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Tokyo Olympics live updates: Aussies in pursuit of more cycling medals, Kookaburras play for the gold medal match The Australian mens hockey team leads Germany at half-time of their semi-final match, as boxer Harry Garside guarantees himself a medal with victory in his quarter-final fight. Follow live. 3 August 2021 The Australian mens hockey team are playing Germany for a chance at the gold medal match. Meanwhile, boxer Harry Garside is guaranteed a medal after defeating Zakir Safiullin...

Advertisement Tokyo Olympics Day 11: Kookaburras into gold game, Boomers into semis v USA, Aussie boxer gets medal A Set the default text size A Set large text size Live Comments A Set the default text size A Set large text size Show Preview Off the back of a history-equalling haul of medals in the pool, the Aussies have come away empty thus far in the track and field events at the Olympics. Failing to medal in any athletics event outside of race walking in Rio, Aust...

Report03 Aug 2021 Last-round leap gets Mihambo gold in close Tokyo long jump clash Malaika Mihambo competes in the womens long jump final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (© Getty Images) For the most part the women’s long jump final in Tokyo on Tuesday (3) was more like an arm wrestle than a jumping competition, so closely matched were the leading contenders. In the end it took one moment of brilliance to claim the Olympic gold medal. World champion Malaika Mihambo trailed until the final ro...

Australia’s jumpers may dazzle to new heights in Tokyo A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size At next week’s 2021 Olympic Games track and field competition, Australia’s best prospect for success appears to be Nicola McDermott. McDermott had a recent high jump of 2.01 metres when coming second at the July 4 Stockholm Diamond League competition, just two centimetres behind the winner with the year’s best world pe...

With each game, however, Monmouth is wedging itself further and further into that conversation. The Mustangs continued their hot start to the season, bouncing back from two deficits to beat Maranacook 11-7 Monday afternoon. That’s now a 5-1 start for Monmouth, which entered the day in second place in the Class C South Heal points. Even coach Dave Kaplan had to admit that this kind of a start was far from a certainty. “I did not expect 5-1, let me tell you,” he said. “We’ve got a coupl...

The IOC and Japanese government would be seriously considering whether the Olympic Games still go ahead, Australia’s sports minister says.

Stevens, Hall and Bisset among Australian athletics additions to Tokyo 2020 team Monday, 19 April 2021 The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has formally added 15 members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including middle-distance stars Linden Hall and Catriona Bisset and discus world champion Dani Stevens. Hall, who made the final of the womens 1500 metres at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Bisset, the new womens Australian national record holder at 800m and 2019 Universiade champ...

Nicola McDermott celebrates her 2.00m jump at the Australian Championships (© Getty Images) Moments before she became the first Australian woman to clear a high jump bar set at two metres, Nicola McDermott was worried about a shoe. Not the ones she was wearing, which suited her just fine. First-time clearances at 1.86m, 1.90m, 1.94m and 1.97m attested to that. Not even a whole shoe. Just half a shoe. After missing her first attempt at 2.00m, McDermott wanted to move her run-up marker back half...

‘Unbelievable’: Aussie Olympian’s crazy feat SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 18: Nicola McDermott celebrates a cleared jump in the Womens High Jump Final during the Australian Track & Field Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on April 18, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images) Track and Field by Nic Savage 19th Apr 2021 5:37 AM Aussie Olympian Nicola McDermott has set a new nati...