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The ‘quad god’ falls in his final routine.

How the Quad God fell back down to earth and lost Olympic gold

American gold medal favourite Ilia Malinin fell twice in his final figure skating routine to leave Milan without a men’s singles medal.

  • Jake Niall

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Leicestershire’s bowler Scott Boswell after his sixth wide of the over. He lost his sporting career after pushing on through the incident.

‘Just couldn’t let go of the ball’: When Scott walked away from cricket at 26, he lost more than a career

When they choke, sportspeople are put under incredible pressure to push through, but leaving the field isn’t failing.

  • Ger Post
Who is the greatest athlete of all time?

Who is the greatest GOAT of them all? Our top 50 revealed

How do you measure greatness anyway? We invited our writers to rank their top 10 greatest athletes of all time, then compiled a top 50 based on their votes.

Usain Bolt celebrates as he wins the men’s 200-metre final at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The greatest athlete of the 21st century? Bolt runs away with it

ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.

  • Malcolm Knox

Online searches for ‘sex Olympics’ have hit the roof. I’m not surprised

To the naked eye, the Paris Games are surely the raunchiest Olympics to date.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
American supporters showing their colours at the Olympics in Paris.

‘Who would wear that – in public?’ Why there are no MAGA hats in Paris

Americans fans are strutting their stuff while Team USA takes the biggest sporting stage, but despite the sea of red, white and blue in the grandstands, one item is notably absent.

  • Konrad Marshall
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The Olympics is a once-every-four-years reminder that most of us are painfully ordinary and will remain that way forever.

‘Triple pike? I could do that’: The lies we tell ourselves during the Olympics

It may not be nice or fair, but comparing ourselves to athletes (and critiquing their technique) is basically an Australian national sport.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris after winning relay gold.

How Australia’s female Olympians rose up and roared

Australia’s female athletes have dominated the gold medals, the headlines, and the glory in France. They’re owning it, too.

  • Jordan Baker
Simone Biles has won her second gold medal of the Paris Games.

Simone Biles won gold, then put on a necklace to tease her critics

And still, she rises. Biles soared above the trauma, above the criticism, above the ghosts of Tokyo, and above even the laws of gravity, to leap further into history.

  • Jordan Baker
Snoop Dogg cheers during the gymnastics on day two at Bercy Arena.

The glamour games: Celebrities take over the Paris Olympics

Stars like Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise and Lady Gaga have flocked to France to catch a glimpse of Games.

  • Gemma Grant