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With its new La Défense Arena, Paris sets the benchmark for sustainability

The history of the Olympic Games has often been one of cost overruns, but Paris 2024 wants to change all that

Evening Standard

Push for new 2032 stadium shut down by govt

A renewed push to build a new 2032 Brisbane Olympic stadium has quickly been shut down amid claims it does not fall under the funding envelope.

AAP

Ewing duel looms as swell arrives, Tahiti Pro delivers

Tahiti's Olympic wave will be pumping when Australian Ethan Ewing faces an early Games pressure test against retiring American surfing legend Kelly Slater.

AAP

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Nobel Winner Yunus Brings 'Social Business' Mantra To Olympics

Since the early days of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has been receiving advice from a prestigious counsel: Nobel peace prize winner and social business guru Mohammed Yunus.

International Business Times

Olympic marathon selection saga over for Weightman

Lisa Weightman has ended her appeal bid against non-selection in the marathon for the Paris Olympics.

AAP

Gabby Douglas ends hopes of competing at Paris 2024, still dreams of LA 2028

Gabby Douglas’s dreams of winning a fourth Olympic gold medal this summer appear to be over after she withdrew from the US gymnastics championships

The Guardian - US

Why Christian Pulisic and other USMNT stars aren’t on the 2024 Olympic men’s soccer roster

It will be a very different USMNT squad at the Paris Olympics.

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Olympic boxers handed prize money boost for winning medals at Paris 2024

Gold medallists will be awarded $100,000 while silver and bronze medals will take home $50,000 and $25,000 respectively

The Independent UK

Karsten Warholm: ‘I’m the world’s biggest hypocrite over super spikes’

The 400m hurdles Olympic champion once criticised a rival over their footwear but has changed his mind before defending his title

The Guardian - UK

This travel company is offering a Paris Olympics trip worth £16,000 to ‘luxury sports critic’

Exclusive: A high-end hotel, private champagne tasting, and tickets to the opening ceremony await one lucky traveller

The Independent UK

Senegalese rifleman who fought for France prepares to carry Olympic flame

Oumar Dieme, a former rifleman from Senegal who fought alongside the French during its colonial wars, will help carry the Olympic torch as part of the opening of this summer's Paris Games. The 91-year-old says it's a miracle he was picked.

Radio France Internationale

Renewed call for new stadium build for Brisbane 2032

The Brisbane 2032 Olympics are on track to be sustainable, the Games organising committee chief says, as she renews the push for a new stadium.

AAP

Snowboarders get Olympic-sized halfpipe boost

Australia's snowboarders will soon be able to train at home although the halfpipe is said to be unrelated to that built in 2013 for American legend Shaun White.

AAP

Hooper gets Paris Olympic sevens commentary call-up

A groin injury threatens his selection, but Michael Hooper is set to be part of the Olympic sevens after the Wallabies great was named a commentator for Paris.

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The Independent UK

Josh Kerr makes 1500m Olympic medals guarantee after beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Kerr broke the British record, and beat firece rival Ingebrigtsen, in the mile race at a recent Diamond League event and believes Team GB are entering a golden period for men’s 1500m running

The Guardian - UK

‘The world didn’t care enough’: Ukrainian climber’s journey from Crimea to Olympic chance

From a dynasty of Ukrainian climbers, Jenya Kazbekova was displaced by Putin’s invasion with her family but now she is determined to reach Paris 2024

Cycling News

'Last chance to be Olympic champion' - Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to end MTB career after 2024

Multi-discipline star re-opens door for a return to the road with final big MTB goal at her home Paris Olympics

The Guardian - UK

How do athletes peak for the Paris Olympics? Well, here are my tips

Sports science is challenging traditional approaches but perspective and staying in the present can make a difference

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Aussie rowers bag four World Cup silver medals

Building towards the Paris Olympics, Australia's rowing team have claimed four silver medals at the World Cup, but the highly fancied men's eight missed out.

USA Today Sports Media Group

13-year-old breaks 42-year-old California swimming record held by Olympian

Gabi Brito broke two records over Memorial Day weekend, one of which was a 42-year old record held by 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres.

AAP

Aussies Picklum, Wright through to last eight in Tahiti

Molly Picklum and Tyler Wright are through to the quarter-finals of the Tahiti Pro as the Australian pair get to grips with the Olympic break at Teahupo'o.

AAP

Stop body shaming kids playing sport: Olympic champion

With the Paris Olympics two months away, swim champion Libby Trickett has joined a campaign to protect young people's body image and combat body shaming.

The Independent UK

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix ‘elated’ with 10m platform qualification for Olympics

The 19-year-old finished ahead of Lois Toulson and Eden Cheng.

The Guardian - AU

Australian rowers out to correct curious quirk of Olympic history at Paris Games

One of the sport’s most successful nations has never won gold in the eight but a selection gamble could help break the drought this year

The Guardian - UK

Olympic Games’ €1.4bn clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine

Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events

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