Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is splashing out on a no-expenses-spared party at the Paris Games for what she says will be the best Australian swim team in history – insisting they deserve nothing but the very best the French capital has to offer.
Mollie O’Callaghan led a golden day for Australia on day three in the pool.
Mollie O’Callaghan has broken through for her first individual Olympic gold medal, surging past teammate Ariarne Titmus as the Dolphins went one-two in a 200m Freestyle final that lived up to its primetime billing at the Paris La Défense Arena.
Mollie O’Callaghan held her nerve – and held off star teammate Ariarne Titmus – to claim gold in an epic women’s 200m final that lived up to the hype.
Proposed laws which would allow opponents of fossil fuel projects to hold up projects indefinitely are causing concern and uncertainty in the energy industry.
Day One Wrap: Golden girls and boys made Australia top of the world medal tally after the nighttime swim performances.
Australia’s blue riband Men’s and Women’s Coxed Eights will seek to showcase top end speeds in respective bids to win their heats at the Olympic Games on Monday 29 July.
Dolphins head coach Rohan Taylor believes freestyle great Kyle Chalmers grows a foot taller in the green and gold after his relay heroics launched the Aussies onto the podium and set up a potential medal charge in the 100m Freestyle.
For kids who grow up on the coast of Australia, learning to swim is as much a cultural phenomenon as a survival skill. Primary school swimming programs are compulsory in several states and there are hundreds of learn-to-swim businesses across the country dedicated to teaching water safety.
Cate Campbell is gone, and sister Bronte was confined to the heats, but Australia’s 4x100m freestyle women are as dominant as ever, winning their fourth consecutive gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night.
Three years after she joined Ian Thorpe at the summit of Australian Olympic success, Emma McKeon, has taken the final step to reach the absolute peak.
