better or is the track cycling arms race over?
After decades of expensive aerodynamic one-upmanship and pushing regulations to the limits, the gap between well-funded Olympic nations appears to have closed in time for Paris.
- by Emma Kemp