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flag Australia won 53 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a smaller team, adding new sports like skateboarding and breaking.

flag Australia's Olympic presence has evolved since the 2000 Sydney Games, where it won 58 medals with 632 athletes, highlighted by Cathy Freeman’s gold and Ian Thorpe’s five swimming medals. flag At the 2024 Paris Olympics, despite a smaller team of 460 athletes, Australia won 53 medals across 42 events, embracing new sports like skateboarding, BMX Freestyle, and rugby sevens, which brought gold in Rio. flag Successes include Keegan Palmer’s skateboarding gold, Logan Martin’s BMX gold, and medals in golf, marathon swimming, and breaking. flag While some new events drew controversy, Australia continues expanding its Olympic footprint, with cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash set to debut in Los Angeles 2028.

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