World athletics championships
13 siblings, one Paris dream: Sprint sensation defies back-breaking crisis
He is a young man with history in his sights, having overcome an injury that threatened his Paris quest. The help of 13 boxing siblings pushed him on.
- by Nick Wright
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Olympians bumped off Sydney tracks for school carnivals before Paris
Less than 100 days before competing in Paris, Sydney-based Olympians have been forced to move to Japan to get regular track time ahead of Paris.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Australian teen sensation beats world’s fastest woman in Diamond League triumph
Torrie Lewis has made another stunning sprint breakthrough by beating the world 100-metre champ and powering to victory in the 200 metres at the season’s opening Diamond League meeting.
- by Ian Chadband
Victorian teenager Claudia Hollingsworth upstages star-studded field
Victorian teenager Claudia Hollingsworth upstaged one of the best fields seen in Australia and Stewart McSewyn delivered his best win in three years to announce himself back in a big night of athletics.
- by Michael Gleeson
Ditch the dots: New video technology to give Aussie athletes an edge
New motion capture technology at the Victorian Institute of Sport will give Australian athletes an edge as they head towards the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
Wightmans' special moment
When Jake Wightman won at the world championships in 2022, his dad was the track announcer - and the special moment of celebration was captured by co-commentator Katharine Merry.
Watch: Teenager Torrie Lewis becomes Australia’s fastest-ever woman
Teen sprint sensation Torrie Lewis claimed the title of Australia’s fastest-ever woman after bettering the national 100-metre record with a flying run in Canberra.
- by John Salvado
Let’s get quizzical: 50 questions on the year in sport
Test your mental muscle or put your mates in the hot seat. It’s time to find out who is the font of knowledge on all things sport in 2023 by taking our 50-question super-quiz.
- by Greg Dundas and Claire Siracusa
‘Living on the breadline’: The crisis crippling Brisbane’s Olympic hopefuls
A lack of financial support as they strive for gold may prove the catalyst for a mass exodus of local athletes ahead of the 2032 Games.
- by Nick Wright
‘We can do anything in Paris’: Why grand Budapest haul has Aussie aths team cock-a-hoop
Australia’s athletics team leaves Hungary with its best-ever haul of medals from the world championships and brimming with confidence less than a year out from the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
Two medals in one event: Aussie high jumpers claim both silver and bronze
Neither Eleanor Patterson nor Nicola Olyslagers claimed gold in the high jump, but they did achieve a rare feat, and they were overjoyed for the winner, displaced Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
- by Michael Gleeson