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.
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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.
Jakara Anthony’s ski glory continues on Alpe d’Huez
Olympic champion Jakara Anthony has won a fourth World Cup title in three weeks as Australia's winter sports stars continued to get among the medals.
Russian athletes to compete at Brisbane Olympics
The Australian Olympic Committee maintains Russian athletes will compete at the 2032 Brisbane Games despite calls from the federal government for the opposite.
After Beijing, can the IOC save the Games?
The cordoned-off Olympic bubble that folds up when the closing ceremony ends has produced its usual collage of amazing athletes doing great things.
Aussies say goodbye to landmark Olympics
Australia's Winter Olympians have brought the curtain down on a successful Games in Beijing where they picked up a record four medals - but they can get better.
China says farewell to extraordinary Games
The Winter Olympics have closed with a spectacular ceremony and words of praise for the Chinese hosts of a "truly exceptional" Games.
Beijing’s safe but odd Olympics close
The COVID-19 bubble came to define the Beijing Winter Olympics amid figure skating's doping controversy and the emergence of new stars such as Eileen Gu.
Australians give bizarre Games thumbs-up
Despite strict COVID-19 conditions, Australia's Winter Olympians say there was still a lot to like about the Beijing Games.
Australians had Beijing hits and misses
While Australia secured its biggest return of Winter Olympics medals in Beijing, chef de mission Geoff Lipshut is also disappointed by missed chances.
Oly athletes need care says Aust team boss
Chef de mission Geoff Lipshut says Olympic athletes need care rather than condemnation following the outcry over the treatment of Russian skater Kamila Valieva.
Gu wins halfpipe gold and third medal
Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to win three medals at the same Winter Olympics.
Shcherbakova wins as Valieva collapses
Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women's figure skating at the Beijing Games as Russian teammate Kamila Valieva stunningly failed to win a medal.
No medals for Australia in women’s aerials
Australia's highly rated hopes have finished outside the medals as China's Xu Mengtao won the women's aerials gold at the Beijing Olympics.
Narracott slid down tough road to silver
A lack of funding and concussion almost ended Jackie Narracott's career before she fought her way to a historic Olympic silver medal in the skeleton in Beijing.
Narracott wins historic skeleton silver
Jackie Narracott has won Australia's first-ever medal in a Winter Olympics sliding event, taking a landmark skeleton silver in the Beijing Games.
James takes silver in Olympic halfpipe
Australian snowboarder Scotty James has won silver in the Olympic halfpipe behind Japan's Ayumu Hirano.
Aussie Walker fastest in monobob training
Australian sledder Breeana Walker is looking good in practice at the Winter Olympics, having gone fastest in both of the opening two training runs.
Scotty James primed to ride for Oly gold
Australian snowboard star Scotty James has spent the past four years plotting his Olympic gold medal charge in Beijing and says he's ready for it.
James qualifies second in Games halfpipe
Scotty James has qualified for the final of the men's halfpipe in second spot, while American legend Shaun White survived a scare to also stay in contention.
Chumpy still inspires Aussie snowboarders
Two years after his death, the presence of Alex "Chumpy" Pullin still inspires the Australian Olympic snowboarders, as the men set out in the snowboard cross.
Chen sets world record in figure skating
American figure skater Nathan Chen shattered the world record during his short program at the Beijing Olympics
Alisa was key piece in Anthony’s jigsaw
From one Olympic champion to another, Alisa Camplin-Warner helped Jakara Anthony's mind game match her physical and technical ability at the Beijing Olympics.
Australian Olympic luger looks to gen next
Alex Ferlazzo hopes Australia's best Winter Olympics finish in luge will inspire the next generation to try their hand on the icy track.
Golden girl Anthony eyes more moguls glory
Australia's newest Olympic champion Jakara Anthony won't return home for long before flying to Europe to target the overall World Cup moguls championship.
Anthony’s Brisbane-to-Beijing golden path
Australia's new Olympic champion Jakara Anthony credits a sunshine Brisbane training facility for fine-tuning her gold medal run on an icy Beijing night.
Anthony strikes gold in women’s moguls
Jakara Anthony has dominated the women's Olympic moguls event from start to finish to smash a 12-year gold medal drought for Australia at the Beijing Games.
Anthony wins gold in women’s moguls
Australian Jakara Anthony has won the gold medal in the women's moguls at the Beijing Olympics.
Coady third in snowboard slopestyle
Australian Tess Coady has won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard slopestyle at the Beijing Winter Olympics.