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McLellan back in training for London hurdle
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Iain Gustafson reports Olympic silver medal winning hurdler Sally McLellan is back in training.
Tributes flow for McCann
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Friends and family have payed tribute to marathon gold medallist Kerryn McCann, who died from breast cancer last night.
Reputed Olympic ticket scam mastermind arrested
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Police in Britain have arrested five people believed to be behind an Olympic ticket scam which tricked sports fans in dozens of countries including Australia.
Shamed Jones talks for first time post-jail
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Once considered one of the world's greatest athletes, disgraced drug cheat Marion Jones has spoken for the first time since leaving prison. Despite being found to have lied to investigators about taking performance enhancing drugs, Jones maintains she could have won Olympic medals in Sydney - even without the drugs.
Lean London Olympics likely
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The ongoing global financial crisis has slashed the budget of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
IOC still on look-out for Beijing drug cheats
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The International Olympic Committee says it will retest up to 5000 doping samples taken during the Olympic Games. The IOC plans to use new technqiues and says the action proves that drug cheats are never safe from detection.
British begin campaign to top Aussies in 2012
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It's four years from the next Olympics, and already Britain has put its traditional sporting rival, Australia, on notice. The heads of the British and Australian Olympic organisations were in Sydney today to share some barbs and banter amid serious planning for the next Games.
Canberrans welcome home Olympians, Paralympians
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Hundreds of Canberrans have welcomed home Australia's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
Cathy Freeman's brother killed in car crash
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Dea Clark reports Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman's younger brother Norman has been killed in a car crash in north Qld.
Melbourne throws Olympic homecoming
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Tens of thousands of people have welcomed home Australia's Olympians at a parade in Melbourne today.
Sydney welcomes Olympic heroes
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Australia's Olympic athletes have signed autographs and met some of the thousands of spectators who turned out in central Sydney to officially welcome them home from Beijing.
Australian Olympians celebrate success with Sydneysiders
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Lisa Millar talks to Midday's Andrew Robertson about the official parade underway in Sydney's CBD to welcome Australia's olympians home.
Olympians welcomed home in parade
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More than 200 Australian athletes are marching through Sydney's CBD as part of their Olympic homecoming parade.
Sacked swim coach criticises adoration of Australian athletes
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The coach who sparked controversy during the Beijing Olympics for selling swimming programs to China has been dumped by his star butterflyer Jessicah Schipper. Ken Wood has responded by criticising the culture of worshipping swimmers in Australia saying labelling them "heroes" is not only ridiculous but damaging to the athlete.
Rousing reception for Aussie athletes
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Australia's Olympic athletes returned home to an emotional and highly staged homecoming.
Gold medal welcome for Olympians
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Australia's Olympic athletes returned home to an emotional and highly staged homecoming.
Australia's Olympic team returns
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Australia's Olympians have landed in Sydney to a warm reception from family, friends and the nation's political leaders.
Olympic athletes come home
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Australia's Olympic athletes returned home to an emotional and highly staged homecoming in Sydney this morning. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, joined family and friends to greet the athletes - some wearing their medals proudly and others still smarting at what might have been.
Olympic athletes return home
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Australia's Olympians are back from their Beijing mission, with the extra baggage of 46 medals.
Olympic team arrives home
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Australia's Olympians are back from their Beijing mission, with the extra baggage of 46 medals.
Call for the rethink of sports funding before 2012
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The chairman of the Australian Sports Commission says a good result for Australia at the 2012 London Olympics will require a rethink of the way sport is funded. Peter Bartels is calling for the amalgamation of the Australian Institute of Sport with the State and Territory bodies.
Olympians Homecoming
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Australia's Olympic team touched down in Sydney this morning. Although some of them looked tired there were plenty of smiles and hugs for families and friends who had gathered at Sydney airport.
Beijing wrap with Lisa Millar
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Beijing wrap: Lisa Millar and ABC reporters cover the successes, failures and future of the Olympic Games at the close of the Beijing games.
Beijing passes baton to London
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After a spectacular closing ceremony in Beijing, the Olympic Games have been officially handed to London.
China passes Olympic baton to London
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After a spectacular closing ceremony in Beijing, the Olympic Games have been officially handed to London.
