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The Raygun documentary ducks a big question about the Olympic fame of a ‘dorky white academic’

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly finds warmth and humor in Rachael Gunn’s ordeal, but never fully reckons with what her notoriety meant for breaking

Early in Netflix’s new documentary, Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly, Australian B-girl Rachael Gunn, recounts a session she had with her sports psychologist prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“Right before the Olympics, I went to my therapist, panicked,” she says. Her therapist asked her what was the worst thing that could happen. And she said, “The whole world could laugh at me.” Her therapist responded: “Do you think that’s reasonable?” Cue Gunn’s hysterical laughter.

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‘A cheeseburger worked really well’: the secrets behind a record-breaking 152-hour run

On a diet including plenty of fast food and with virtually no sleep, Australian endurance athlete Phil Gore ran 6.71km every hour for an entire week

Being wrenched out of deep sleep by your alarm and forced to leave the comfort of your bed can be a horrible experience at the best of times. To go through that process again and again over the course of one night sounds like a bad dream. But last week, for six days and 15 hours, it was Phil Gore’s reality.

It gets worse – or better, depending on your penchant for self-inflicted suffering. Each time ultra-runner Gore was woken he had two minutes to put on his shoes and headtorch before a bell signalled it was time to start his next 6.71km running lap. He had slept for no more than 15 minutes. Pounding the pavement in the dark while the Perth suburb of Forrestdale slept, Gore would return about 40 minutes later and jump straight back into the bed he had set up at the Armadale Soccer Club. Rinse and repeat, all night, then all day (minus the sleep), all week.

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© Photograph: William Buck

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Michael Hussey rejects England Test role to sign part-time deal with Australia

  • Stephen Fleming will continue search for batting coach

  • ECB could opt to retain caretaker Marcus Trescothick

Michael Hussey has rejected the chance to become England’s Test batting coach in favour of a part-time deal with Cricket Australia.

The former Australia batter held talks last month with the new England Test head coach, Stephen Fleming, about joining his backroom team but is understood to have opted to stay in Australia in a boost for Pat Cummins’ side before the Ashes next year.

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© Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

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Stefanos Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios’s cocaine ban was ‘pretty much expected’

  • Australian tested positive at event in June

  • Kyrgios and Tsitsipas have clashed in the past

Stefanos Tsitsipas says he is not surprised that Nick Kyrgios was suspended from tennis for taking cocaine.

“Pretty much expected, to be honest,” Tsitsipas said. “I am surprised it came so late, though.”

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© Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

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