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
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
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