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Kieran Pender

Kieran Pender is an Australian writer, lawyer and academic. He has covered the Olympics, the Women's World Cup and the Men's World Cup for the Guardian

January 2025

  • Top Australian cyclist Caleb Ewan has been erased from Team Jayco AlUla’s squad ahead of the Tour Down Under.

    Mystery surrounds Caleb Ewan’s future after top cyclist erased from team roster

  • Image of Kieran Pender diving in Indonesia

    Summer essentials
    Scuba diving has opened my eyes to a new world. Being a beginner again feels magical

    Kieran Pender

December 2024

  • Tracks Magazine celebrates issue 600 with Australia’s eight-time surfing world champion Stephanie Gilmore on the cover

    Surfing sells: Tracks celebrates 600th issue with Stephanie Gilmore on its cover

  • Allan Langer, Darren Lockyer and Mal Meninga superimposed over an aerial image of Juba

    The curious case of South Sudanese streets named after Australian rugby league greats

November 2024

  • Matthew Richardson wins the men's sprint final at the UCI Track Champions League in France

    Matthew Richardson’s grand cycling betrayal will leave an asterisk on his glittering career

    Kieran Pender
    After issuing the findings of its review into the Olympic hero’s defection to Great Britain, AusCycling’s upset is understandable

October 2024

  • Lachlan Morton with crowd

    ‘I’m pretty smoked, mate’: Lachlan Morton completes epic 14,200km ride around Australia in record time

    Pro cyclist ends 30-day journey in home town of Port Macquarie, smashing previous record by nearly a week

September 2024

  • World champion Grace Brown of Australia dons the rainbow jersey on the podium.

    Sportblog
    Grace Brown’s historic double ensures she bows out on top of the cycling world

    The Australian will retire having gone from not owning a bike less than a decade ago to winning Olympic and world titles in the same year
  • Lachlan Morton rides through the outback

    ‘It’s a lot of pedalling, mate’: cyclist Lachlan Morton making record pace in 14,200km journey around Australia

    The professional rider says the demands of the outback odyssey are ‘wildly different’ from racing as he eyes fastest circumnavigation
  • Current leader Ben O'Connor

    Sportblog
    Can Ben O’Connor hold on to Vuelta lead and enter Australian cycling history books?

    The Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale rider’s lead is perilous but with a week to go he remains in red and in bike racing anything can happen

August 2024

  • Curtis McGrath of Australia celebrates his gold medal in the men's single 200m canoe sprint VL3 Final A at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

    Paralympians to set the record straight as Australia’s golden decade beckons

  • Para-swimmer Brenden Hall and wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario are Australia’s flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

    Paris Paralympics: 10 Australian stars to watch at the 2024 Games

  • Matt Formston stands in the water at Manly in 2022

    After conquering 50-foot wave, Australian blind surfer seeks Paralympic inclusion

  • Australia discus thrower Matthew Denny celebrates with Olympic pole vault gold medallist Nina Kennedy at Stade de France during Paris 2024

    A joie de vivre in Paris revived the Olympic spirit to leave Tokyo Games in alternative universe

    Kieran Pender in Paris
  • Australia’s golden Games: pinnacle or new base for nation punching above its weight?

  • Paris 2024 final day of Olympics: USA deny France to win women’s basketball and top medal table – as it happened

  • Opals return to Olympic podium with basketball bronze on final day of Paris 2024

  • How Australia outshone Great Britain at Olympics

  • Silver for Stingers after falling just short in Olympic water polo final against Spain

  • Australia sportwatch
    ‘Really disappointing’: Australia’s chef de mission hits out at trolling of breaker Rachael Gunn

  • Jess Hull: Australia’s rising star with eye on 1500m upset and historic first in Paris

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