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Nicola Olyslagers hails historic Olympic high jump

Nicola Olyslagers hails historic Olympic high jump

High jump silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers is predicting great things for the Australian track and field team in Paris.

American Noah Lyles takes gold in 100 metre thriller

American Noah Lyles takes gold in 100 metre thriller

American Noah Lyles takes gold in 100 metre thriller

American Noah Lyles takes gold in 100 metre thriller

American Noah Lyles won Olympic gold in the men's 100 metres, edging Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by just five-thousandths of a second.

Silver and bronze for Australian high jumpers

Silver and bronze for Australian high jumpers

Silver and bronze for Australian high jumpers

Silver and bronze for Australian high jumpers

Nicola Olyslagers has won a second Olympic silver medal in the high jump, with fellow Australian Eleanor Patterson claiming the bronze.

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Torrie Lewis runs a PB in the Olympic 200m heats

Torrie Lewis runs a PB in the Olympic 200m heats

Torriwe Lewis will fancy her chances in the Olympic repechage round after setting a personal best in the heats in Paris

Marschall pledges to leave nothing in the tank in final

Marschall pledges to leave nothing in the tank in final

Never mind the pain in his ankle, Kurtis Marschall expects to be right in the medals hunt in the Olympic pole vault final.

Alfred wins Olympic 100m; Fraser-Pryce withdraws

Alfred wins Olympic 100m; Fraser-Pryce withdraws

Superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was a shock no-show as Julien Alfred has won a first Olympic gold for St Lucia in the women's 100m on the Paris track.

Browning eliminated in first round of 100m heats

Browning eliminated in first round of 100m heats

Rohan Browning was unable to match his Tokyo heroics as he bowed out in the opening round of the 100m at the Paris Olympics.

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Patterson and Olyslagers inspired for Olympic final

Patterson and Olyslagers inspired for Olympic final

Patterson and Olyslagers inspired for Olympic final

Patterson and Olyslagers inspired for Olympic final

Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh is inspiring crack Australian high jumpers Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson to new heights.

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wins Olympic 10,000m gold

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wins Olympic 10,000m gold

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wins Olympic 10,000m gold

Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wins Olympic 10,000m gold

Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda has continued his global domination of 10,000m running with a first Olympic title at the distance.

Australian Bree Masters gets spot in Olympic 100m semis

Australian Bree Masters gets spot in Olympic 100m semis

Australian Bree Masters gets spot in Olympic 100m semis

Australian Bree Masters gets spot in Olympic 100m semis

Sprinter Bree Masters, 800m runner Claudia Hollingsworth and high jumpers Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olsylagers were the stand-out Australians on day one.

Injured Ash Moloney pulls out of Olympic decathlon

Injured Ash Moloney pulls out of Olympic decathlon

Injured Ash Moloney pulls out of Olympic decathlon

Injured Ash Moloney pulls out of Olympic decathlon

Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Ash Moloney's rotten run of luck with injuries has continued with an adductor recurrence in the Paris Olympics decathlon.

Converted marathon runner struggles in the 100 in Paris

Converted marathon runner struggles in the 100 in Paris

Converted marathon runner struggles in the 100 in Paris

Converted marathon runner struggles in the 100 in Paris

Sharon Firisua's unlikely and inadvertent switch from the marathon to the 100m did not go well in Paris.

Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk

Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk

Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk

Jemima Montag wins brave bronze in 20km walk

Australian Jemima Montag has drawn inspiration from her late grandmother to win a bronze medal in the women's 20km walk at the Paris Olympics.

Host of Aussie track and field stars chasing Oly medals

Host of Aussie track and field stars chasing Oly medals

Host of Aussie track and field stars chasing Oly medals

Host of Aussie track and field stars chasing Oly medals

The Australian track and field team at the Paris Olympic is arguably deeper than any since the 1956 Melbourne Games.

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Shericka Jackson out of Olympic 100

Shericka Jackson of Jamaica has withdrawn from the Olympic 100m to focus on her favoured 200m event.

Walker Montag aims to inspire Australian athletics team

Australian walker Jemima Montag would love to get the Australian athletics team off to a flying start in Paris.

Lyles finds fame rather than privacy at Olympic village

Noah Lyles is getting a taste of what life must have been like for Usain Bolt in the Olympic athletes village.

Who are the French faces of the Games?

Seven-time Olympic discus thrower Melina Robert-Michon was a natural choice to carry the flag in Paris for a French team with a smattering of global stars.

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Little spears personal best as Aussies shine in London

Mackenzie Little has set a personal best in the javelin as fellow Australians Nina Kennedy and Ollie Hoare also enjoyed pre-Olympic victories in London.

Australian Josh Azzopardi added to Olympic 100m field

Australian sprinter Josh Azzopardi has been added to the field for the men's individual 100m at the Paris Olympics.

Aussie Jess Hull smashes world 2000m record in Monaco

Australian middle-distance star Jess Hull has raced to a world record in the 2000 metres at a pre-Olympic Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

Sprinter Browning picked in Olympics athletics team

Sprint star Rohan Browning is in the Australian Olympic athletics team, while there were some tough calls in the middle-distance events.

Jess Hull stars on world record-breaking night in Paris

Australian Olympic hopes Jess Hull and Nicola Olyslagers have played a big part in a double world record-breaking night at the Paris Diamond League meeting.

Paralympian medallist inspires young rural Australians

Scott Reardon is taking his message of hope and resilience to regional NSW ahead of the Paralympics, where his wife, long jumper Vanessa Low, will compete.

Cross-continent run to raise domestic violence dollars

A woman who dribbled a soccer ball from the Gold Coast to Sydney has set her sights on an even bigger challenge to raise money for abuse survivors.

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