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Record Australian medal haul at world junior athletics

Record Australian medal haul at world junior athletics

Australia won a record 14 medals at the world junior athletics championships in Peru, eclipsing the previous mark of 10.

Aussie teen lights up 200m final at world junior champs

Aussie teen lights up 200m final at world junior champs

Aussie teen lights up 200m final at world junior champs

Aussie teen lights up 200m final at world junior champs

Australian sprinters Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis have produced eye-catching performances to win silver in the 200m at the world junior championships.

Aussie high jump medallists beaten in Olympic rematch

Aussie high jump medallists beaten in Olympic rematch

Aussie high jump medallists beaten in Olympic rematch

Aussie high jump medallists beaten in Olympic rematch

High jump stars Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have had to give best to Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh again in their Olympic rematch in Lausanne.

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Sinead Diver succumbs to cramping in Olympic marathon

Sinead Diver succumbs to cramping in Olympic marathon

Sinead Diver lasted just one kilometre of the Olympic women's marathon before succumbing to severe cramping.

Jess Stenson leads Aussie charge in Olympic marathon

Jess Stenson leads Aussie charge in Olympic marathon

Dutch star Sifan Hassan has won the Olympic women's marathon, with Jess Stenson the leading Australian in 13th place.

Kennedy and Hull among the athletics stars in Paris

Kennedy and Hull among the athletics stars in Paris

Australia's haul of seven athletics medals in Paris was the most since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

Quick Hull can now take on the great African runners

Quick Hull can now take on the great African runners

Jessica Hull has gone to a whole new level as a runner after returning home and being coached again by her father Simon.

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Kiwi Kerr takes Olympic gold in high (then lower) jump

Kiwi Kerr takes Olympic gold in high (then lower) jump

Kiwi Kerr takes Olympic gold in high (then lower) jump

Kiwi Kerr takes Olympic gold in high (then lower) jump

Hamish Kerr became an Olympic high jump champion for New Zealand after a jump-off nobody seemed to want to win.

Stunning silver medal for Jessica Hull in Olympic 1500

Stunning silver medal for Jessica Hull in Olympic 1500

Stunning silver medal for Jessica Hull in Olympic 1500

Stunning silver medal for Jessica Hull in Olympic 1500

Jessica Hull has won a sensational silver medal in the women's 1500m at the Paris Olympics to etch her name in Australia's athletic history books.

Pat Tiernan leads Australian charge in Olympic marathon

Pat Tiernan leads Australian charge in Olympic marathon

Pat Tiernan leads Australian charge in Olympic marathon

Pat Tiernan leads Australian charge in Olympic marathon

Pat Tiernan was the first Australian across the line in an Olympic men's marathon won by Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola.

Aussie Lauren Ryan an unlikely Olympic 10K front-runner

Aussie Lauren Ryan an unlikely Olympic 10K front-runner

Aussie Lauren Ryan an unlikely Olympic 10K front-runner

Aussie Lauren Ryan an unlikely Olympic 10K front-runner

Lauren Ryan has recorded the second-best result by an Australian woman in an Olympic 10,000m final.

Relay glory and debacle for American sprinters in Paris

Relay glory and debacle for American sprinters in Paris

Relay glory and debacle for American sprinters in Paris

Relay glory and debacle for American sprinters in Paris

Sha'Carri Richardson has won her first Olympic gold medal, anchoring the United States to victory in the women's 4x100m relay.

Peyton Craig runs personal best in Olympic 800m semi

Peyton Craig runs personal best in Olympic 800m semi

Peyton Craig runs personal best in Olympic 800m semi

Peyton Craig runs personal best in Olympic 800m semi

Hugely-promising Australian middle-distance runner Peyton Craig has just missed out on a spot in the Olympic 800m final.

Kiptum's memory lingers over Olympic marathon

Kiptum's memory lingers over Olympic marathon

Kiptum's memory lingers over Olympic marathon

Kiptum's memory lingers over Olympic marathon

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum is being missed at in Paris but his memory lingers over the Olympic marathon.

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COVID-stricken Lyles struggles home third in 200m

Noah Lyles was forced to settle for bronze in the Olympic 200m, before requiring medical treatment and revealing he has COVID-19.

McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her 400m hurdles world record

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has won the Olympic 400m hurdles gold medal in world-record time.

Jessica Hull storms into Olympic 1500m final

Jessica Hull says she is a legitimate gold medal shot in what is shaping as a classic Olympic women's 1500m final.

World record may be next target for vault star Kennedy

Now that Nina Kennedy has an Olympic gold medal to her name, it's time to look for a new goal.

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Nina Kennedy wins gold medal in Olympic pole vault

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has won Australia's record 18th gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

Lyles eyes sprint double after booking 200m final slot

Noah Lyles is closing in on his ambition of achieving an individual Olympic sprint double while fellow American Quincy Hall bursts through to win the 400m

Peter Bol insists he has nothing to answer for

Peter Bol insists he has nothing to hide after his name was raised in a separate anti-doping case.

Michelle Jenneke crashes in Olympics 100m hurdles heat

Michelle Jenneke has crashed to the track after clipping a barrier in her Olympics 100m hurdles heat.

Montag, Cowley snare bronze in marathon walk relay

Australia's Jemima Montag and Rhydian Cowley have won the bronze medal in the inaugural Olympic marathan race walk relay in Paris.

American Cole Hocker wins shock Olympic 1500m gold

American Cole Hocker has upstaged Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win the Olympic 1500m gold medal.

Medal fancy Hull advances to 1500m semis at Olympics

Easing into the women's 1500m semi-finals, Jessica Hull says she couldn't be better-placed to win Australia's first Olympic track medal in a dozen years.

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