U.S. leads Olympic medal count in Paris but there’s more to the story
The medal count at the Paris Summer Games will change fast in the days ahead, but a couple of big trends have emerged that are fun to examine.
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Paris Olympics 2024: WA’s Matthew Richardson wins silver in track cycling men’s individual sprint
Perth’s Matthew Richardson might be the prince of the velodrome. The gymnast-turned-cyclist finished 26th in Tokyo and has made a meteoric rise to become one of the most exciting athletes in the sport.
The Hancock Prospecting Artistic Swimming Australia pair of Rayna Buckle and Kiera Gazzard have finished the Paris 2024 Olympics
It was lovely again to see our Patron Mrs Rinehart in the crowd passionately cheering the girls on.
US swim team’s secret hotel stay to beat Australia at 2024 Paris Olympic games
USA Swimming was so determined not to be beaten by Australia on the Olympic medals table in Paris, that they did something they’ve never done before.
‘It’s scandalous’: Australia’s Paris heroes get a $600 million slap in the face
Ariarne Titmus, Jess Fox, Nina Kennedy and the rest of this golden generation of Aussie athletes are victims of a $600 million robbery.
One Aussie state dominating the Olympics
With just two days left before the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony, one state is well in the lead for the most gold medals in the country.
Paris Olympics 2024: West Aussie diver Maddison Keeney overcomes physical, mental challenges to win silver
West Australian diver Maddison Keeney had to wait eight years to return to the Olympics after winning bronze in Rio, but her first crack at a medal in Paris ended in a flash, with one botched dive.
Paris Olympics: The radical proposal to overhaul swimming events at Los Angeles Games
Kaylee McKeown could get the chance of a lifetime to win an extra gold medal in one of her pet events at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as part of a radical overhaul of the swimming program.
Missed by this much…
It’s about half the time it takes the average person to blink their eyes.
U.S. women’s water polo dynasty ends with semifinal loss to Australia
The Americans won’t claim a fourth straight gold medal after falling short in a shootout.
