World athletics championships
‘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
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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
With 27 Games and 20 medals, Australian women lead Comm Games charge
Most Australian athletes dream of qualifying for one Commonwealth Games, but a handful of Aussie women will be competing at their fifth or sixth Games at Birmingham 2022.
- by Billie Eder
‘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
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 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
‘Victory for fairness’ or ‘simplistic’: Athletes divided on transgender move
Protecting the integrity of women’s sport or ignoring the complexity of a sensitive issue? Australian athletes weigh in on FINA’s decision.
- by Georgina Robinson
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Hop aboard the Canberra carousel in lobbyland
The lobbyists are hopping aboard the Canberra merry-go-round, ponying up to the new PM and friends.
- by Helen Pitt and Noel Towell
‘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
‘I am a competitor, I am there to win’: Why Cedric the Sportsman is not too nice
Cedric Dubler earned the nation’s love when he helped Ash Moloney win Olympic bronze in the decathlon in Tokyo. But he’d love nothing more than to be a step above his mate on the podium in Paris.
- by Iain Payten