Monday Aug 25 20:48 AEST
By Roger Vaughan | 25 Aug 2008One has a wedding to organise, another was looking forward to her first chartered flight and a third simply craved sleep.
Monday Aug 25 12:41 AEST
25 Aug 2008There were more than a few Australian athletes with sore heads on Monday morning after a night out celebrating the end of the Beijing Games.
Monday Aug 25 10:43 AEST
By John Coomber | 25 Aug 2008The Lithgow Flash was so impressed by seeing Usain Bolt run 100 metres in 9.69 seconds she felt like digging out the old spikes and getting back on the track.
Sunday Aug 24 22:42 AEST
By Darren Walton | 24 Aug 2008Australia's Olympic heroes, led by golden girl Stephanie Rice and pole vaulter Steve Hooker, let their hair down as the Beijing Games came to a conclusion.
Sunday Aug 24 20:25 AEST
By Roger Vaughan | 24 Aug 2008Everyone knew Australian cycling would fall short of their dazzling Athens 2004 campaign, but no-one thought Beijing would be this barren.
Sunday Aug 24 20:13 AEST
24 Aug 2008Gold medal rower Drew Ginn is bed ridden with a back injury, rowing partner Duncan Free says.
Sunday Aug 24 19:58 AEST
By Crystal Ja | 24 Aug 2008From Matthew Mitcham's diving prowess to Stephanie Rice's sizzling form in the pool, Australia has its young Olympians to thank for its success at Beijing.
Sunday Aug 24 19:54 AEST
By Valkerie Mangnall | 24 Aug 2008Australian Olympic weightlifter Damon Kelly longs for the day when he can train fulltime.
Sunday Aug 24 17:46 AEST
By James Dampney | 24 Aug 2008American basketball veteran Lisa Leslie has found a new way to get under Australian skins after wearing all four of her Olympic gold medals on the podium.
Sunday Aug 24 17:43 AEST
By Doug Conway, Senior Correspondent | 24 Aug 2008How long can Australia's Olympians keep out-performing all but a handful of the mightiest nations on earth?
By John Salvado | 24 Aug 2008Australia's Beijing haul of four track and field medals was their best at Olympic level since 1968 - the faraway days of Ralph Doubell and Maureen Caird.