Australia’s teenage breakdancer Jeff Dunne has backed Rachael Gunn after making a low-key debut on the Olympic stage a day after his under-siege teammate. Gunn took social media by storm when she and her sport debuted at the Olympics, with the 36-year-old university lecturer nicknamed ‘Raygun’ failing to score a point in her three round-robin … Read more
Australia’s new youngest Olympic gold medallist Arisa Trew has toasted her “insane” feat after an in-joke with her coach became a piece of magical advice. Aged 14 years and 86 days, the skateboarder eclipses the previous record held by Sandra Morgan since 1956 when she won 4x100m freestyle relay gold at the age of 14 … Read more
Travis Scott has been released from police custody in Paris. The Grammy-nominated rapper joined thousands in attending the 2024 Olympics and, after watching the U.S. men’s team defeat Serbia in basketball Thursday night, was arrested early Friday at the Four Seasons Hotel George V over an alleged altercation with his bodyguard — but won’t face … Read more
Australian 1500m runner Linden Hall will continue to battle on through injury at the Olympics after pulling off “what seemed impossible just over a week ago”. The 33-year-old had high hopes entering Paris alongside in-form teammate Jess Hull and young gun Georgia Griffith, but she suffered a major setback when she tore a calf with … Read more
Australian Olympic chef de mission Anna Meares has launched a stern defence of Rachael Gunn after the breakdancer became a viral sensation in Paris. Gunn took social media by storm when she and her sport debuted at the Olympics, with the 36-year-old university lecturer nicknamed ‘Raygun’ failing to score a point in her three round-robin … Read more
Australia is celebrating after surpassing the country’s greatest ever Olympics result with a historic day of gold medals in Paris. Super sailor Matt Wearn went back-to-back when he held on to win a dramatic men’s dinghy final that was restarted after it was initially abandoned close to the finish, and skateboard star Keegan Palmer also … Read more
Emotions spilled over inside Stade de France on Wednesday as Australia’s reigning bronze medallist Kelsey-Lee Barber missed the Olympic javelin final. Just minutes after 42-year-old marvel Kathryn Mitchell progressed alongside rising star Mackenzie Little in Group A, their fellow Aussie fell short in Group B after a season ravaged by an injury she has kept … Read more
The Stingers have fallen short of adding to Australia’s record gold medal haul, losing to Spain 11-9 in a thrilling water polo final on Saturday night. Chasing a first water polo gold since 2000, the Aussies closed to within one in the last quarter before the Spaniards showed their class to open up a four-goal … Read more
Eva Mendes recently dished on her experience attending the 2024 Olympics with her longtime partner, fellow actor Ryan Gosling, and why she had her “guard up” while she was there. The “Hitch” star shared a post on Instagram earlier this week that showed her looking out a balcony from her hotel in Paris. “Morning in … Read more
Australian track star Jessica Hull has powered her way into the 1500m Olympic final after another brilliant effort in Paris. Hull finished a comfortable second in the hot race and clocked her second fastest time ever (three minutes 55.40 seconds), despite taking her foot off the pedal in the final stages. Ahead of Hull was … Read more
