Australian swimmers celebrated their dominating performance at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday but only for a moment. They are keeping their eyes on the bigger prize — the 2024 Paris Olympics. Having brought their top team of Olympic champions and world record holders to Birmingham, the ...
Duel in the Pool between U.S. and Australia to return in Sydney
The three-day event at Sydney's Olympic Park from Aug. 19-21 will bring together 30 Olympic, Paralympic and national team swimmers from both countries.
For foreign athletes, the Tokyo Olympics present myriad challenges
From lack of training time due to the pandemic to the intense Tokyo heat, the difficulties foreign athletes faced just to get to the Tokyo Olympics were as varied as the athletes themselves.
What to watch on Day 5 of the Tokyo Olympics
Another showdown between a pair of stars in the pool and a much-anticipated debut for Samurai Japan in baseball highlight another busy day in Tokyo.
Ecstatic coach of Australia's Ariarne Titmus goes viral with medal-worthy celebrations
Coach Dean Boxall leaped in the air, tore off his mask and screamed ecstatically, headbanging with his surfer-like hair tumbling around him.
The American was 0.66 seconds ahead at the halfway point but Titmus grabbed the lead at the 350-meter mark and never looked back.
