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Winter OlympicsPremium‘Deeply grateful’: Historic Aussie appointment

One of Australia’s greatest Winter Olympians has been appointed chef de mission for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.

Marco Monteverde

NewsPremiumLegend goes ‘Olympic mode’, saves four teens

The short track speed skater, who was the first Australian athlete to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, saved four girls.

Elena Couper

Second Miracle CommentsBradbury channels ‘Olympic mode’ to rescue drowning girls

After becoming Australia’s first Winter Olympic champion Steven Bradbury, is being celebrated once again - this time for his bravery in saving the lives of four girls off the Sunshine Coast last year.

Jake Santa Maria

Bizarre test resultsPremiumThe dog... failed my drug test? Star’s wild doping defence

A five-time Olympian has been exonerated of doping because it was found the substance entered her body through the skin after a series of messy struggles with her pet dog.

OlympicsPremium‘Trailblazer: Australia’s oldest Olympian dies

A Winter Olympic trailblazer who escaped communist Czechoslovakia on skis before representing Australia has died.

Russell Gould

Real LifeTouching trait in Chumpy’s miracle baby

The widow of Australian snowboarding champion Alex “Chumpy” Pullin has shared the one feature in their miracle daughter that reminds her of him.

Madeleine Achenza

Winter OlympicsPremiumInspiring story behind ex-AFL prospect’s Paralympic dream

Once on the cusp of an AFL career, life changed in an instant for Josh Hanlon when a bacterial infection led to his legs and hand being amputated and led him to a very different sporting career.

Callum Dick

International Women’s DayTrailblazing Aussie female athletes to celebrate on IWD

From Olympians, to tennis stars, to AFLW trailblazers - here are just some of the ground-breaking female athletes in Australia worth celebrating this International Women’s Day.

Samantha Rogers

Saying farewellClosing ceremony’s ‘unifying’ message amid testing times

The Winter Olympics have closed with a spectacular ceremony and words of praise for the Chinese hosts of a "truly exceptional" Games.

Christian Hollmann

Sliding awayNo top-10 finish for Leonora legend

WA’s Kiara Reddingius and bobsleigh partner Bree Walker couldn’t crack the top 10, but had plenty of fun to cap Australia’s breakthrough sliding campaign at the Winter Olympics.

AAP

No pain barrierVideoAussie snow star won medal with BROKEN ankle

Australia’s Tess Coady has revealed she won her Winter Olympics bronze medal while competing with a broken ankle.

Catherine Healey

Gold rushEx-Perth student claims gold for New Zealand

Nico Porteous is turning New Zealand's Beijing Olympics into a gold rush, with the 20-year-old taking out the ski halfpipe event.

Pat Graham

Winter warriorsVideo‘Think I’ve stuffed it up’: WA bobsleigher overcomes nerves

Australian pair Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius have been left exhilarated as they performed beyond expectations over the first two runs of the two-woman bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics.

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Bobsled duoVideoLeonora legend clocks fast start in Olympic debut

WA’s Kiara Reddingius has made a fast start in her Olympics debut, with the Leonora legend and teammate Breeana Walker less than one second off the pace in Beijing.

Catherine Healey

Winter OlympicsWhy Perth can claim a slice of Kiwi ski star’s success

Nico Porteous was raised between Christchurch and Perth but will be flying the Kiwi flag in the Freeski Halfpipe Final in Beijing on Saturday, where he is the favourite to claim gold.

Samantha Rogers

Winter OlympicsThree runaways: Why our officials defied Beijing boycott

Three Australian government officials have defied the country’s diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, but with 2032 looming larger by the day, the explanation seems obvious.

Jacquelin Magnay

Winter OlympicsLeonora legend set for bobsleigh moment of truth

Leonora-raised Winter Olympian Kiara Reddingius launches her medal aspirations on Friday, alongside pilot Bree Walker, with the official heats of the two-woman bobsleigh.

Neale Harvey

Blushes spared CommentsControversial teen skater stumbles out of medals

The 15-year-old at the centre of the latest Russian Olympic doping scandal was left in tears tonight after a series of falls in the figure skating meant she finished a devastating fourth, sparing IOC blushes.

Winter OlympicsHeartbreak for Aussie as medal hunt ends in ski cross semis

Australian Sami Kennedy-Sim made a strong run in the ski cross before she was eliminated from medal contention, finishing last in her semi-final.

Roger Vaughan

Winter OlympicsSNOW WAY! Cameraman cleaned up by Olympic skier

A cameraman has been cleaned up by an athlete in the men’s freeski halfpipe qualifying event in Beijing. 

Samantha Rogers

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Body shaming & sexualising teens: Figure skating’s ugly truth

It is the worst-kept secret in Winter Olympic sport that young female figure skaters are among the most abused athletes in all disciplines, yet nothing has been done to stop it.

Julian Linden

SuspensionSkier‘s doping positive - after competing in three events

Ukranian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska has been provisionally suspended after becoming the latest Winter Olympian to fail a drugs test.

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Winter OlympicsTough day for Aussies in cross-country, slalom

Australia has missed out on qualifying for the final in both the men’s and women’s cross-country skiing team sprints in Beijing on Wednesday.

Mitchell Woodcock

Olympic scandalPremiumValieva listed two legal boosters on doping forms

Russian Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form, according to documents submitted in her case

Eddie Pells