Australian swimming chiefs are making their own inquiries after the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics but accepted the nation’s findings of substance contamination. The swimmers reportedly tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is found in heart medication, months before the pandemic-delayed Games began … Read more
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has threatened legal action against irate US anti-doping officials railing against the news that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics. The swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is found in heart medication, months before the COVID-delayed Games began in July 2021 but … Read more
Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay US$50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week’s move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and … Read more
Australia’s most decorated medallist Emma McKeon has announced Paris 2024 will be her last Olympics. The 29-year-old swimming legend set new benchmarks when she dominated the pool at Tokyo three years ago, winning two individual golds and two more in relay events. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Emma McKeon goes public with Olympic retirement. Newsletters: Our … Read more
Plans for the Brisbane Olympics have been dismissed as “half-baked”, with the Queensland premier also slammed for blindsiding a 2032 Games infrastructure review. LNP senator Bridget McKenzie didn’t hold back outside an inquiry into Australia’s Olympic preparations, saying the Brisbane Games were heading in the wrong direction with “a lot of buck passing but no … Read more
Nike unveiled its designs for the new Team USA track and field uniforms for the Paris Summer Olympics and some current and former athletes are not happy, to say the least. Critics slammed the women’s kit as being sexist and needlessly revealing, while others defended it and pointed out that women athletes can choose from … Read more
Paris’ goal to clean the River Seine in time for the 2024 Olympics has been met with numerous challenges, raising the question of whether the famous waterway will ever pass safety inspections. The city has spent about 1.4 billion euros in the last decade on a clean-up project to revive the river’s ecosystem and ensure … Read more
Australian Olympic legend Giaan Rooney has shared the horrific circumstances that led to her family’s pet wallaby being castrated in an emergency surgery. Rooney and her husband Sam Levett live on a macadamia farm just over an hour out of Gold Coast with their two kids, Zander and Lexi. As a family, they have been … Read more
Matildas midfielder Katrina Gorry has detailed the “real and raw” truth behind being an injured parent. The 31-year-old is recovering from a serious ankle injury suffered against Chelsea two weeks ago, which threatens to derail her Paris Olympic dream and has ended her Women’s Super League season for West Ham. But more important than the … Read more
The 2032 Olympics and Paralympics should put the Brisbane “on the map”, according to champion swimmer Ariarne Titmus as she fears her home city could take a “half-arse” approach to the event. Amid debate and disillusion over the event as political and sporting leaders dither over Games infrastructure, Titmus has sought to put the focus … Read more
