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Cole eclipses hero Wu in Olympic diving generation game

Cole eclipses hero Wu in Olympic diving generation game

Australian diving veteran Melissa Wu has finished 11th in her record fifth Olympics as teenager Ellie Cole eclipsed the veteran in seventh.

Aussie paddlers launch attack for second Olympic gold

Aussie paddlers launch attack for second Olympic gold

Aussie paddlers launch attack for second Olympic gold

Aussie paddlers launch attack for second Olympic gold

Tokyo champions Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen got off to a flying start as they chase a second Olympic kayak medal, this time in the K2 500 metres.

Boxing remains on Olympics outer ahead of Los Angeles

Boxing remains on Olympics outer ahead of Los Angeles

Boxing remains on Olympics outer ahead of Los Angeles

Boxing remains on Olympics outer ahead of Los Angeles

The IOC says boxing won't be considered for admission to the Los Angeles 2028 program until a new global governing body is in place.

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From diving to rugby and back, Mathews lives the dream

From diving to rugby and back, Mathews lives the dream

Australian diver Kurtis Mathews has had the most phenomenal experience of his life, coming out of diving retirement to reach the Olympic 3m springboard semis.

Olympic champion De Grasse to run without banned coach

Olympic champion De Grasse to run without banned coach

Rana Reider, the American coach of Olympic champions Andre De Grasse and Marcell Jacobs, has been kicked out of the Paris Games.

Greek tests positive for doping, leaves Olympic village

Greek tests positive for doping, leaves Olympic village

In the latest black mark for athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics, an unidentified Greek has tested positive for banned substances.

Fox emerges from sister's shadow to make own history

Fox emerges from sister's shadow to make own history

Long overshadowed by her superstar sister, Noemie Fox has grabbed her first chance at Olympic glory and come away as the first-ever kayak cross champion.

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Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

Armand Duplantis from Sweden has broken his own pole vault world record - yet again - this time in the Olympic final.

Finals-bound Sharks cop Japanese reality check

Finals-bound Sharks cop Japanese reality check

Finals-bound Sharks cop Japanese reality check

Finals-bound Sharks cop Japanese reality check

Australia's quarter-finals bound water polo men have been brought back to earth, the giant-killing Sharks becoming Japan's first Paris Games victims.

Departing Hockeyroo on culture battle, Olympic reality

Departing Hockeyroo on culture battle, Olympic reality

Departing Hockeyroo on culture battle, Olympic reality

Departing Hockeyroo on culture battle, Olympic reality

Jane Claxton has laid bare the torment of another early Olympic exit and reflected on the Hockeyroos' cultural issues she insists are a thing of the past.

Aussie artistic swimmers enter Paris jungle

Aussie artistic swimmers enter Paris jungle

Aussie artistic swimmers enter Paris jungle

Aussie artistic swimmers enter Paris jungle

China leads the artistic swimming teams event after the first of three routines, with Australia 10th and the competition wide open in the absence of Russia.

Aussie greats spoil party, plot China hockey gold

Aussie greats spoil party, plot China hockey gold

Aussie greats spoil party, plot China hockey gold

Aussie greats spoil party, plot China hockey gold

Alyson Annan and Ric Charlesworth won Olympic titles together with the Hockeyroos and, after knocking them out, are now aiming for the same with China.

Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

Great British hope Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold medal

Keely Hodgkinson lived up to huge expectations to emerge triumphant in the Olympic 800m final at Stade de France.

Kurtis Marschall gets front seat for vaulting history

Kurtis Marschall gets front seat for vaulting history

Kurtis Marschall gets front seat for vaulting history

Kurtis Marschall gets front seat for vaulting history

Australian Kurtis Marschall has finished sixth in an Olympic pole vault final won by peerless Swede Armand Duplantis.

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Team pursuiters make opening statement on track

The Australian men's team pursuit has made a much more straightforward start than at the last Olympics, qualifying fastest at the velodrome.

Olympic champion Lyles looks for a medal encore

America's 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles is looking for another title in his favoured 200m distance as he sets himself to become a global athletics superstar.

Aussie Wearn in box seat for consecutive sailing golds

Australia's Matt Wearn is in the box seat to win consecutive gold medals, and will claim a silver at least, in the men's dinghy competition at the Olympics

No Versailles showjumping final for Aussie 50-year-old

Australia's last hope of equestrian success at the Olympics has evaporated after 50-year-old Edwina Tops-Alexander missed out on making the showjumping final.

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Noemie Fox is an Olympic champion, like her sister

Noemie Fox says it's pure joy to win the new kayak cross event at the Olympics and join her sister Jessica as a gold medallist in Paris.

Melissa Wu dives into final in record fifth Olympics

In a record fifth Olympics for any Australian diver, Melissa Wu has qualified yet again for the final of the 10m platform event at the Paris Aquatics Centre.

Biles caps historic Games campaign with silver on floor

American gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has missed out on a fourth gold medal at the Paris Olympics after some costly errors in her floor routine.

Hockeyroo fumes after Chinese Olympic heartbreak

China, coached by Hockeyroos great Alyson Annan, have upset Australia 3-2 in a sixth-straight quarter-final exit for the former heavyweights.

Big guns Kennedy and Denny advance to finals

Australian big guns Nina Kennedy and Matt Denny have their eyes fixed on Olympic medals after commanding displays in qualifying at Stade de France.

McKeon content to retire but Chalmers not done yet

Australia's most successful Olympian Emma McKeon is content to retire but Kyle Chalmers says he'll keep swimming for as long as possible.

COVID spreads among Australian Olympic team

More than 40 Australian athletes and staffers have tested positive to COVID and other illness at the Paris Olympics.

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