Dina Asher-Smith was beaten for the first time this year in her 100m heat at the Olympics as the athletics got under way, but the Team GB star still made it through her heat. Easing down in the final moments of her heat, SAsher-Smith clocked a time of 11.07 seconds to finish behind USA's Teahna Daniels. Meanwhile in the swimming, Luke Greenbank won bronze in the men's 200m backstroke final
Matt Denny had not thrown a discus in competition since 2019, and he had never thrown one this far this early in the morning. The Australian discus thrower launched his second throw more than 65 metres and qualified comfortably for Saturday night’s final with the fourth-best throw of the morning. Matt Denny goes about business in the discus qualification at the Tokyo Games.Credit:Getty Images Across the field, compatriot Brandon Starc
Bradly Sinden has earned Team GB's first silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games despite being beaten by Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov in the men's taekwondo final. The Doncaster-born 22-year-old had seen off China's Zhao Shuai in the semi-final earlier on Saturday to guarantee himself a place on the podium. But he fell short at the last as he was agonisingly defeated 34-29 by Rashitov. Speaking afterwards, Sinden said: "I
First things first, it was a night Hannah Mills and Moe Sbihi will never forget. For the sailor and the rower, their finest hour on dry land. The same can be said for all the other flag-bearers – and at two-per-pole, that was an awful lot. In fact, the same can be said for all the other athletes who made it to an Opening Ceremony like no other Opening Ceremony.
Racism towards black athletes is “getting worse” and social media companies need to be doing more to tackle online abuse, four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has said. Footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were sent racist abuse after missing penalties in England’s defeat to Italy in the final of Euro 2020 on Sunday, with Saka admitting he “knew instantly” the hateful messages he would be sent following the
Olli Hoare has delivered a performance that demands the Australian selectors pick him on the Olympic team after he beat his Australian rivals head to head in a race off for the last place on the 1500-metre team. Hoare, who has been running in the US, beat national record holder Stewart McSweyn and his two key challengers for the last available place on the team at the Diamond League meet
For a nation that takes inordinate pride in its sporting prowess and medal tallies, this week’s Human Rights Commission report into the culture of gymnastics in Australia is not easy reading. It reveals a litany of systemic problems involving bullying, fat shaming, harassment, assault and a widespread use of authoritarian coaching methods. The revelations in Australia follow an outpouring of stories of abusive treatment from current and former gymnasts worldwide,
Former world champion Dani Stevens won a record 14th national discus title on Sunday, the most national titles any Australian has won in the one event. But more importantly, she felt back to full fitness after a year of painful recovery. When you add Stevens’ four shot put titles, she is has now won 18 total. Dani Stevens won a record 14th national title in one event this weekend.Credit:Getty Images
Hana Basic might never have stepped foot in the country, let alone run for Australia. Basic might have been many things: Bosnian, gymnast, Australian sprinter, anonymous backpacker. The daughter of immigrants who fled the former Yugoslavia during the war, she was a gymnast before she was a runner, and she could do flips before she could speak English. She was a tourist before she was a serious athlete. Hana Basic
Russia’s former world indoor 1,500 metres champion Yelena Soboleva has been handed an eight-year ban after she violated anti-doping regulations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Wednesday. Soboleva, who set the world indoor record in 2008, had previously received a two-year suspension along with six other leading Russian women athletes ahead of the Beijing Olympics after manipulating their drug samples. She retired in 2013. “Yelena Soboleva has
