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The absurdity of athletes choosing gold medals

Greg Norman played in four playoffs in major tournaments and lost all four to less distinguished Americans, including that notorious misfortune when Larry Mize chipped in to take the US Masters in 1987. The Shark was bested in playoffs v Mize, by Fuzzy Zoeller at the US Open (1984) and in the “tragedy at Troon” when Mark Calcavecchia overcame both […]

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Belarusian athlete ‘safe’ but out of Games after late night stand-off

A ham-fisted dispute between a Belarusian athlete and team officials over whether she should run a relay at the Tokyo track has morphed into an international incident, with the athlete in protective custody at an airport hotel and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) now involved. International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams today said Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarussian […]

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The schoolboy moment that launched Browning’s career

Australia’s fastest boy helped turn Rohan Browning into Australia’s fastest man, the country’s best sprinter in decades. On Sunday night, Browning will attempt to become the first Australian man in 65 years to qualify for the Olympic 100 metres final. But seven years ago he wasn’t even the fastest schoolboy in the country. He had just had his breakthrough run, […]

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Medal path opens up for McSweyn

The path for Australia’s athletics medal hope Stewart McSweyn has opened up with one of the best runners in the world, former Olympic gold medallist Taoufik Makhloufi, pulling out the Tokyo Games. The 33-year-old Algerian won gold in the 1500m in London in 2012 and silver in both the 800m and 1500m in Rio, but has now withdrawn from his […]

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