Sport
Swimming
Jack has been to hell and back. Now, finally, she will be an Olympian
Even on a Sunday in mid-2024, when Shayna Jack’s drug ordeal is behind her and she will soon board a plane to Paris, the subject is still enough to draw tears.
- by Emma Kemp
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Shayna Jack's emotional moment with coach
Sprinter Shayna Jack, whose life in recent years was rocked by a drugs bombshell, shared a raw and beautiful moment with coach Dean Boxall after qualifying for the Paris Games in the women's 100m freestyle at Australia's Olympic trials.
Australian Paralympic swim team announced
Alexa Leary and Rowan Crothers are among the stars set to compete in the pool at the Paris Paralympics.
‘I had an incredible journey’: Cody Simpson’s Olympic dream is over
Cody Simpson says he can hold his head high after falling short of his quest to become an Olympian.
- by Tom Decent
Cody Simpson reflects on 'amazing journey'
The chart-stopping sensation reflects after falling short in his dream to become an Olympian.
Cody Simpson falls short in Olympic shot
Celebrity swimmer Cody Simpson failed to qualify for the Olympics at Australia's Paris 2024 trials.
Touching moment from rivals caps golden career as Cate Campbell’s Paris dream dashed
The four-time Olympian could not overcome a crack field in the 50m freestyle at the Australian trials, but it led to an “incredibly special” moment immediately after the race.
- by Emma Kemp
Cate Campbell's legendary career draws to a close
Cate Campbell missed out on a top-two spot in the women's 50m freestyle on the final night of Australia's Paris 2024 trials. She won't be going to Paris and her legendary career is done.
Emotional Cate Campbell interview tugs at heart strings
Cate Campbell spoke to Nine's Giaan Rooney after her final swim as an elite athlete, the women's 50m freestyle final at Australia's Paris 2024 trials.
Analysis
Olympics
Twist in Chinese doping scandal hangs over Australian Olympic trials
News that three of the Chinese swimmers who tested positive to TMZ before the Tokyo Games had also returned positive tests for clenbuterol years earlier made for an uneasy backdrop in Brisbane.
- by Emma Kemp
Jack breaks silence on China drugs scandal as further positive cases emerge
Shayna Jack, whose two-year drugs ban deprived her of a place at the Olympics in 2021, has responded to the news three Chinese gold medallists from Tokyo tested positive to Clenbuterol in 2016-17.
- by Tom Decent