Olympic 2024 News
Olympic 2024 News
Kaylee McKeown makes history by defending her 100m and 200m Olympic gold medals
If the true measure of greatness is doing things others can’t even fathom, then Kaylee McKeown really is in a league of her own.
Paris Olympics 2024: Cameron McEvoy wins 50m freestyle final for Australia in stunning career turnaround
Australian veteran Cam McEvoy has won the splash-and-dash 50m freestyle in a fairytale end to his Olympic career, just years after walking away from the sport.
Paris Olympics 2024: Kaylee McKeown completes historic backstroke double-double for Australia
A humble Kaylee McKeown has declared there is still more to come in one of Australia’s finest swimming careers and said “not in a million years” did she dream of becoming a five-time gold medallist.
‘She’s in it with us’: Bronzed rowers pay tribute to Rinehart after being pipped on the line
Australian rowers Jess Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre have paid tribute to mining magnate Gina Rinehart after they clinched their country’s first rowing medal at Paris 2024, winning bronze in the women’s pairs.
Australian women’s pair join elite group with bronze
Jess Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre are celebrating becoming two-time Olympic medallists after winning Australia’s first rowing medal in Paris, clinching bronze in the women’s pair.
The big shift is underway as Games move from pool to track
Welcome to day six of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where a bronze medal for Jemima Montag in the 20km walk heralds the start of the Games’ transition from pool to track – although the Aussie women’s 4x200m relay team kept the medals coming. Read on to see what you missed overnight.
The ultimate experiment has paid off for new Olympic champion Cam McEvoy
There is a photo of Cam McEvoy, taken two years ago, wearing a shirt from the Tokyo Games as he gazes across the Arc de Triomphe. The caption reads: ‘Reconnaissance.’
Lottery to fund athletes
The man who brought the Olympics to Sydney has called on sporting authorities and the federal government to radically overhaul the way we fund our athletes, and follow Great Britain by introducing a national sports lottery system.