Fresh from her Olympic campaign, Mary Konstantopoulos speaks to Australian judo athlete Aoife Coughlan about her Tokyo experience, and why she’s looking toward Paris 2024. When Aoife Coughlan’s parents Paul and Jean met decades ago doing judo at university, little did they know that they were starting a connection to the sport which would continue …
The Tokyo Olympics have proven themselves a worthy distraction this year and the Siren family has been brimming with talk of their favourite Olympic moments. Australia brought home medals in 46 different events—ten of the 17 Gold alone were won by women. We decided to go around and collect some personal favourites. It was especially …
Deakin University journalism student Felicity Smith looks at some recent—and not so recent—commentary on women’s sports uniforms and the control over women’s bodies. Uniforms are significant—historically so. Uniforms in sport are there to identify, to unite, to unify the player with the watcher. Athletes can use them to show pride, either in their country or …
Of the 488 Australian athletes headed for Tokyo, 261 are women. Here are some of the women who paved the way for today’s superstars to shine.
Siren Collaborator Mary Konstantopoulos speaks to Aussie Stingers captain Rowie Webster about fighting for gold in a very different Olympic Games. Rowie Webster landed in Tokyo last week, alongside her Australian Stingers teammates, preparing to represent Australia in her third Olympic Games. Plenty has changed for Webster since she made her Olympic water polo debut …