3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (557+ words) Man-of-the-moment Cameron Myers and fellow 1500m star Jess Hull will lead the Australian track assault at the inaugural Ultimate Championship in Budapest, while high jump duo Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers are ready to light up the infield. Held over three…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (778+ words) You could only wonder if the next Cameron Myers was among them. Maybe even a future track star like Eddie Nketia, Lauren Boden or Melissa Breen. Stars of the future were on show during the 12 and under ACT track and…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (536+ words) Kieren Perkins has called for significant decisions on Brisbane Games sports to keep the Olympics sustainable. The Olympic swimming great and Australian Sports Commission chief executive also said sport in this country was at a "crisis point" in terms of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (533+ words) At first glance, they look like an odd couple. John "Chippy" Le‑Carpentir is 84, a retired tradie with a lifetime of hard work in his joints. Keith is 11, a skinny schoolboy who still has homework and screen‑time limits. Most…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (321+ words) Tom Green has helped Australia cap a medal-laden week at the canoe sprint world championships in Poland, winning the men's K1 500m final. Green won gold in the K2 1000m at the Tokyo Olympics then bronze in the K2 500m at Paris 2024. The 27-year-old completed his…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (265+ words) Former Olympic champion Tom Green and Natalia Drobot have finished among the medals at the canoe sprint world championships in Poland. Bringing Australia's tally to four for the titles after a gold and silver 24 hours earlier, Green and Drobot both…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (480+ words) Lani Pallister has toppled swimming legend Katie Ledecky for a second time in 24 hours to complete her stunning Pan Pacific championship campaign with her fourth gold medal. The 24-year-old Pallister was under world record pace for much of the race…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (125+ words) American Kate Douglass has reclaimed the women's 50m freestyle ‌world record, clocking 23.49 seconds ‌in the preliminaries at the Pan Pacific ‌Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. Douglass and fellow American Gretchen Walsh, her training partner and former University of Virginia teammate, ‌have…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (456+ words) Lani Pallister and Sam Short have showcased Australia's glittering 2028 Olympic middle-distance swimming prospects by claiming multiple gold medals at the Pan Pacific championships in California. The 24-year-old Pallister continued her stunning meet when she downed American legend Katie Ledecky to…...