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World champion Nina Kennedy will start as gold medal favourite in the women's pole vault (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
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Sophia McCaughan

Your what to watch tonight one minute guide: Day 12

Nina Kennedy could snare an athletics gold for Australia, while our sailors and cyclists are also in the hunt to top the podium.

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MyKayla Skinner says she has been the victim of cyberbullying after Simone Biles seemingly took aim at her on Instagram.
Olympics
Cameron Noakes

Retired star sends desperate message to adored Olympics hero

‘I am asking you directly and publicly to please put a stop to this.’

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Patty Mills’ match-tying shot over Nikola Jovic.
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Ben McClellan, Josh Kempton & Shayne Hope

How the Boomers were robbed of a shot at victory

Aussie basketball fans are seething over a last second decision that could have won the Boomers their Olympic final.

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Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon, left, is among those the internet has deemed the hottest male athletes at the Games.
Opinion
Sally Jones

Why shouldn’t women ogle Olympic hunks in trunks?

SALLY JONES: Men have been lusting after female sporting stars for decades so...

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Nina Kennedy, Matt Wearn and our women's beach volleyball team hold Australia's hopes of a record gold rush.
Olympics
Jackson Barrett

The Aussies that could carry us to record gold rush

Australia is on the cusp of sealing its greatest-ever gold medal haul, with several of our athletes in a strong position of helping achieve a record-breaking campaign tonight.

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Brian Goorjian has stepped down as Bombers coach.
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Olympics
Murray Wenzel and Josh Kempton

Boomers coach calls it quits after devastating Paris exit

Australian basketball coach Brian Goorjian has quit after the Boomers suffered a heartbreaking loss to Serbia in the Olympic quarterfinals overnight.

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Australia's women's water polo and beach volleyball teams are into semifinals.
Olympics
Jackson Barrett

Best bit of day 11: It’s semifinal time for these two teams

A 14-year-old became the youngest ever Aussie to win gold, a record was smashed on the track and two of our teams have stormed into semifinals. Here are the best bits of day 11

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Ana Bărbosu thought she had the bronze medal but burst into tears after the appeal.
Olympics
Kaetlyn Liddy

Olympic boycott announced over ‘absolutely dishonourable’ scandal

‘It’s totally unacceptable.’

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The quarter-final loss could be the last for a number of Boomers including skipper Patty Mills. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)
Olympics
Murray Wenzel

Mills coy on future after Boomers' overtime Games exit

With their Olympics ending with a 95-90 overtime loss to Serbia in their quarter-final, it likely marks the end of an era for the Boomers, led by Patty Mills.

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Australia’s athletes are punching above their weight on the per capita chart.
Olympics
Josh Kempton

Aussies punching above our weight on per capita medal tally

14 gold medal wins against a population of approximately 25.5 million people has Australia producing another strong effort on the Olympic per capita medal charts.

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Linden Hall raced out to the front in her 1500m heat, setting the pace to manage her injured calf.
Olympics
Glenn Valencich

Shock reveal as Aussie pulls off ‘impossible’ feat at Olympics

‘WOW you are a champion.’

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who is at the centre of a gender controversy storm, has won her way through to a gold medal bout.
Olympics
Josh Kempton

Controversy rages on as Algerian boxer wins through to final

The most divisive story of the Paris Olympics is set to rage on with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif winning her way through to a women’s welterweight gold medal bout.

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Cole Hocker stunned everyone to win the men’s 1500m final.
Olympics
Harrison Reid

Fiery Olympic final ‘ambushed’ by little-known outsider

The race of a lifetime between two bitter rivals was upstaged by an ‘absolutely unforgettable’ twist for gold.

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Matthew Glaetzer kisses his wife Nikki after snaring bronze.
Olympics
Chris Robinson

Veteran’s medal moment at last as Aussie trio snare bronze

The monkey is finally off Matthew Glaetzer’s back, with the athlete dubbed the most unlucky man in cycling finally breaking through for a medal alongside teammates Matthew Richardson and Leigh Hoffman.

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Even in ancient times, the Greeks warned that becoming an Olympian took untold ‘discipline’, but now the secrets of how the top athletes of ancient times got into Olympic shape have been revealed.
Health
Konstantine Panegyres

Carry cows, eat 8kg of meat: How to train like an Olympian

Even in ancient times, the Greeks warned that becoming an Olympian took untold ‘discipline’, but now the secrets of how the top athletes of ancient times got into Olympic shape have been revealed.

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