Seven-time Olympic discus thrower Melina Robert-Michon was a natural choice to carry the flag in Paris for a French team with a smattering of global stars.
Murray Wenzel
There are 51 athletes hailing from Western Australia hoping for a life-changing experience in Paris. These are the Sandgropers most likely to challenge for gold.
Ben Smith
Star swimmers and rising track and field stars head the list of Australian athletes set to lead the charge for the green and gold at the Paris Olympics.
Katya Minns and Ben Smith
‘Omg what did I just watch?’
Harrison Reid
Australian sprinter Josh Azzopardi has been added to the field for the men's individual 100m at the Paris Olympics.
John Salvado
Australian middle-distance star Jess Hull has raced to a world record in the 2000 metres at a pre-Olympic Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
Ian Chadband
West Australian pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall has taken a huge leap forward in his comeback from injury with the Paris Olympics looming.
Glen Quartermain
Australia's athletics team for the Paris Olympics has been announced, with 75 selections making it the second-largest for the sport behind Sydney 2000
Roger Vaughan
Sprint star Rohan Browning is in the Australian Olympic athletics team, while there were some tough calls in the middle-distance events.
John Salvado and Roger Vaughan
Australian Olympic hopes Jess Hull and Nicola Olyslagers have played a big part in a double world record-breaking night at the Paris Diamond League meeting.
South African police are reported to have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag, who went missing last month, shot dead.
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Shericka Jackson has won the 200m race to complete the sprint double on the final day of the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has lowered her own world record once again, running the 400m hurdles in 50.65 seconds to win the US Olympic trials.
Carey McLeod, Shanieka Ricketts and Danniel Thomas-Dodd are among the athletes to have earned an Olympic ticket with wins at Jamaica's national titles.
Kayon Raynor
An Olympic sprint double remains on the cards for Noah Lyles, after the world champion added the 200m title to the 100m he had already won at the US trials.
Grant Holloway has won the 110m hurdles at the US track trials to earn a chance to capture the Olympic title that eluded him in an upset loss three years ago.
A world-leading 9.77-second 100m has earned Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson his first Olympic tilt, while Shericka Jackson also surged to victory.
Jamaica's sprinters appear to be hitting form at the right time with the Olympic Games in Paris less than a month away.
Noah Lyles and Sha'Carri Richardson have both cruised through in the heats of the US Olympic trials as the build-up to the Paris Games intensifies.
Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah has withdrawn from the Jamaican national championships due to injury ending her Olympic Games titles defence.
Olympic champion Athing Mu's hopes for a repeat title has come crashing down during the first lap of the 800m final at US track trials in Oregon.
Noah Lyles matched his personal best time of 9.83s as he won the 100m at the US Olympic track trials.
Eddie Pells
Sha'Carri Richardson has won the women's 100m at the US Olympic track and field trials.
Australian middle-distance runners Peyton Craig and Bendere Oboya have smashed their 800m personal bests as the Olympic selection race goes down to the wire.