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Doping
Athletics Australia demands answers over the treatment of Peter Bol
Australian runner Peter Bol has been officially cleared of doping by Sport Integrity Australia. His previous ban was lifted because of an inconclusive result.Â
- by Michael Gleeson
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Opinion
WADA
Why wrongly accused Peter Bol deserves an apology
Bol has been cleared, but his accusers have not. There are now a litany of questions federal sports minister Anika Wells must answer.
- by Michael Gleeson
Opinion
Drugs in sport
Peter Bol has finally been cleared of doping, but he deserves answers about his treatment
The Australian middle-distance runner was the victim of a botched investigation by anti-doping authorities.
- by Andrew Webster
Deng breaks Bol’s Australian 800m record in France
Joseph Deng clocked one minute 43.99 seconds at a meet in France overnight, shaving 0.01s from Peter Bol’s benchmark.
- by Steve Larkin
Meet the rising para-athletics star with a triple Olympian in her corner
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor had never coached a para-athlete before. That was until she met Mali Lovell, who has just made her first Australian team.
- by Tom Decent
Raising the bar: Eleanor Patterson fights back to defend world title
Australian high jumper Eleanor Patterson overcame injury when she won gold at the world championships in 2022. This year, history is repeating itself.
- by Billie Eder
Teens star as 200m sprint, Sally Pearson’s hurdles records fall
Australia unearthed two track stars of the future at the national junior athletic championships, with Delta Amidzovski breaking Sally Pearson’s under-18 record in the 100m hurdles, and Queenslander Gout Gout setting a new national record in the under-18 men’s 200m sprint.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘I want to be a threat on the global scene’: Browning clocks record run
Rohan Browning reckons it’s only a matter of time before he joins countryman Patrick Johnson in the exclusive sub-10 second club after clocking the fastest 100m time by an Australian on home soil, and the third quickest ever by an Australian.
- by John Salvado
Opinion
LGBTQ
Does race to regulate transgender athletes have to be a zero-sum game?
As more sporting governing bodies formulate rulings around the participation of transgender athletes, we seem to be forgetting that these are matters involving real human beings.
- by Darren Kane
Editorial
Editorial
Peter Bol’s drug test result looks increasingly to be running on empty
Australian runner Peter Bol’s career was brought to a standstill after he was accused of drug cheating but questions about the validity of the test have authorities running for cover.
- The Herald's View
‘Just amazement’: The Aussie champ who competed against Fosbury and his famous flop
Australian high jumper Lawrie Peckham was a decent shot at winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. Then Dick Fosbury ran in and jumped backwards.
- by Iain Payten