Olympic Games

Politics & Society

Australia must protect future Olympians from abuse

With athletes at the ‘Youthful’ Olympics as young as 11 years old, more needs to be done to protect young people in sport from any kind of abuse

Health & Medicine

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Analysis

The biomechanics of going really, really fast

From swimming to shot put, biomechanics can identify key physiological traits that contribute to athletic success in Olympic sports

Health & Medicine

Olympians shouldn’t pay a punishing mental price for gold

As we head into the Paris Olympics, the mental health of elite athletes is finally becoming less stigmatised and that can only be a good thing

Health & Medicine

The precision of vision for Olympic gymnasts and divers

Elite athletes like Simone Biles and Greg Louganis spend years training their bodies, brains and vision to give peak Olympic performances

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Is this summer a moment of truth for France?

As we head into the Paris Olympics, has the dream been compromised, even ruined, by other upheavals in France’s fevered summer?

Politics & Society

What does it take to run faster, throw further, jump higher?

Many of us are aware of anti-doping regulations in elite sport, but there are also unregulated non-doping performance-enhancing strategies that give an inequitable advantage to some athletes

Politics & Society

The symbolism of the Olympic Games

With indications that it may have to accept the inevitable, why has Japan been adamant that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games should go ahead in the face of COVID-19?

Politics & Society

Will the Winter Olympics ease tensions on the Korean peninsula?

The world’s attention is turning to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and North Korea’s participation may be cause for cautious optimism

Sciences & Technology

Yes, Aussie swimmers ‘choked’ in Rio

Australia likes to compare itself to the best of the best in the pool, so why did Team USA leave us trailing in the Olympic pool?

Health & Medicine

The sexism Games

The Olympic ideal is about a competition of equals, but no one told a media for whom gender makes some athletes more equal than others