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Like a French film, it was genius and difficult, but a fitting end
The closing ceremony was slow, and some people walked out, but the fans stayed until the end and only the Hollywood part was a bit off.
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- Matthew Drummond
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Paris 2024 was the Olympic Games of the new era
The city of light has shown it’s not only possible to adapt to change while remaining true to yourself, it’s a necessity.
- Tracey Holmes
Tom Cruise dives into star-studded Paris closing ceremony
With golden fireworks, celebrities and thousands of athletes partying into the night, the closing ceremony put a final flourish to Paris’ first Games in a century.
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- John Leicester
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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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- Hans van Leeuwen
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How female Olympians are boosting their popularity without media help
Enthusiasm for lesser-known sports tends to die off at the end of each Olympic Games but some women are doing their own promotion.
- Lucy Slade
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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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- Hans van Leeuwen
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Month
Richardson wins silver in sprint at track cycling
Australia’s Matthew Richardson was unable to match Dutch legend Harrie Lavreyson, who successfully defended his Olympic gold medal from Tokyo.
- Roger Vaughan
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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- Hans van Leeuwen
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
Aussie diver takes superb silver to spoil China’s dominance
Maddison Keeney burst into tears of joy after nailing a crucial dive that won her a silver medal in the women’s 3m springboard.
- Ian Chadband
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- Business of sport
Freezes and flares: The newest Olympic sport explained
Breaking is the latest sport to appear at the Olympic Games. But how does it work, how do you win and can you make any money from it?
- Zoe Samios
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
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.
- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
‘Clearly failed’: Minister Watt moves to create CFMEU special powers
Murray Watt says he has given the construction and general division a strict deadline; Australia to accept nuclear material in new AUKUS deal; How the Olympics day 13 unfolded. Follow live updates.
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- Natasha Rudra and Lucy Slade
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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- Hans van Leeuwen
Paris was gold for Noah Lyles and Simone Biles. It was also great for Netflix.
The US sprinter may be unhappy, but there are a bunch of business executives in the United States who will quietly deem his Olympic campaign a success.
- Zoe Samios
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
Bonus cut for Joyce | Qantas’ explosive review | Our best Games ever
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Meet the PhD breakdancer behind the Raygun memes
Rachael “Raygun” Gunn did her thesis on the culture of breaking. Now she’s a meme after her controversial Olympic debut.
- Zoe Samios
Albanese brushes off sledge from New Zealand PM
Anthony Albanese responds to NZ joke about Australian intelligence; No plans to change state’s public service WFH policy; How Australia’s great Olympic golden day unfolded. Follow live updates.
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- Natasha Rudra and Lucy Slade
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.
- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
