Record medal haul in sight for Australian Olympic team
On target to top their previous medal best, Australia will send 53 athletes to the Winter Olympics in Italy led by superstars Jakara Anthony and Scotty James.
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Buzz grows around Australian Olympic debutant Brown
Indra Brown has continued to impress on the world stage, the Australian teen wrapping up preparations for the Winter Olympics with an X-Games silver medal.
Snowboard king makes X-Games history to continue reign
Scotty James has made history in the X-Games Superpipe, setting the Australian great up for his best chance of gold at next month's Olympics in Italy.
Four-time Olympian to take slice of sporting history
A four-time Olympian will become the first Australian man to compete in different sports at the Winter Olympics - and he may even do it at the same Games.
Olympic champion Anthony makes moguls history
Moguls ace Jakara Anthony has made Australian history after clinching another World Cup victory with a dominant performance in the United States.
Scotty soars to win on big day for Aussie Olympic hopes
Scotty James has sent a clear message to his Olympic snowboard rivals as fellow Australian Winter Games hopes also prospered.
Aussie snowboard ace Lambert takes first World Cup gold
Adam Lambert has completed another tremendous weekend for Australia's Winter Olympic hopes by racing to his first snowboard cross World Cup win.
Ice skaters get nod for Australian Winter Olympics team
Four ice skaters will make their Olympic debut at the Milan-Cortina Games and are the first athletes named in the Australian team.
Aussie Winter Olympians grab World Cup medals
Jakara Anthony won World Cup gold and Matt Graham silver, with Australia's Olympic medallists also taking over the overall moguls standings.
Aussie medal prospects mount ahead of Winter Olympics
January 6 marks one month to go to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, with recent performances by Australians raising hopes of a record medal haul.
Aussie young guns fire with World Cup gold medal double
Rookie Indra Brown and established star Valentino Guseli have given Australians more reason to be excited about the upcoming Winter Olympics.
Rugby legend inspiring Australian skier’s Olympic hopes
The same three triggers John Eales used to kick the penalty that won the Wallabies a Bledisloe Cup will be repeated on the Italian Olympic ski slopes.
Dual purpose: Graham’s golden mission in ‘hairy’ first
Matt Graham knows the ups and downs of moguls better than most and expects that will help him when a "pretty hairy" event makes its Olympic debut next year.
Walker’s winter wonderland: Aussie sleighs ’em again
Aussie Bree Walker will go into Winter Olympic year as the monobob pilot to beat, having ended 2025 with a second consecutive World Cup win in Latvia.
Aussie teen weaves a silver thread for World Cup medal
Indra Brown, aged just 15, has shown her capacity to podium at next year's Winter Olympics with another eye-catching medal on the World Cup circuit.
Distance no worry for Australia’s winter Olympians
Spread out across Italy's Alps and cities, Australia's Olympic chef de mission Alisa Camplin-Warner says a new-look opening ceremony is logical and necessary.
Aussie teenager creates history in World Cup debut
Indra Brown is edging closer to Olympic qualification after the 15-year-old claimed a podium finish in the freeski halfpipe at Secret Garden.
Game changer: AOC rolls out $50-million athlete funding
Sporting mums and retiring athletes are key targets of a $50 million Australian Olympic Committee funding package lauded by cycling great Anna Meares.
Aussies targeting more Winter gold at 2026 Olympics
Curling, bobsledding and figure skating are some of the sports in which Australia hope to claim its first ever medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Anthony set for historic crack at Olympic title defence
Jakara Anthony has spoken of overcoming fears in her return from injury and the great leaps of her rivals ahead of a historic bid to defend her Olympic title.
Sister act fuels rising Aussie skier’s Olympic tilt
Buoyed by her maiden World Cup gold medal, Charlotte Wilson is out to make her Winter Olympics debut with her younger snowboarding sister Abbey.
Australia’s winter athletes try Olympics on for size
Australia's aspiring Winter Olympians have had a team orientation ahead of the Games in Milan-Cortina in Italy next year, where a new medal record is expected.
Snowboard king Scotty James wins fourth world gold
Scotty James has won Australia's first gold of the FIS snowboard, freestyle and freeski world championships with another dazzling snowboard halfpipe triumph.
Aussie monobob ace Walker wins World Cup finale
Bobsleigh ace Bree Walker has won her second-straight World Cup monobob gold in a week at Lillehammer to finish as runner-up in the overall season's standings.
Broken collarbone won’t ruin Jakara’s bid for more gold
Olympic champion mogul skier Jakara Anthony hasn't skied since snapping her collarbone last year, but says she'll be ready to defend her title in Italy in 2026.
IOC presidency candidates’ manifestos unveiled
The International Olympic Committee has published manifestos of the seven candidates running to be its next president
Aerial ski champion to lead Australian team at Olympics
Aerial skiing great Alisa Camplin-Warner will be chef de mission for the Australian team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, following in the footsteps of Anna Meares.
Australia’s Olympics boss Chesterman gets IOC nod
AOC president Ian Chesterman has been voted onto the IOC at a meeting before the Paris Games opening ceremony.
Olympic hero’s bravery award for ice-cool surf rescue
Steven Bradbury has received a bravery award for saving four struggling girls from rough surf, more than 20 years after his historic Winter Olympic gold medal.
Unstoppable Anthony skis to World Cup moguls triumph
Australia's top winter sports performer Jakara Anthony has won her fifth World Cup moguls event in the space of just three weeks in Bakuriani, Georgia.
Jakara Anthony powers to World Cup moguls hat-trick
Aussie ski star Jakara Anthony has won another World Cup moguls title at the French resort of Alpe d'Huez to continue her early-season domination.