En Route to Paris

“I always wanted to be an Opal, ever since I picked up a basketball. It’s the pinnacle of the sport. But Australian professional basketball player Tess Madgen thought her dream was fading away, as she clocked up 10 years in the squad, and was nearing 30. “I just wanted to be an Olympian, I’d do anything I had to.” So imagine Madgen’s delight when she was named a member of the Australian Women's ba...

Jye Edwards knows better than anyone what a gruelling event 1500 metres is. The middle distance run is long enough that your body starts to hurt and stays that way, but short enough that you never really get the respite of easing off the pace. It takes a particular kind of person with a very particular mental fortitude to not only stay in that discomfort, but to excel at the highest levels. The Au...

Amy Lawton is an Australian Hockeyroos superstar. After representing Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the ripe old age of 19, she’s determined to go for gold in Paris… especially after claiming silver at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. And she’s just as fired up about getting younger players on the field, often acting as an ambassador for the sport to increase participation and insp...

Cassiel Rousseau has always had Olympic blood running through his veins. The grandson of French cyclist Michel Rousseau, who won gold in the men's sprint at Melbourne’s 1956 Olympics, Cassiel started out as an acrobatic gymnast before he began diving in 2017, and he’s carried that acrobatic style into his diving today. By 2020 he was competing in the Tokyo Olympics (he finished 8th), and he claime...

“Being a professional surfer is the greatest job in the world. The ocean is my office, nature is my business partner”  Surfer Sally Fitzgibbons is one of Australia's favourite athletes. She’s won multiple surfing titles around the world and represented Australia at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.  After 15 years on tour, Sally’s bubbly personality and positive attitude continue to resonate with the Au...

Boxing has always been about belonging for Australian boxer Harry Garside.  He was the skinny little kid desperate to impress his big brothers and his dad.  The nine year old who found brotherhood in the boxing gym. The teenager, bonding with champion Australian athletes from all sports during his time at the AIS.  Heading into his second Olympics, Garside’s keen to upgrade from his bronze in Toky...

"You're only as good as you are on your worst day... be better than your opponent on that day." It's a fitting quote shared by Australia's most successful track cyclist Anna Meares from her childhood coach Reg Tucker. This Australian cycling great is one well-qualified Chef de Mission for the Australian Olympic Team in Paris 2024. An Olympic rookie in 2004, who completely rehabilitated herself aft...

GO! The countdown to the Paris 2024 Olympics is underway. Join the squad with former Australian water polo player and three time Olympian Rowie Webster as she tracks down some of Australia's greatest athletes. Some are preparing to bring their Olympic dreams to life in Paris, and some have lived out that dream at Olympics past. Rowie delves into what makes these athletes tick, what motivates them...