Today
The good, the bad and the ridiculous: We’ll always have Paris 2024
Sporting triumph and tragedy, a blockbuster Aussie medal haul, controversy, bad food, Gina Rinehart, Snoop Dogg. Here’s what you missed in the past fortnight.
Yesterday
Opals win bronze in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson
The women’s basketball team lifted Australia’s total medal tally to the highest since Sydney 2000, and made a fitting finale for the game’s five-time medallist.
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Khelif gets her fairytale ending. The controversy’s far from over
‘I am a strong woman,’ says the Algerian boxer. The trouble is, not everyone agrees, and the fracas has now turned into an Olympic-level culture war.
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Australia’s athletes bag more Olympic medals than any Games since 1956
After Jess Hull won silver in the 1500m, the unsung Australian track-and-field team quietly surpassed the golden era of the 1960s.
The day of what-might-have-beens for Australia
The Aussie grip on the dais eased, with two silvers and three fourth-place finishes. But still third on the tally, just. Here’s what you missed overnight.
Stingers, denied by Spain, go out with heads held high
The Australian women’s water polo team won silver after a final that a scriptwriter might not have penned, but was nevertheless an honourable defeat.
This Month
Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals
The USA has won the gold medal at every Olympics since Atlanta 1996. On Friday, it was easy to see why.
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Enter the battle zone as the Olympics starts ‘breaking’
Australian Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn didn’t get a medal in breaking - but the audience was the winner in a bizarre and high-octane spectacle. Here’s what you missed overnight.
In Paris, they’re asking: is the Olympic balloon our new Eiffel Tower?
In a sometimes controversial opening ceremony, the floating cauldron captured everyone’s imagination. Now France is considering making it a permanent fixture.
Inside the Paris ‘homes’ of the world’s best athletes
There is a way to get a glimpse of the world’s best athletes when you’re at the Olympics. And it isn’t at the pool, on the track, or at the Champions Park.
Aussies dethrone US in major water polo upset
The increasingly confident women’s team have defied the odds to beat three-time Olympic champions the United States and book a place in the final.
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The gold rush dries up – but there are still feel-good Aussie wins
Mere seconds came between Australia and a brace of golds on Thursday, but our water polo women had enough joy for everyone. Here’s what you missed overnight.
Our best Games: How Aussies won four gold medals in five hours
Four gold medals secured in quick succession brought the Australian gold medal tally to 18 – our greatest Olympic result. And there are still four days to go.
The new king of skateboarding worries he’s too old. He’s 21.
Keegan Palmer joined fellow Gold Coaster Arisa Trew in taking gold. It was his second, and he wants more. But the skateboarder frets he might be past his prime.
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Medal mania: This is Australia’s best Games ever
Australia won four gold medals in five hours, surpassing the record set in Athens and Tokyo. Here’s what you missed overnight.
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What’s the future for the Boomers without talismanic Patty Mills?
Australia, like many other basketball teams at the Olympics, relies on the outlier brilliance of one superstar. The coach admits it’ll be hard to replace him.
The gold medals keep coming – but not in our big team sports, so far
Teen skateboarder Arisa Trew made Australian Olympic history. But in the big team sports, we’re down to just three hopefuls. Here’s what you missed overnight.
Sister act: Noemie Fox joins sister Jess as gold medallist
The kayak cross champion has finally come out from behind the shadow of her legendary sister Jess.
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Noemie Fox just won gold – but that was the least exciting part
Noemie Fox’s memorable gold medal has drawn attention to the new Olympic event that’s a bit like a whitewater Wacky Races.
A fairytale for the Fox family – and a luxury party for swimmers
The sport of kayaking might’ve passed you by until now, but the feats of Jess and Noemie Fox will make them household names. Here’s what you missed overnight.
