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After a poor Olympics and retirements, a new-look Hockeyroos squad are back together in training
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Australia could fall from the top echelon of world sport unless almost $100m in extra funding is allocated
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As we wind up the gymnastics program, the lingering issue is whether or not some Chinese team members were under-aged. With claims surfacing last week that the diminutive gold medallist He Kexin was 14 years old, the problem was isolated. Since then howev ..Read more
What an outstanding performance by Steve Hooker ... I am so happy for him! He didn't have it easy - having so many clearances on his third attempt. He was under lots of physical, mental and emotional pressure and he handled it beautifully. It w ..Read more
Skies are clearing up here in Beijing. The Water Cube is an amazing building, it's fantastic to finally be here.As a team we are hoping to do well and hopefully there will be some support in the crowd, of course a lot of our parents are here, so it will b ..Read more
I thought I would do something a bit different for a change, since I'm still at our final training camp in Sydney and not yet in Beijing, there's nothing super exciting to talk about as were in our tapering stage and taking it pretty easy most days. I tho ..Read more
Welcome back, I have just left Malaysia after the swim team’s staging camp. This will be the last time I write, since my busy race schedule will not permit me too much time for writing when I get into Beijing. ... ..Read more
Today I'm off to Beijing along with the rest of the Australian Diving team. I can't wait to get over to Beijing, move into the Olympic village, get my Australian Uniform and get into the Olympic atmosphere.As this is my first Olympics, as you can imagine ..Read more
Position |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 2 | United States | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 3 | Russia | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 | Britain | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Australia | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |