Peter Bol
Glamour sprinters, marathon mums, pole power: 10 athletics events you can’t miss
The athletics program for Paris 2024 kicks off on Thursday, with plenty of drama and intrigue – and potential world records – to watch out for.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Our middle-distance runners haven’t won an Olympic medal for decades. But now…
In a field long dominated by Kenyans, Australia’s track athletes are gaining serious pace.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘We support Peter’: Bol’s Olympic place secure despite revelations in anti-doping hearing
Athletics Australia says Peter Bol’s spot at Paris 2024 will not be affected by the revelations that included the discovery of a screenshot of doping information on his phone.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Investigations
Screenshot found on Peter Bol’s phone contained doping information
The Australian runner’s lawyer labelled the discovery meaningless and its airing by WADA an appalling attempt to shirk responsibility for falsely accusing his client of doping.
- by Michael Gleeson and Nick McKenzie
Court of Arbitration for Sport hears debate about Peter Bol
The Australian Olympian's lawyer blasted anti-doping officials at a hearing into another athlete after they raised fresh information.
WADA makes drug testing changes after Bol ‘disaster’
Drug testers will alter how they test for the endurance drug EPO after a World Anti-Doping Agency review prompted by Australian Olympian Peter Bol’s case.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘I can take anyone’: How Peter Bol fought back from false doping accusation to make Olympic team
He’s been wrongly accused, temporarily banned, and sidelined by a pesky hamstring injury. But Peter Bol is not only “thrilled” to be back on the Australian team for Paris 2024; he also sent a warning that he is there to win gold.
- by Michael Gleeson
Teen wins race for the ages, as Australia name first athletes for Paris
Days after her 19th birthday, Claudia Hollingsworth was among the first track and field athletes named on Australia’s team for the Paris Olympics.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Olympics
‘We were actually praying for the rain’: Olympic hopeful wins Gift amid wild weather
In a Stawell Gift remarkable for even starting, let alone finishing, Jack Lacey has won the men’s final for 2024 and Chloe Mannix-Power the women’s at a waterlogged track where races were delayed and abandoned as wild weather hit.
- by Michael Gleeson
Peter Bol recently turned 30 and got engaged. One more thing would cap his ‘biggest year yet’
After a turbulent 18 months, 800m runner Peter Bol has reconsidered ideas of retirement after Paris 2024 and is now more driven than ever to race for Australia.
- by Michael Gleeson
Peter Bol’s comeback ends in 800m heat, doping police admit case against him was ‘a disaster’
Peter Bol made his comeback in Budapest after having his career derailed by a doping debacle, but he failed to qualify for the 800m semis. In a small consolation, doping authorities admitted his case had been a disaster.
- by Michael Gleeson