Sport
Athletics
‘I’m going to soak this up’: Kennedy overcomes horror start, claims world pole vault bronze
Nina Kennedy has become only the second Australian woman, and the first this century, to win a pole vault medal at a world championships.
- by Michael Gleeson and John Salvado
Latest
Browning bows out in opening round of 100m
Rohan Browning was unable to repeat his Tokyo Olympics heroics as American flyer Fred Kerley clocked the fastest-ever major 100m heat time on day one of the world athletics championships.
- by John Salvado
‘Steve, don’t compete’: When the mind takes over in elite sport
Australian 400m champion Steve Solomon and American gymnast Simone Biles had something in common at the Tokyo Olympics.
- by Tom Decent
The 10-second barrier: Browning’s back for another crack
Rohan Browning has taken a step back ahead of the world championships, to go two steps forward from being a Tokyo Olympic semi-finalist.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
Off the field
The lessons we can learn from secret life of Sir Mo
The four-time Olympic gold-medal hero revealing he arrived in the UK illegally and under a false name has put the government in an awkward position over its new policy of flying people precisely like that to Rwanda.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Claudia’s choice: teen star pauses AFLW dream for world athletics championships
Claudia Hollingsworth’s choice was between her two great loves - athletics and Aussie rules football. For now, she’s chosen the track.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘I’m not who you think I am’: Mo Farah trafficked to UK under false name
Mo Farah, the icon of London’s 2012 Games who became the first Brit to win four track and field gold medals, said his children have motivated him to be truthful about his past.
‘I was shocked’: Australian sets new national record and long jump world mark
Australian long jumper Brooke Buschkuehl has set a new national record with the longest jump in the world this year only days out from the World Championships.
- by Michael Gleeson
Sarah changed school sports forever. Now she’s going to the Comm Games
Sarah Clifton-Bligh was one of the first athletes selected for Birmingham. When you look at the names behind her success, it’s not hard to see why.
- by Angus Thomson
‘I don’t care’: Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
The dual Olympic champion has also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear she was going to have a heart attack.
- by Gerald Imray