We mark the 40th birthday of the most decorated Olympian in history with extracts from the archive, a couple of galleries and other images from Patrick B. Kraemer, and my top 15 favourites from the G.O.A.T's Games-Over collection
Perhaps it takes a swimmer ... this week saw Kirsty Coventry take the IOC throne and immediately reach for review and reform of Thomas Bach's wilfully opaque Olympic bidding process. To what end? Time, and action, not words, will tell, but the first runes read well
Five golds between two men in Paris and the first NCAA Championship title for the Sun Devils - Bob Bowman & Team, the only choice for Top Men's Coaching Campaign of 2024. Trophies, Cups and Shields For Those Who Came Closest
"It’s unbelievable to think that Tinkerbell just showed up and sprinkled it all over the kitchen." Travis Tygart. WADA responds ... to Russian agency TASS
In our Thema & Timeline, we welcome Susie O'Neill to the board of the Australian Olympic Committee and mark today's 25th anniversary of her confining Mary T Meagher's epic 1981 World 200 'fly record to history; plus - the first Soviet Olympic swim champion, Galina Prozumenshikova
