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Australia's Leora Yates at the medal ceremony at the 2019 World Masters Weightlifting Championships.
August 29, 2019, 10:35 am
Gold a weight off Yates’ shoulders at Worlds
Leora Yates showed mental strength is just as important as physical strength when winning her second straight World Masters Weightlifting Championships title in Montreal, Canada on August 24.
By Shane Desiatnik
Photo: Julie Kerbel
October 11, 2018, 12:12 pm
One final foray for brilliant Besser
Veteran masters ironman and triathlete Michael Besser is preparing for his last international event, the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, this weekend.
By Aaron Fetter
Going from strength to strength: Leora yates. Photo: Black Rose Photography
September 6, 2018, 1:16 pm
Yates raises the Bar-celona
Leora Yates won a gold medal for Australia at the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation's Masters World Championships late last month.
By Shane Desiatnik
Paul Ephron (left) and Brett Yudelman in Cairns.
June 21, 2018, 10:00 am
Yudelman qualifies for Ironman 70.3 Worlds
Maccabi NSW triathletes Brett Yudelman and Paul Ephron competed in the 2018 Cairns Asia Pacific Ironman 70.3 Championships, a world championships qualifying event.
By Shane Desiatnik
Deborah Greenbaum representing Australia at the 2018 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Portugal.
June 14, 2018, 5:52 pm
Rocky road to aerobic gymnastics worlds
Deborah Greenbaum's road to representing Australia at last week's Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Portugal was marked with obstacles she found a way to overcome.
By Shane Desiatnik
Neil Slonim and Josh Goldstat recently won their respective age groups at the Tasmanian Sprint Distance Triathlon Championship.
May 3, 2018, 2:43 pm
Jewish triathletes qualify for world titles
Five Jewish triathletes have been chosen to represent Australia at the International Triathlon Championship World Titles on the Gold Coast in September.
By Aaron Fetter
NSW Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres presenting canoe slalom champion Jessica Fox with the Athlete of the Year award.
November 30, 2017, 12:00 am
Fox named NSW’s best athlete
Two-time canoe slalom Olympic Games medallist Jessica Fox was named Athlete of the Year at the inaugural NSW Champions of Sport Awards in Sydney on November 27, capping off another highly successful year on the rapids.
By Shane Desiatnik
Steven Solomon made his return to World Championships athletics on August 5 in the men’s 400m in London, and is now turning his attention to the Commonwealth Games and US college athletics. Photo: Duke University
August 11, 2017, 2:19 pm
Solomon returns to world stage
Taking his mark for Australia in the men’s 400m heats at the World Athletics Championships in London on August 5 was a milestone moment in the context of Steven Solomon’s running career.
By Shane Desiatnik
Australian lacrosse player Liam Harari plays against the Taiwanese team in South Korea last week. Photo: Liss Ralston
June 29, 2017, 10:15 am
Australia reaches finals of Asia Pacific champs
AFTER five wins and one loss during the tournament, the Australian lacrosse team faced Japan in the grand finals of the 2017 Under-23 Asia Pacific (ASPAC) Lacrosse Championships in South Korea over the weekend.
By Yael Brender
Jessica (left) and Noemie Fox at the women's C1 final at the Australia Open. Photo: Delly Car/Australian Canoeing
February 23, 2017, 9:49 am
Fox sisters shine at canoe Australian Open
IT was a classy sister act at the 2017 Canoe Slalom Australian Open in Penrith last weekend, with Jewish siblings Jessica and Noemie Fox coming first and second in the women’s C1 (single canoe) final.
September 24, 2013, 5:00 pm
Fantastic Fox on top of the world
AUSTRALIAN canoeist Jessica Fox has continued her dominance on the world stage, adding the C1 world championship to her already impressive trophy cabinet, after a stellar performance in the Czech Republic on the weekend.
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