Guess who? Olympic medal winning swimmer looks unrecognisable as a teenager attending her high school formal in her mother’s satin dress By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:54 BST, 28 May 2021 | Updated: 12:58 BST, 28 May 2021 She’s one of Australia’s most accomplished athletes, but she looked unrecognisable as a teenager, … Read more
British Gymnastics coach under investigation after being accused of describing Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler as a ‘fat dwarf’, which reduced her to tears when she was 17, is helping to select Team GB’s Tokyo team Colin Still is accused of using the term ‘fat dwarf’ in an email to Amy Tinkler He was placed under … Read more
Champion Australian swimmer Giaan Rooney is selling her stunning Gold Coast pad. The 38-year-old and her husband Sam Levett completely renovated the waterfront home, but are now eyeing off a move to the country. While there is no price guide for the upcoming May 15 auction, Giaan first bought the pad six years ago for … Read more
Sweeping beach views and its own LIFT: Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett lists his stunning $1.5millon beachside villa on the Gold Coast for auction By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:38 BST, 30 April 2021 | Updated: 09:38 BST, 30 April 2021 Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett has put his stunning beachside villa on the Gold … Read more
Model Erin Holland is set to join the line-up of the 2021 season of SAS Australia, according to a new report. On Saturday, The Sydney Morning Herald claimed the former Miss World, 32, will join the intense military training-themed reality show. Also slated to take part is Olympian and 2013 Celebrity Apprentice runner-up, John Steffensen, 38, who the paper … Read more
Olympics legend Daley Thompson reveals he downed fizzy drinks during his career… and often scoffs chips instead of vegetables Thompson, 62, won gold in the decathlon at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics He said that as an athlete he avoided drinking water and eating vegetables Thompson added that he had eaten chips ‘three or four’ … Read more
The Olympic torch relay began in the tsunami-hit city of Fukushima today, kicking off a four-month countdown until the delayed summer Games in Tokyo. Tokyo’s Olympic games, delayed from 2020 due to Covid-19, are the first ever organised during a global pandemic. About 10,000 runners will carry the torch across Japan‘s 47 prefectures, including far-flung islands, … Read more
French world champion snowboarder, 40, is swept away and killed in an avalanche in Switzerland during off-piste descent on 10,000 sq ft mountain Julie Pomagalski perished while skiing off-piste with four others on Tuesday She died when a sheet of snow broke away on a 2,961-metre summit The second fatality was identified as Bruno Putelli, … Read more
Olympic surfing hopeful, 22, dies after being struck by lightning while training at El Salvador beach Katherine Diaz, 22, was struck by lightening shortly after entering the ocean She was training at El Tunco beach, south of the capital San Salvador Medics attended the beach but the surfer was pronounced dead at the scene She … Read more
Olympic Park tower sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor calls Britain’s treatment of jihadi bride Shamima Begum ‘disgraceful’ claiming she’d be returned safely to the UK ‘if she was white’ Anish Kapoor designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit artwork in London’s Olympic Park He criticised Britain’s treatment of Shamima Begum who joined ISIS in 2015 Ms Begum’s citizenship was revoked … Read more