Athletics
If people were shocked to see a Caucasian winning the men’s 400m last week, they should have seen the women’s 10,000m. One athlete was quoted as saying after the 400m, “I’ve never seen a white man run so fast.” Well, I’ve never seen a Chinese win a running competition at the Olympics [...]

No one knew her name, indeed no one had even heard of her before this. She stood among the rest, inconspicuous and yet outstanding at the same time.

She was comparatively small, and her young face had none of the competitiveness and ferocity of the faces around her. She didn’t have the fancy tank [...]

The Aussie Olympic spirit is getting to me. Was most surprised to realize I was unconsciously rooting for the Australian Men’s 4×200 freestyle relay, as evidenced by the fact that I was totally disappointed when they lost by hundredths of a second. True, the dismay wasn’t exactly long-lived, but hey, for one who has [...]

Finally. After all the predictions of disaster, accusations of incompetence and all round general hoo-ha, I’m glad Athens pulled off an amazing opening ceremony. The effects were awesome, my personal favourites being the mask that splits into a dozen pieces, the torch-bearers running through the air, and the exquisitely detailed, supremely creative parade through [...]

There is a new golden boy of Olympic swimming. And it wasn’t because of anything he did in the pool. After weeks of speculation, Craig Stevens has decided to give up his 400m freestyle Olympic spot to Ian Thorpe.

Thorpe was disqualified from the Olympic trials for his pet event when he dived in [...]