Welcome: Swimmer Stephanie Rice waves as she arrives with flag bearer James Tomkins (centre)
Olympians touch down in Sydney
Australia's Olympic team has arrived home in Sydney aboard two chartered Qantas Boeing 747 jets.
Triple gold medalist Stephanie Rice led the team off the first plane and shook hands with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd before walking down the stairs in the hangar at Sydney international airport. More
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Games finish
The Beijing Olympics, featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action, has drawn to a spectacular close.
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'Outstanding' performance
Australia's Olympians met expectations providing an "outstanding" performance at the Games, AOC head John Coates says.
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US 'Redeem Team' takes basketball gold
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Rogge closes Beijing Olympics
- London street party marks Beijing handover
- IOC gives Beijing Games seal of approval
- Devastated Troop ready to quit
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Hungary retains men's water polo supremacy
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France downs Iceland to win men's handball gold
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US coach lauds volleyball victory amid grief
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Wanjiru gives Kenya Olympic marathon gold
- Britain basks in golden Games
- Cammarelle wins super-heavyweight boxing gold
- Russia rules rhythmic gymnastics
- Zou gives China first boxing gold
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Enkhbat wins boxing bantamweight gold
- Sharks finish 8th in water polo
- Serbia beats Montenegro to take men's bronze
- Fast, furious Spain win handball bronze in gritty game
Video
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Lisa Millar and ABC reporters wrap-up the Beijing Olympic Games.
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Matthew Mitcham talks to the media outside the Water Cube.
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Watch an interview with Jamie Dwyer from the Australian men's hockey team.
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Kayaker Ken Wallace has made it two medals in two days - and this time it's gold.
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Latest from Beijing: Lisa Millar reports on the end of Australia's men's track and field gold medal drought.
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Steve Hooker spoke to the media outside the athletes' village shortly after winning gold in the men's pole vault.
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Watch an interview with Australia's kayak bronze medallist Ken Wallace.
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Jared Tallent talks to the media following his silver medal in the men's 50km walk.
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HG Nelson dissects the triumphs, tragedies and controversies of the Olympics with the Midday Report's Ros Childs.
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The Australian Men's hockey team have failed to defend the gold medal they won in Athens.
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The Chinese gold rush: Host nation China set to top the medal tally for the first time.
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Kerry O'Brien talks to AOC President John Coates.
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A Melbourne nursing home has hosted an 'Olympic Games' for its elderly residents.
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Opals face injury worries ahead of semi-final clash with the host nation China.
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Jane Saville ends her Olympic career on a disappointing note.
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The Boomers are out of the Olympic tournament after a loss to the USA. Watch their post-match press conference.
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Australians win bronze in softball competition, as the sport bows out of Olympics.
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Outstanding feats by Australian women at the Olympics have brought much relief to two sports under intense scrutiny.
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Australia's Anna Meares has finished with the silver medal in the women's sprint at the Beijing Olympics.
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Sally McLellan talks through her race at the AOC daily press conference.
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Lauren Jackson talks to the media as the Opals' progress to the semi-finals in Beijing.
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The Australian women's softball team will take on Canada in the semi-finals of the Olympic competition.
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Australian triathlete Courtney Atkinson admits disappointment at triathlon result.
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Hockeyroos bow out of Olympic competition.
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Watch part of the Australian Olympic Committee's press conference for Tuesday August 19.
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Great walls of China: less attractive parts of Beijing hidden from view.
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The 7.30 Report's extended interview with Emma Snowsill.
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Andrew Bogut expects the Boomers' quarter-final fight against the US to be tough.
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Emma Snowsill won gold for Australia in the women's triathlon.
Audio
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News Online: Grandstand's Karen Tighe caught up with Steve Hooker to reflect on his gold medal win in the men's pole vault final.
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News Online: Jared Tallent talks to the media following his silver medal in the men's 50km walk.
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News Online: Grandstand's Karen Tighe spoke with Darren Bundock, one half of Australia's silver medal-winning crew in the tornado class.
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News Online: Grandstand's Tim Gavel spoke with veteran Australian kayaker and former gold medallist Clint Robinson, who ended his Olympic career in Beijing.
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News Online: Grandstand's Julian Abbott spoke with Australian basketballer Andrew Bogut about the Boomers' chances against the United States in the quarter-finals
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News Online: Grandstand's Peter Walsh spoke with Opal Tully Bevilaqua to discuss Australia's 79-46 victory over the Czech Republic.
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News Online: Grandstand's Julian Abbott caught up with Nikki Hudson and Kate Hollywood to reflect on the Hockeyroos's exit from medal calculations.
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News Online: Grandstand's Karen Tighe caught up with Australia's Emma Snowsill and Emma Moffatt to reflect on their gold and bronze medals in the women's triathlon
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News Online: Grandstand's Karen Tighe asked Australian sailor Nathan Wilmot to reflect on his gold medal won with Malcolm Page in the men's 470 class.
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News Online: Grandstand's Karen Tighe spoke with one half Australia's gold medal-winning crew in the women's 470 class, Elise Rechichi.
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News Online: Grandstand's Simone Thurtell chatted with Emma Snowsill's father Gary to reflect on his daughter's win in the women's triathlon.
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News Online: China is reeling after the sensational last-minute exit of defending Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang.
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News Online: Grandstand's Peter Walsh caught up with Boomer Brad Newley following Australia's 106-75 victory over Lithuania.
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The World Today: Australian coach Ken Wood has been criticised for selling his training program to the Chinese swimmer who beat Australia's Jessicah Schipper to gold.
Features
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Streaks ahead
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt says his new 200 metres world record will be his forever.
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Power balance shift
Eight-star China and their neighbours carried all but three of the weightlifting gold in Beijing.
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US drop the baton
The US will conduct a port-mortem into a their disappointing Olympic athletic performance.
'Outstanding' performance
Photos
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Australia at the Olympics
Australian action from the Beijing Olympics.
Top Shot
The head coach of Hungary, Denes Szecsi, is thrown into the water by players Gabor Kis (11), Norbert Hosnyanszky (6) and Norbert Madaras (3) after they defeated the US 14-10 to win the men's water polo gold medal tonight.
Athlete Profiles
- Michael Phelps
- Usain Bolt
- Stephanie Rice
- Emma Snowsill
- Chris Hoy
- Jared Tallent
- Yelena Isinbayeva
- Anna Meares
- Sally McLellan
- Libby Trickett
- Kenenisa Bekele
- Lionel Messi
- Alain Bernard
- Grant Hackett
- Leisel Jones
- Melissa Wu
- Ryan Lochte
- Lyndsie Fogarty
- LeBron James
- Kosuke Kitajima
- Veronica Campbell-Brown
- Kobe Bryant
- Jeremy Wariner
- Lauren Jackson
- Jamie Dwyer
Analysis
Gerry Collins
Caroline Davison
Tim Gavel
Tracey Holmes
Quentin Hull
Charlie King
Glenn Mitchell
Drew Morphett
David Morrow
Karen Tighe
Peter Walsh
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