Sports
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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
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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
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Education
BMX teaches a valuable lesson: Success requires hard work and failure
BMX bike riding goes beyond physical fitness; enhancing mental health, social connectedness and personal growth
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Health & Medicine
“Come on, let’s go!” Helping kids find joy in physical activity
When it’s difficult to engage children in sports or active play, here are some ideas to help get kids moving, whatever their ability
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Sciences & Technology
The elite athlete training for an extreme Arctic race in a fridge
An ultra-marathon runner is training in a research refrigerator with a team of engineers ahead of a 230-kilometre Arctic race
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Sciences & Technology
Sports coaches make these seven kinds of decisions
Understanding the seven decision types sports coaches make – with their strengths and pitfalls – can help us all make better choices
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Business & Economics
Think the best footy players earn too much? Here’s why they should be paid more
The pursuit for competitive balance means teams are underpaying AFL’s top players, even those sitting on million-dollar contracts
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Politics & Society
The World Cup is a once-in-a-generation chance to inspire Australia’s kids
The Matildas playing at home in the Women’s World Cup is a unique opportunity to get children – particularly girls – into sport
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Health & Medicine
Nervous nineties or nerves-of-steel nineties?
Cricketers, on the verge of scoring a century, are often described as being in the ‘nervous nineties’ – a new study uses data to sort fact from fiction
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Health & Medicine
Giving everyone the right to sport
Sport and physical activity are designated as human rights, so young people in the justice system need to be equitable access too