Disgraced Olympic swimmer Sun Yang eyes competitive return as drug ban ends | Paris Olympics 2024 News
Sun’s ban ends too late for him to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics but he says he will restart his swimming career. Disgraced three-time…
Australia’s top trampolinist Blake Rutherford finds support from Olympic legend Anna Meares
When Anna Meares completed one of the greatest comebacks in Australian Olympic history at Beijing in 2008, an aspiring young athlete from her hometown was…
Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Chelsea Hodges retires aged 22 to prioritise future health
In short: Chelsea Hodges opted to retire from competitive swimming aged just 22, weeks out from the Australian Olympic trials.Hodges won a gold medal at the…
Keely Hodgkinson’s rise from Olympic underdog to golden ambitions at Paris 2024
It is in the French capital where Hodgkinson will again battle rivals Athing Mu and Mary Moraa in pursuit of an elusive global gold. It…
Australia returns to Olympic wrestling with Jayden Lawrence and Georgii Okorokov
In short: Jayden Lawrence and Georgii Okorokov will compete in freestyle at the Paris Olympics, ending Australia's participation drought.Australia has never won a wrestling gold medal…
Night of 10,000m PBs: British athletes eye Olympic qualification
The Night of the 10,000m PBs has been dubbed the "Glastonbury" of athletics and the unique event carries even greater significance this year as it…
Japan’s famous brother-and-sister act eye more Olympic judo gold | Paris Olympics 2024
Three years after the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta want to go for gold again in Paris 2024 Olympics. Japan’s brother-and-sister…
Race and sprinting: What is behind Olympic podium race divide?
In an academic career during which he has conducted research out of universities in Glasgow, Brighton and now Hong Kong, Pitsiladis has built up the…
One of the biggest hurdles for athletes on the Olympic path: Money | Paris Olympics 2024
Ashley Uhl-Leavitt landed an opportunity most athletes can only dream of – a chance to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games. While this Florida-based marathon…
Australian women’s 3×3 basketball team qualify for Paris Olympic Games
In short: Australia will participate in the women's 3x3 basketball at the Paris Olympics after the Gangurrus secured qualification.Australia won a qualifying tournament in Japan, defeating…
2024 World Athletics Relays: Great Britain secure four Olympic relay slots for Paris
The women's 4x100m team of Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Bianca Williams and Amy Hunt recorded a season's best time of 42.33 seconds as they won…
Gjert Ingebrigtsen: Father of Olympic champion Jakob charged with physical abuse
In October, the brothers, who are among seven Ingebrigtsen children, wrote that they still felt discomfort and fear about Gjert and had to tell their…
‘Fake news’: What to know about Chinese Olympic swimmers’ doping scandal | Olympics News
China has dismissed reports alleging its swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to compete by…
International Olympic Committee develops guidelines for AI use
1 of 2 | As organizers prepare for the Olympic's Summer Games in Paris, the International Olympic Committee on Friday launched its so-called Olympic AI…
Ben Pattison: Britain’s world 800m medallist eyes Paris 2024 Olympic title bid
Initially annoyed that his brand new heart-rate monitor must be faulty, and having informed doctors that stopping running was not an option, he had successful…
Australia names first Olympic athletics team members as Claudia Hollingsworth’s breakout champs performance earns selection
In short: Nineteen-year-old Claudia Hollingsworth is among 14 athletes named in the first wave of Olympic selection.Matt Denny, Jess Hull, Michelle Jenneke, Peter Bol and…
Eliud Kipchoge ‘expects’ to win third Olympic Games marathon
Kipchoge will turn 40 in November and he would not be drawn when asked if he could race at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles."In…
Injured Olympic equestrian Shane Rose confident in recovery ahead of Paris 2024
In short: Shane Rose suffered numerous fractures to his elbow, femur, pelvis and ribs in a training accident in March.He has returned home from hospital and is beginning…
Christine Mboma: Olympic 200m silver medallist to make competitive return after 20 months out
Namibia's Olympic 200m silver medallist Christine Mboma is set to make her competitive return after 20 months out.Tokyo 2020 runner-up Mboma is a female athlete…
Paris 2024: World Athletics to become first federation to award prize money at Olympic Games
World Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games.The global governing body said a total…