Australian swimming stars Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan have savoured another Olympic gold medal after winning the 4x200m freestyle relay with Lani Pallister and Brianna Throssell. O’Callaghan kicked off proceedings and was first at every turn, with Pallister and Throssell maintaining the position through the middle portion of the race despite a huge push from … Read more
Swimmers are being warned about the severe health risks of taking a dip in dirty waters after fears over the River Seine’s cleanliness led to the postponement of the Olympic triathlon event due to water quality concerns. The risk to public health from swimming in poor-quality water has been thrust into the spotlight by doctors, … Read more
Cayla George’s bench cameo has woken the Opals from their Olympic slumber, Australia handling Canada 70-65 to avoid a catastrophic early Games exit. Australia rid themselves of the bad habits that had cost them in a loss to Nigeria that five-time Olympic veteran Lauren Jackson labelled a disaster. They were tidier on both ends as … Read more
PARIS: More than 100 conflicts fester around the world. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war. In Ukraine, Russia advances slowly but steadily in the east, reducing towns to rubble. The “Olympic Truce,” clearly, is not being heeded. In the run-up to every Olympics over the past 30 years, the United … Read more
The script has been dramatically flipped after the amazing race between Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle and Australian sprint king Kyle Chalmers. Accusations have been flying in the aftermath of their 100m freestyle final in which Pan stunned the Olympic Games with a world record swim. Before the event, the pool had been called “slow’ due … Read more
Indoor Olympic sports including boxing, badminton and volleyball could be held outside of Brisbane in 2032 after the Queensland government unveiled the design for a new sports centre in Moreton Bay. The Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre has been approved for construction in the suburb of Petrie, about 30km north of the Brisbane CBD, with … Read more
Welcome to Shelf Life, where Olympians are breaking down the beauty routines carrying them through the 2024 Paris Games. Today, Team USA rugby center Ilona Maher reveals the secret to indestructible braids (it’s not just hair gel), the deodorant that keeps her fresh for hours on end of high-impact exercise, and the reason she’s always … Read more
While Olympic spectators wait with bated breath to see how different events at the Paris Games unfold, the chronically online audience have become invested in a different journey: a Norwegian Olympian’s love for chocolate muffins. Swimmer Henrik Christiansen, 27, has not yet won any medals, but he has won the hearts of many after posting … Read more
The online beef between Simone Biles and her former teammate MyKayla Skinner seems to be intensifying following Biles’ triumph at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles, now the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history, revealed Wednesday that Skinner appeared to have blocked her on Instagram. “oop I’ve been blocked,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter. … Read more
A gymnast can actually perform both of these types of rotation at the same time—that’s what makes the sport so interesting to watch. In physics, we would call this type of movement a “rigid body rotation.” But, clearly, humans aren’t rigid, so the mathematics to describe rotations like this can be quite complicated. For the … Read more
