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.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Yesterday
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
This Month
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
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
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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- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
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.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
So close, but it’s silver for our swimmers as a new Fox rises
It took the last race to split Australia and the US in the pool, and a shock upset to split the Fox sisters. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
Best-ever start for Australia but a mixed bag for Rinehart
Team Australia is having a history-busting gold haul. But one of Gina Rinehart’s sporting projects is looking as sorry as lithium. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
The Aussie women just keep on winning
Swimmers and rowers landed Australia in third place on the medal tally board, and all signs are pointing to a strong athletics performance. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Zoe Samios and Hans van Leeuwen
The big shift is underway as Games move from pool to track
Jemima Montag’s bronze in the 20km walk signals the start of the Olympics’ transition from swimming to athletics. Here’s what you missed overnight.
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- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
The day Jess Fox became the world’s best
The Aussie canoeist just can’t stop winning, but the medals dried up for our swimmers and the Matildas were bundled out. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios
July
The day Canada trampled on Aussie hopes
It was a day when Canada got the best of Australia in no less than three head-to-head encounters in Paris. Here’s what you missed overnight.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Heartbreak and heroism in the Paris pressure cooker
A sobbing end to Harry Garside’s boxing hopes and a “disaster” for the Opals, but “happy tears” for O’Callaghan and Titmus. Here’s what you missed overnight.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
How the early gold rush is spurring the Aussies on
A gold that has been 12 years in the making for kayaker Jess Fox, and celebrity spotting at the gymnastics. Here’s what you missed overnight.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Are you excited yet? Australia leaps to top of medal tally
Disappointment in the rugby, heartbreak at the diving pool, but gold in cycling and a four-medal haul at the pool. Here’s everything you missed overnight.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
