Australia’s Paralympians will be financially rewarded for winning medals in Paris.
After calling time on her swimming career,four-time Olympian Cate Campbell is diving into commentary after being called up to Nine’s Paralympic Games broadcast team.
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Our athletes’ euphoria at their success in Paris will linger. Beyond that,there is a tough time ahead.
Though Gina Rinehart’s patronage of Australian sporting codes goes back well over a decade,her presence at the Olympics was more overt than what we’ve seen in the past.
Their triumphant Brisbane homecoming provided only a brief reprieve as Cam McEvoy and Matt Denny look ahead to the next competition – and even 2032.
McEvoy became the first Australian man to win the 50m freestyle at the Olympics and the oldest Aussie to ever win an individual medal. But the professor of the pool has no intention of stopping after Paris.
Tragically,almost 300 Australians drown every year and many of us say we can’t swim at all. It’s not good enough.
Swimming officials and Olympic great Ian Thorpe want to see 50m backstroke,butterfly and breaststroke events in the 2028 Olympic program in Los Angeles.
My enormous head bursts with patriotic pride when I look at the medal ladder.
Moesha Johnson was ‘beaten up’ by the course,spiked by plants and gulping brown water. But she was within striking distance of Australia’s 19th gold medal when she made a choice.