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Solar power: Aussies hone in on second Games medal

Solar power: Aussies hone in on second Games medal

Tokyo silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar delivered the ultimate one-two punch to progress to the Paris beach volleyball semi-finals.

'Sniper' Williams bags five as Stingers roar into semis

'Sniper' Williams bags five as Stingers roar into semis

'Sniper' Williams bags five as Stingers roar into semis

'Sniper' Williams bags five as Stingers roar into semis

Australia's Stingers have powered into the semi-finals of the Olympic women's water polo, with Alice Williams netting five in their 9-6 win over Greece.

Australia break men's team pursuit world record

Australia break men's team pursuit world record

Australia break men's team pursuit world record

Australia break men's team pursuit world record

Australia have broken the men's team pursuit world record on day two of the Olympic track cycling and will face fierce rivals Great Britain for the gold medal.

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Medal fancy Hull advances to 1500m semis at Olympics

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.

Skateboarder Trew, 14, wins historic Olympic gold medal

Skateboarder Trew, 14, wins historic Olympic gold medal

Teen skateboard sensation Arisa Trew has won the women's park in Paris to become the nation's youngest Olympic gold medallist.

Giddey's Patty Mills lament: 'He deserved better'

Giddey's Patty Mills lament: 'He deserved better'

Josh Giddey was left to lament the "what-ifs" and laud Patty Mills' legacy in an overtime loss to Serbia that bounced the Boomers out of the Paris Games.

Leader Wearn forced to wait again for sailing medal

Leader Wearn forced to wait again for sailing medal

Matt Wearn's quest for a second successive gold medal in Olympic sailing must wait another day because of conditions in Marseille.

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Swim test cancelled over Seine water quality concerns

Swim test cancelled over Seine water quality concerns

Swim test cancelled over Seine water quality concerns

Swim test cancelled over Seine water quality concerns

A open water training session for the Olympic marathon swimming event was cancelled as concerns over the quality of water in the River Seine continued.

Cole eclipses hero Wu in Olympic diving generation game

Cole eclipses hero Wu in Olympic diving generation game

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.

From diving to rugby and back, Mathews lives the dream

From diving to rugby and back, Mathews lives the dream

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

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

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.

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Silver surfer Robinson falls to Vaast Teahupo'o clinic

Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast has won Olympic gold for France on his home break, while Caroline Marks of the US triumphed in the women's final.

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.

France, Spain set up Olympic football gold medal match

Hosts France came from behind to defeat Egypt 3-1 in their Olympic men's football semi-final, while Spain beat Morocco 2-1 in the other semi.

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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