Todd Balym

Gold Coast

Cricket and Franchises Editor at News Corp Australia

Husband, father of three , editor at Code Sports [email protected]

Articles

Aussie GOAT calls time on remarkable career

Nov 24, 2024 | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Todd Balym

It was fitting that the end of the greatest Olympic career of any Australian athlete came via an Instagram post and statement rather than a tearful, emotional interview. Emma McKeon might be Australia’s most successful Olympic athlete, but she’s always been far more comfortable behind the goggles in her own lane than behind a microphone and the centre of attention.
Emma McKeon, Australian Olympic champion, retires from swimming

Nov 24, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Todd Balym

Australia’s most successful Olympian Emma McKeon has confirmed her retirement from swimming after an incredible career that spanned across three Olympics and yielded an unprecedented 14 medals. McKeon, 30, announced she had hung up the goggles for good on Monday morning, bringing to the end a career that stretched back to her teens when she almost quit the sport after missing the 2012 London Olympic team.
Starc’s IPL Auction record shattered by insane Pant price

Nov 24, 2024 | townsvillebulletin.com.au | Todd Balym

Australia’s Mitchell Starc has picked up a $2m payday but his IPL record has been smashed as Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant secured an extraordinary $4.92m deal – the richest in IPL auction history. Starc was the fourth marquee player up for bidding at the IPL auction in Jeddah, but unlike his record 24.25 crore price last year he only sold for 11.75 crore ($2.13m) on Sunday night to the Delhi Capitals.
Aussie hockey athlete ‘arrested on suspicion of buying cocaine’

Aug 7, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Jon Ralph |Todd Balym |David Campbell

The Australian Olympic Committee is seeking further details amid reports an Australian hockey player was arrested after trying to buy cocaine in Paris. AOC officials were caught by surprise on Wednesday morning after local media reported a player was arrested in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The news was reported by a crime journalist for Europe 1 in France.
Aussie hockey athlete Tom Craig released with warning after cocaine arrest at 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Aug 6, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Jon Ralph |Todd Balym |Jacquelin Magnay |David Campbell

HockeyDon't miss out on the headlines from Hockey. Followed categories will be added to My News. Australian men’s hockey player Tom Craig has been released from a Paris holding cell with a warning after being arrested for buying cocaine on Tuesday night. Craig received no fine and no criminal record as a result of the arrest that took some of the gloss off our stunning Olympics campaign.
Aussie hockey athlete arrested on suspicion of buying cocaine at 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Aug 6, 2024 | heraldsun.com.au | Jon Ralph |Todd Balym

Australian men’s hockey player Tom Craig was arrested for allegedly buying cocaine on the streets of Paris on Tuesday night as some of the gloss of the stunning Olympic campaign was taken off by Aussies behaving badly. The 28-year-old Kookaburras striker had left a team function on Tuesday night and then only 15 minutes later was allegedly caught buying cocaine off a dealer.
‘A huge amount of grief’: Chalmers opens up on 100m freestyle fallout

Aug 3, 2024 | news.com.au | Todd Balym |Julian Linden

Kyle Chalmers says he has spoken directly with his Chinese swim rival Pan Zhanle to clear the air after the newly crowned Olympic champion accused the Australian of disrespecting him in Paris. Chalmers has opened up about the grief he had been subjected to during the fallout to their epic head to head clash in the Olympic 100m freestyle final but said everything was now fine between the pair. “A huge amount of grief, which is obviously very challenging to deal with mentally,” Chalmers said.
Kyle Chalmers goes for Paris Olympics gold in 100m freestyle

Jul 30, 2024 | adelaidenow.com.au | Todd Balym

Moments before Kyle Chalmers walked out to book his spot in the Olympic 100m freestyle final, Chinese world record holder Pan Zhanle tried flattery to unsettle the Australian superstar. It didn’t work. If there is one swimmer who has proven over almost a decade-long career that he is impervious to mind games it is the 27-year-old South Australian.
2024 Paris Olympic Games: Why swimming hasn’t produced world records

Jul 30, 2024 | news.com.au | Julian Linden |Todd Balym |Hayden Johnson

Unless the French accidentally used a faulty tape measure and built a 51-metre pool, there is no simple explanation for the lack of world records being set in swimming at the Paris Olympics. There’s no more exciting symbol on the electronic scoreboard at an Olympic pool than when the letters WR are flashed next to someone’s time in the milliseconds after they have touched the wall – because it signals they have just posted the fastest race in history.
Max Giuliani goes for broke in the 200 metre freestyle final at 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Jul 28, 2024 | thechronicle.com.au | Todd Balym

If you believe in the Aussie underdog story, then fishing store attendant Max Giuliani is the one to get behind as he hunts an unlikely Olympic medal in the 200m freestyle final. Every Olympic Games tosses up an unexpected great Aussie medal, a new name shot from oblivion into the spotlight with a sensational performance that defies the form guide.