Women in sport

Emma McKeon rounded out her stint at the Tokyo Olympics with four gold medals and three bronze medals, cementing her place in history.

To infer that Simone Biles isn’t “strong”, as Piers Morgan has, is an insult to her courage at the Olympics, and the many years leading up to it.

On Tuesday night, Simone Biles withdrew from the women’s gymnastics team final, after competing in one vault that was not up to her usual, dazzling standards.

We shouldn’t forget who Naomi Osaka is. A strong tennis player, a passionate activist, and a mixed-race woman who represents contemporary Japan.

Kaylee McKeown said winning gold was dream come true, and paid tribute to her father, who died of brain cancer 11 months ago at age 53.

Table tennis player Jian Fang Lay has made history at the Tokyo Olympics, joining Mary Hanna as the only Australian women to compete in six Olympic Games.

In a departure from the norm, the German gymnastics team elected to wear full length unitards at the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers on Sunday.

Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo but research shows female athletes are likely to cop abuse online when the competition starts.

Here’s a list of some of the most exciting women and girls to watch at the Tokyo Olympics this year, across sports and nationalities.

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined for wearing shorts, and not bikini bottoms, at a European championship match.

Two-time Paralympic champion Olivia Breen was “left speechless” after she was told her competition briefs were too short by an official.

Australians Judy Tegart Dalton and Kerry Melville Reid have been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame with the ‘Original 9’.