There have been emotional scenes in the Paris pool with Australian swimming legend Ariarne Titmus coming a narrow second in the 800m freestyle to her great American rival Katie Ledecky. It was a brave swim from an exhausted Titmus, who closed the gap on the US champ in the final lap, but just couldn’t muster … Read more
Natalya Diehm has kicked off her celebrations with a beer and some Maccas after the Australian BMX star won a surprise Olympic bronze medal. The 26-year-old once considered quitting after undergoing five surgeries to repair her battered knee, suffering dislocated shoulders and broken wrists and elbows, and battling funding problems. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Aussie … Read more
Australian judge Ben Lowe has been stood down from the Olympics after being pictured with Aussie star Ethan Ewing. The drama unfolded ahead of the quarter-finals where Ewing came up against countryman Jack Robinson while Aussie women’s star Tyler Wright also competed in the last eight. But Lowe, an experienced World Surf League judge, was … Read more
Aussie rower Tara Rigney has missed out on a medal in the final of the women’s sculls by the smallest of margins. Rigney looked on track for bronze behind Dutchwoman Karolien Florijin and Kiwi Emma Twigg for much of the 2000m race. But Lithuanian’s Viktorija Senkute stormed home to pip Rigney for third place and … Read more
Australian swimming champion Brianna Throssell has revealed her gold medal relay swim was her “last ever race” at the Olympics. Just hours after winning the 4x200m freestyle in Paris with swimming stars Ariarne Titmus, Mollie O’Callaghan and Lani Pallister, Throssell conceded she was retiring from Olympic competition. During an interview that followed her swim, Throssell … Read more
Just hours after becoming Australia’s oldest Olympic swimming gold medallist, Cam McEvoy delivered a heart-melting message to his partner Madeline Bone. The 30-year-old McEvoy stunned Paris in the men’s 50m freestyle, and the physics student was all class after winning his first Olympic final and rewriting the history books. McEvoy later appeared on live TV … Read more
Italian boxer Angela Carini has issued a full apology to Algerian rival Imane Khelif “and everyone else” after their dramatic women’s 66kg bout sparked a “sad” firestorm at the Olympics. Carini abandoned the fight after just 46 seconds, citing pain in her nose following a flurry of punches, but initial comments about protecting her life … Read more
Author and outspoken critic of the transgender community J.K. Rowling slammed the Olympics after women’s boxer Imane Khelif defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in a fight Thursday. The creator of “Harry Potter” turned to X, formerly Twitter, to complain about the boxing match, which saw Algeria’s Khelif lay into Carini for 46 seconds before the Italian … Read more
Despite the creation of multiple stormwater reservoirs, like the bassin d’Austerlitz, which collect stormwater and slowly release it after the bad weather has passed, if enough rain is concentrated into a small enough time, not everything that falls from the sky can be captured. In such a situation, runoff water has to be released into … Read more
A senior legal academic and women’s rights activist has lashed Olympic organisers for allowing boxers who failed a gender eligibility last year to compete in the women’s event at this year’s Games. Her comments come after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif claimed victory in her bout against Italian Angela Carini of Italy after Carini withdrew from … Read more
