Short's emphatic 400m win
Sam Short wins comfortably in the men's 400m freestyle final at the 2025 Australian swimming trials, leading home Elijah Winnington.
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7NEWS
41 minutes ago
- 7NEWS
Wild scenes as pole vault superstar Armand Duplantis breaks world record again
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet, but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres — the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Armand Duplantis breaks world record again. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: 'This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here.' Of his landmark leap, he added: 'I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. 'My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her.' He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. 'That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions,' Olyslagers said. 'I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working.' In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. 'I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool,' beamed Hall. 'I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that.' Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus.
The Advertiser
44 minutes ago
- The Advertiser
Piastri won't blame teammate over Montreal collision
Oscar Piastri believes there were no "bad intentions" from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who caused the dramatic high-speed Canadian Grand Prix collision between the pair that's only boosted the Australian's F1 title hopes. As George Russell delivered a brilliant pole-to-chequered flag drive to win from Max Verstappen in Montreal on Sunday, Norris crashed out of the race, taking all the blame for banging his car into the back of Piastri as they duelled dramatically for fourth place with just three laps left. Going for a gap on the inside that simply wasn't there in a bid to edge past the championship leader, the 320kph collision ended with Norris's car stricken, its front suspension broken, and Piastri's coming off relatively unscathed so he was able to complete the race in fourth place under the safety car. Norris ended up saying sorry to Piastri after the race, with the Victorian graciously shaking his hand and accepting his apology - "that's all right" - for a rash manoeuvre which could easily have sent them both spinning out of the race. Instead, the calamity for a pointless Norris meant Piastri increased his championship lead over his teammate from 10 points to 22. Verstappen is 43 points adrift of the Aussie. Norris accepted immediately he was in the wrong. "It is all my bad," he said on the team radio. "All my fault. Unlucky. Stupid from me." Later, he added: "I take full blame and I want to apologise to my whole team and to Oscar for attempting something like that." The ever cool Piastri himself shrugged it all off, saying he thought it was a "fair" attempt. "I don't think there were any bad intentions involved. I think it was just unfortunate really. I will go and have a look, obviously," he added. "Lando made quite a large move into turn 10. I held my own into the chicane and it was definitely a tough battle, but a clean one up until that point." A duel like this, and a probable collision, was first predicted back in April by McLaren boss Zak Brown, but Piastri said he hoped they'd still be allowed to go head-to-head again. "We're fighting for a world championship and very thankful to the team that they allow us to race," said the Aussie. "I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing until the end." Kimi Antonelli was a spectacular third - earning his first podium finish at just 18 - to complete Mercedes' big afternoon, but the balance of power in the McLaren camp has once more shifted significantly in Piastri's favour with his points advantage now almost an entire race's worth. Piastri was pipped from third on the grid at the start by the bravura Antonelli and had a rare difficult outing outside the top three. Norris, who had started from seventh on a different strategy on hard tyres that allowed him to run longer in the race, did well to get himself into position to challenge Piastri with 11 laps left. It was a terrific duel, as Norris first dipped underneath Piastri at the hairpin only for Piastri to draw back alongside him into the final chicane and regain the position before the English driver's over ambitious swoop down the inside. Behind Piastri, Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were fifth and sixth. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, Haas' Esteban Ocon and Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr. rounded out the top 10. Piastri certainly wasn't satisfied, despite his increased lead. "For me, this weekend wasn't good enough," he said. "And it's still far, far too early to think that's a comfortable advantage or anything like that." Oscar Piastri believes there were no "bad intentions" from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who caused the dramatic high-speed Canadian Grand Prix collision between the pair that's only boosted the Australian's F1 title hopes. As George Russell delivered a brilliant pole-to-chequered flag drive to win from Max Verstappen in Montreal on Sunday, Norris crashed out of the race, taking all the blame for banging his car into the back of Piastri as they duelled dramatically for fourth place with just three laps left. Going for a gap on the inside that simply wasn't there in a bid to edge past the championship leader, the 320kph collision ended with Norris's car stricken, its front suspension broken, and Piastri's coming off relatively unscathed so he was able to complete the race in fourth place under the safety car. Norris ended up saying sorry to Piastri after the race, with the Victorian graciously shaking his hand and accepting his apology - "that's all right" - for a rash manoeuvre which could easily have sent them both spinning out of the race. Instead, the calamity for a pointless Norris meant Piastri increased his championship lead over his teammate from 10 points to 22. Verstappen is 43 points adrift of the Aussie. Norris accepted immediately he was in the wrong. "It is all my bad," he said on the team radio. "All my fault. Unlucky. Stupid from me." Later, he added: "I take full blame and I want to apologise to my whole team and to Oscar for attempting something like that." The ever cool Piastri himself shrugged it all off, saying he thought it was a "fair" attempt. "I don't think there were any bad intentions involved. I think it was just unfortunate really. I will go and have a look, obviously," he added. "Lando made quite a large move into turn 10. I held my own into the chicane and it was definitely a tough battle, but a clean one up until that point." A duel like this, and a probable collision, was first predicted back in April by McLaren boss Zak Brown, but Piastri said he hoped they'd still be allowed to go head-to-head again. "We're fighting for a world championship and very thankful to the team that they allow us to race," said the Aussie. "I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing until the end." Kimi Antonelli was a spectacular third - earning his first podium finish at just 18 - to complete Mercedes' big afternoon, but the balance of power in the McLaren camp has once more shifted significantly in Piastri's favour with his points advantage now almost an entire race's worth. Piastri was pipped from third on the grid at the start by the bravura Antonelli and had a rare difficult outing outside the top three. Norris, who had started from seventh on a different strategy on hard tyres that allowed him to run longer in the race, did well to get himself into position to challenge Piastri with 11 laps left. It was a terrific duel, as Norris first dipped underneath Piastri at the hairpin only for Piastri to draw back alongside him into the final chicane and regain the position before the English driver's over ambitious swoop down the inside. Behind Piastri, Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were fifth and sixth. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, Haas' Esteban Ocon and Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr. rounded out the top 10. Piastri certainly wasn't satisfied, despite his increased lead. "For me, this weekend wasn't good enough," he said. "And it's still far, far too early to think that's a comfortable advantage or anything like that." Oscar Piastri believes there were no "bad intentions" from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who caused the dramatic high-speed Canadian Grand Prix collision between the pair that's only boosted the Australian's F1 title hopes. As George Russell delivered a brilliant pole-to-chequered flag drive to win from Max Verstappen in Montreal on Sunday, Norris crashed out of the race, taking all the blame for banging his car into the back of Piastri as they duelled dramatically for fourth place with just three laps left. Going for a gap on the inside that simply wasn't there in a bid to edge past the championship leader, the 320kph collision ended with Norris's car stricken, its front suspension broken, and Piastri's coming off relatively unscathed so he was able to complete the race in fourth place under the safety car. Norris ended up saying sorry to Piastri after the race, with the Victorian graciously shaking his hand and accepting his apology - "that's all right" - for a rash manoeuvre which could easily have sent them both spinning out of the race. Instead, the calamity for a pointless Norris meant Piastri increased his championship lead over his teammate from 10 points to 22. Verstappen is 43 points adrift of the Aussie. Norris accepted immediately he was in the wrong. "It is all my bad," he said on the team radio. "All my fault. Unlucky. Stupid from me." Later, he added: "I take full blame and I want to apologise to my whole team and to Oscar for attempting something like that." The ever cool Piastri himself shrugged it all off, saying he thought it was a "fair" attempt. "I don't think there were any bad intentions involved. I think it was just unfortunate really. I will go and have a look, obviously," he added. "Lando made quite a large move into turn 10. I held my own into the chicane and it was definitely a tough battle, but a clean one up until that point." A duel like this, and a probable collision, was first predicted back in April by McLaren boss Zak Brown, but Piastri said he hoped they'd still be allowed to go head-to-head again. "We're fighting for a world championship and very thankful to the team that they allow us to race," said the Aussie. "I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing until the end." Kimi Antonelli was a spectacular third - earning his first podium finish at just 18 - to complete Mercedes' big afternoon, but the balance of power in the McLaren camp has once more shifted significantly in Piastri's favour with his points advantage now almost an entire race's worth. Piastri was pipped from third on the grid at the start by the bravura Antonelli and had a rare difficult outing outside the top three. Norris, who had started from seventh on a different strategy on hard tyres that allowed him to run longer in the race, did well to get himself into position to challenge Piastri with 11 laps left. It was a terrific duel, as Norris first dipped underneath Piastri at the hairpin only for Piastri to draw back alongside him into the final chicane and regain the position before the English driver's over ambitious swoop down the inside. Behind Piastri, Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were fifth and sixth. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, Haas' Esteban Ocon and Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr. rounded out the top 10. Piastri certainly wasn't satisfied, despite his increased lead. "For me, this weekend wasn't good enough," he said. "And it's still far, far too early to think that's a comfortable advantage or anything like that." Oscar Piastri believes there were no "bad intentions" from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who caused the dramatic high-speed Canadian Grand Prix collision between the pair that's only boosted the Australian's F1 title hopes. As George Russell delivered a brilliant pole-to-chequered flag drive to win from Max Verstappen in Montreal on Sunday, Norris crashed out of the race, taking all the blame for banging his car into the back of Piastri as they duelled dramatically for fourth place with just three laps left. Going for a gap on the inside that simply wasn't there in a bid to edge past the championship leader, the 320kph collision ended with Norris's car stricken, its front suspension broken, and Piastri's coming off relatively unscathed so he was able to complete the race in fourth place under the safety car. Norris ended up saying sorry to Piastri after the race, with the Victorian graciously shaking his hand and accepting his apology - "that's all right" - for a rash manoeuvre which could easily have sent them both spinning out of the race. Instead, the calamity for a pointless Norris meant Piastri increased his championship lead over his teammate from 10 points to 22. Verstappen is 43 points adrift of the Aussie. Norris accepted immediately he was in the wrong. "It is all my bad," he said on the team radio. "All my fault. Unlucky. Stupid from me." Later, he added: "I take full blame and I want to apologise to my whole team and to Oscar for attempting something like that." The ever cool Piastri himself shrugged it all off, saying he thought it was a "fair" attempt. "I don't think there were any bad intentions involved. I think it was just unfortunate really. I will go and have a look, obviously," he added. "Lando made quite a large move into turn 10. I held my own into the chicane and it was definitely a tough battle, but a clean one up until that point." A duel like this, and a probable collision, was first predicted back in April by McLaren boss Zak Brown, but Piastri said he hoped they'd still be allowed to go head-to-head again. "We're fighting for a world championship and very thankful to the team that they allow us to race," said the Aussie. "I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing until the end." Kimi Antonelli was a spectacular third - earning his first podium finish at just 18 - to complete Mercedes' big afternoon, but the balance of power in the McLaren camp has once more shifted significantly in Piastri's favour with his points advantage now almost an entire race's worth. Piastri was pipped from third on the grid at the start by the bravura Antonelli and had a rare difficult outing outside the top three. Norris, who had started from seventh on a different strategy on hard tyres that allowed him to run longer in the race, did well to get himself into position to challenge Piastri with 11 laps left. It was a terrific duel, as Norris first dipped underneath Piastri at the hairpin only for Piastri to draw back alongside him into the final chicane and regain the position before the English driver's over ambitious swoop down the inside. Behind Piastri, Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were fifth and sixth. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, Haas' Esteban Ocon and Williams' Carlos Sainz Jr. rounded out the top 10. Piastri certainly wasn't satisfied, despite his increased lead. "For me, this weekend wasn't good enough," he said. "And it's still far, far too early to think that's a comfortable advantage or anything like that."
The Advertiser
44 minutes ago
- The Advertiser
Soaring in Sweden: Olyslagers, Duplantis hit heights
High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies High jumper Nicola Olyslagers and 3000m runner Linden Hall made it a special day for Australian athletics at the Stockholm Diamond League meet but they were still mere support acts to another world-record show-stopper from the incredible Armand Duplantis. Pole vaulter supreme 'Mondo' wowed his home fans in the Swedish capital's venerable Olympic Stadium on Sunday by soaring to 6.28 metres -- the 12th time the 25-year-old has set a fresh landmark. The double Olympic champ improved his previous mark, set in February, by one centimetre on his first attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall had to settle for second with a 5.90m vault before his great pal Duplantis cleared 6.00m and set the stage for his record-busting vault, making the new landmark look preposterously easy. 'Mondo' sprinted away from the landing mat in ecstasy, tore off his vest to celebrate his first ever world record on Swedish soil and declared: "This was one of my biggest goals and dreams, to set a world record here." Of his landmark leap, he added: "I almost couldn't believe it, it felt like the very first time I broke the record. It feels unreal, I'm just so happy, it's a cloud nine feeling. It's hard to explain, it's hard to compare, it felt a bit like the Olympics. "My grandma, she wanted me to promise yesterday that I would break the world record today - so I had a lot of pressure on me to do that in front of her, and I'm glad I could do it for her." He reckoned he would celebrate with a night on the town in Stockholm with the visiting sprint king Usain Bolt, who was watching from the stands. Earlier, Paris silver medallist Olyslagers had outjumped her Olympic conqueror Yaroslava Mahuchikh with an equal season's-best 2.01m leap to the Ukrainian star's 1.99m. Olyslagers' domestic rival Eleanor Patterson was joint-fourth with a 1.91m effort. "That felt great, jumping out there in those conditions," Olyslagers said. "I take great inspiration competing against other world-class high jumpers, and am managing the travel to and from Australia by allowing myself more time -- and it is working." In the 3000m, the 33-year-old Victorian veteran Hall enjoyed the best win of her career as she knocked over five seconds off her personal best, battling home to clock 8min 30.01sec and oust Ugandan Sarah Chelengat by 1.26sec. "I won a 1500 metres here a few years ago but hadn't won a Diamond League race before. I've finally got there so it's pretty cool," beamed Hall. "I hadn't started well but I got to the last 600 and thought 'I've got a little more in the legs'. This is my favourite Diamond League and now this only adds to that." Two other Australians ended on the podium, with Queenslander Ky Robinson finishing third in the men's 5000m in a lifetime best 12:58.38 behind Swedish winner Andreas Almgren's European record 12:44.27, and Matthew Denny's 68.14m throw earning him bronze in the discus. With agencies
