Hani Watson is calling two recent anaphylactic episodes “the attempted assassination of the queen”. But they have rattled her.
The newly formed World Boxing must develop fit-for-purpose rules regarding DSD athletes by 2025,or the sweet science will be struck off the Olympic roster.
Heightened feats of primal strength performed by athletes who put the super in super heavyweight? Sign us up.
He’s the supercoach who helped Dean Lukin win gold in 1984. And he has another unknown weightlifter ready to shock the world.
His preparations included five months at sea,but Dean Lukin's LA 1984 triumph remains Australia's only Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Nicu Vlad’s appearance at multiple weightlifting events has highlighted concerns about dysfunction in the running of the core Olympic sport in Australia.
Disgraced former International Weightlifting Federation vice-president Nicu Vlad was invited to hand out cash prizes at an elite competition in Melbourne. (YouTube:Australian Weightlifting Federation)
A Nigerian official forgot to tell two wheelchair athletes they needed to arrive 15 minutes early. They were inconsolable after being robbed of a ‘once in a lifetime’ shot at gold.
There were cheers in Nauru and Australia as Charisma Amoe-Tarrant celebrated a podium finish.
Kyle Bruce thought he had won gold until he was denied by a controversial judges’ ruling.
Australia is sending its largest overseas Commonwealth team ever to Birmingham,with more than 400 athletes set to compete across 20 sports.