SBS’s Stage-by-Stage guide to Tour
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I can’t wait to get my Tour de France fix. More like a scenic tour of countryside France, with a bit of cycling in the middle of it. lol.
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Our commentary team for the Tour de France just got even better! 
#TDF2025 | July 5-27 | SBS & SBS On Demand 
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Tour De France
Final stage, Stage 21, on Sunday, 27 July at midnight AEST
Catch the final stage of Tour De France 2025 with the SBS Cycling commentary team – who’ll be on the ground in France, taking viewers into the very heart of the peloton and bringing a wealth of personal experience, trusted analysis and expert commentary. Helming the Tour de France race coverage is Matthew Keenan, Simon Gerrans, Dr Bridie O’Donnell, David McKenzie and Christophe Mallet.
Tour De France Femmes
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is now in its fourth year and is firmly established as the biggest race in the women’s calendar. This year’s 9-day race, set entirely in France, will follow the longest route in the women’s race revival. It also takes the women to new heights, with a 1,165km route across four regions, with a total elevation gain of 17,240 metres.
Following a Grand Départ in Brittany on July 26 (01:20 AM Saturday overnight AEST), there will be two flat stages, three hilly stages and two medium-mountain stages, before the race finishes with two back-to-back high mountain stages. In 2024, Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma edged out Dutchwoman Demi Vollering by a mere four seconds—the narrowest winning margin in Tour de France history. Now, Vollering returns in 2025 as the race favourite, determined to reclaim the yellow jersey. The Tour de France Femmes will feature Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell, David McKenzie, and Christophe Mallet, with Gracie Elvin, and the new addition of our most successful female cyclist, recently retired Australian Olympic and World champion Grace Brown.
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SBS reveals expert commentary team for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September
Every session broadcast live and free on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
World champion Tamsyn Manou and renowned commentator David Basheer will join the doyen of sports commentators Bruce McAvaney as SBS’s broadcast team for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, which is shaping as a milestone event for an exceptional Australian team.
Every session of the nine-day World Athletics Championships (14 sessions of arena and road events, September 13-21) will be broadcast live and free across SBS VICELAND, and the World Athletics Championships Hub via SBS On Demand, which will also feature daily extended highlights, short clips and full replays of each session.
Lead commentator McAvaney said he was excited to be part of such a skilled and experienced commentary team guiding Australian audiences through this year’s world championships, which is regarded as the third-biggest sports event in the world in global reach (over one billion) behind the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cupᵀᴹ.
Triple Olympian Manou, the 2008 world indoor champion over 800m, was a member of the Australian athletics team for more than 15 years and brings to her role both an athlete’s insight and deep knowledge of the sport.
Since retiring as an athlete, she has taken that passion for the sport to the commentary box, working with McAvaney at both the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games and the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. She also worked as an expert commentator at last year’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Manou said: “I’m delighted to be joining Bruce and David in the SBS commentary team for one of my favourite events on the sports calendar, at a really exciting time for Australian athletics.
“The World Athletics Championships is just pure athletics and as a fan you can really immerse yourself in the sport. I think this is going to be one of the most watched world championships we have had, because the fans can sense that there’s something special happening with the Australian team.
“For me, the best thing about these championships is the journey that the athletes take from the heats to the semi-finals to the finals. By broadcasting every session live, SBS will take everyone on that journey from start to finish, and that will allow us to show how amazing these athletes are and to tell their stories. I can’t wait for it to start.
For 30 years Basheer has been commentating on international sporting events for SBS. His credits include five World Athletics Championships, 10 FIFA World Cups (men and women), UEFA Champions League finals, and track and road cycling world championships.
For this year’s World Athletics Championships, Basheer is excited to be calling field and multi events, where high jump world champions Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson, Olympic discus medallist Matt Denny, and world pole vault medallist Kurtis Marschall are certain to feature.
“It’s a golden generation of Australian track and field athletes – I’m looking forward to telling some compelling stories and working with a fabulous team,’’ Basheer said.
McAvaney added: “We’ll be bringing the best in the world to an Australian audience, and highlighting our great Australian athletes. I’ve never been more excited by the prospects of the Australian athletics team, not even before the Sydney Olympics. This team has everything – established champions, great young sprinters and incredible middle distance talent. You might have heard me say this before, but this is going to be special.’’
SBS Director of Sport Ken Shipp said: “SBS has broadcast ten editions of the World Athletics Championships since 2001 and we’ve assembled an expert commentary team for Tokyo that can take our audience right inside the action and tell the stories of the athletes with unmatched depth and enthusiasm. Australian athletics fans won’t miss a moment of one of the world’s great sporting events on SBS.’’
The quality of the likely Australian team for Tokyo, taking on the best from 200-plus nations at Japan’s iconic 67,000-set National Stadium, will make this event compelling viewing for Australian sports fans.
With seven medals (one gold, two silver, four bronze) won in Paris last year, the Australian athletics team is coming off its most successful Olympic Games since Melbourne in 1956, and appears to have found another level this year.
The emergence of an exciting generation of sprinters, led by 17-year-old Gout Gout and 21-year-old Lachie Kennedy, who won Australia’s first ever 60m medal (silver) at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March, has added an extra layer of intrigue to what was already a highly successful group.
They will join the likes of Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull, recent national 800m record-breaker Peter Bol, and teenaged middle distance tyros Cameron Myers and Claudia Hollingsworth in a national team that exudes class across the range of disciplines.
See the full schedule for SBS’s broadcast of the World Athletics Championships here.
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The “Special” Broadcasting Service.
If you’re reading it in Bruce’s voice, arent you. 
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Bruce and SBS. Now that is Special
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Will they be in the stadium or calling off tube?
Great seeing the World Athletic Championships getting some attention. Even greater having the Special himself, Bruce McAvaney on board.
edit: A nice cross promotion during tonight’s Tour de France (23/7 at 10.17pm) regarding the World Athletic Championships, with Bruce McAvaney doing a piece to camera with his pet dog.
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It’s on Channel 9 as well with Eddie Maguire and Tony😬 Jones as Commentators.
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As hosts not commentators surely?
Nine has not announced the commentary team for the World Athletics Championships yet, but I believe that David Culbert will be part of the team.
(Discuss Nine’s possible line-up in Nine Sports Broadcasting thread)
Pure Drama continues with the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift hot on the wheels of the Tour de France
LIVE and FREE on SBS, SBS VICELAND and SBS ON DEMAND exclusively from Saturday 26 July
Hot on the wheels of the Tour de France is edition four of the Tour de Femmes avec Zwift with SBS set to capture every stage live and free on SBS, SBS VICELAND and SBS ON DEMAND from July 26 until August 3.
Now in its fourth year, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is now firmly established as the biggest race on the women’s calendar. The 2025 edition marks a turning point in the history of the women’s Tour with the race to be contested over nine days for the first time, entirely in France.
As the Tour de France finishes in Paris, the women’s Grand Départ will already have taken place on July 26 from the Port of Vannes. It will follow the longest route in the women’s race revival and takes them to new heights, with a 1,165km route across four regions and a total elevation gain of 17,240 metres. There will be two flat stages, three hilly stages and two medium-mountain stages, before the race finishes with two back-to-back high mountain stages involving major climbs over the Col de Madeleine (the highest mountain of this Tour de France Femmes at 2,000 metres of elevation), Col de Joux Plane, and a mountaintop finale at Châtel Les Portes du Soleil.
In 2024, Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma edged out Dutchwoman Demi Vollering by a mere four seconds – the narrowest winning margin in Tour de France history. Now, Vollering returns in 2025 as the race favourite, determined to reclaim the yellow jersey.
Australian cycling is currently on a high with the results of Sarah Gigante in the Giro d’Italia Women, where she took two mountain-top victories enroute to finishing third overall. Aussies confirmed to be taking to the start line in Vannes include our current National Road champion, Ruby Roseman-Gannon, as well as Neve Bradbury, who finished third in the 2024 Giro d’Italia Women.
Helming the Tour de France Femmes SBS commentary from on the ground in France will be Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell, Gracie Elvin, and new addition, recently retired Australian Olympic and World champion Grace Brown. The team will take viewers into the heart of the peloton. With a wealth of personal experience, they will bring trusted analysis and expert commentary from all of the nine stages.
Every stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be broadcast live on SBS. Australian viewers can stream live, in full, on SBS On Demand. SBS also offers the Tour de France Hub for a variety of Tour de France Femmes content including extended highlights, full stage catch-ups and mini stage recaps. The SBS Sport website is a one-stop shop for the official Race Centre – which features statistics, results and live tracking of the riders, alongside the latest news, opinions and expert analysis, The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift broadcast times vary (full schedule here).
Fans will also have access to a new mobile-optimised Race Centre on the SBS Sport website. The Race Centre comes directly from the race organisers and will provide the key statistical features, including live tracking of riders, to help fans follow the race. This facility will replace the Skoda Tour Tracker app of past Tour de France editions.
For more information, visit the SBS Sport website: www.sbs.com.au/sport
SBS TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT FULL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
| STAGE | DATE | SBS TV LIVE SBS VICELAND – WA | LIVE STAGES IN FULL SBS On Demand LIVE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday 26 July | 25:20 – 27:50 AEST | 25:20 – 27:50 AEST |
| 2 | Sunday 27 July | 21:30 – 23:30 AEST | 21:00 – 23:30 AEST |
| 3 | Monday 28 July | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST |
| 4 | Tuesday 29 July | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST |
| 5 | Wednesday 30 July | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST |
| 6 | Thursday 31 July | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST |
| 7 | Friday 1 August | 23:35 – 02:05 AEST | 23:55 – 02:05 AEST |
| 8 | Saturday 2 August | 21;55 – 02:05 AEST | 21:55 – 02:05 AEST |
| 9 | Sunday 3 August | 23:30 – 03:50 AEST | 23:25 – 03:50 AEST |
SBS CYCLING COMMENTARY TEAM BIOS
MATTHEW KEENAN
2025 will be Matt’s 19th year commentating on cycling’s biggest event, the Tour de France, where he has worked alongside some of the greats of the sport, including Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen, Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans. Known for his supreme cycling knowledge, somewhat of a cycling nerd, Matt is recognised internationally as one of cycling’s leading commentators.
DR BRIDIE O’DONNELL
Dr Bridie O’Donnell graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School. Between 1995 and 2006 she competed in Olympic distance and Ironman triathlon, finishing the Ironman Hawaii World Championships in 2006. In 2007, she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the National Time Trial title, she raced in the Australian National Team, and then Professional Italian teams in Europe and the United States, representing Australia at three World Championships between 2008-2012. From 2013-2017, Bridie managed and raced for Rush Women’s Team in the Cycling Australia National Road Series and in 2016, she broke the UCI Women’s Hour World Record at the Adelaide Superdrome. In 2017, she was appointed the inaugural Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in 2018, her cycling memoir: “Life and Death” was published, detailing her experiences as a professional cyclist in Europe. When she’s not commentating cycling, she works in the Community and Public Health Division of the Victorian Department of Health.
GRACIE ELVIN
Gracie is a two-time national road cycling champion. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, has been to two Commonwealth Games, and competed in eight separate world championships in road cycling and mountain biking. Gracie was a member of the GreenEDGE professional team for eight years. She won UCI races in Europe, took second at the Tour of Flanders, and was team captain at many team victories. She was also a co-founder of the first ever international women’s cycling union – The Cyclists’ Alliance – and cares deeply about gender equality and making sure she leaves the sport in a better place than when she started it.
GRACE BROWN
Grace Brown OAM is Australia’s most successful female road cyclist. She recently retired from the sport as Olympic and World Champion in the Individual time trial. Brown’s rise to the top of professional cycling began in 2019 when she signed with Mitchelton-Scott, winning the National Time Trial Championship and a stage of the Santos Tour Down Under in her first season. In 2020, she had a breakthrough year, securing a World Tour podium at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and claiming victory at Brabantse Pijl. At the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, she finished fourth in the Individual Time Trial, just shy of the podium. In 2022, she moved to FDJ-SUEZ, where she continued to build an impressive palmarès. She won Commonwealth Games gold, earned two silver medals at the World Championships ITT, and dominated the National ITT Championships for multiple years. In 2024, she reached the pinnacle of her career, winning Olympic gold in Paris, becoming World Champion in the Individual Time Trial, and claiming victory in the prestigious Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Brown is now part of the SBS commentary and podcast team, and president of the board of The Cyclists’ Alliance.
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La Vuelta 2025
From Saturday, 23 August at 10.40pm AEST (21 parts)
La Vuelta 2025 is a three-week cycling race which will take place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain between 23 August and 14 September 2025. The 2025 race will be the 80th edition of the Vuelta a Espana, the third and final grand tour of the 2025 men’s road cycling season. The race commences in Turin, with the competitors crossing the finish line three weeks later in Madrid.
Stage 1 (Saturday, 23 August at 10.40pm AEST)
All the action from the opening stage of La Vuelta 2025, as the race begins with a 183 km route starting in Torino - Reggia di Venaria and finishing in Novara.
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Millions join SBS for a month of Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes action
- Total TV Reach of 5.57 million, including 1.8 million for Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
- More than 105 million views on SBS Sport social media platforms across both races (up 92% year on year)
SBS’s biggest sports celebration this year, the Tour de France (5-27 July) and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (26 July-3 August), attracted a Total TV Reach of 5.57 million, as 5.19 million viewers tuned in for the 21-day Tour de France and 1.8 million followed the nine-day Tour de France Femmes.
This included strong SBS On Demand audiences, with 18.1% and 14.8% of Tour De France and Tour De France Femme avec Zwift Total TV viewers choosing to watch via this platform.
SBS Sport leveraged high-profile commentary by retired cycling stars Caleb Ewan and Grace Brown and used its unique access to riders to produce innovative social content and provide audiences with 360-degree coverage from the heart of the action in France.
SBS grew its 2025 Tour de France third-party platform performance by 84% (94 million views) year on year, with a 99% increase (11.7 million views) for the Tour de France Femmes.
SBS Director of Sport, Ken Shipp, said: “Each year we work hard to create new ways for fans to immerse themselves in the world’s greatest cycling races and, with back-to-back races, we now offer viewers a month-long festival of cycling, to which our audience is clearly responding.
“Our dedicated SBS team, both on camera and behind the scenes, has again delivered world-class coverage of a hugely complex event, enhancing the stunning performances and landscapes with unique insight about the riders and the race.”
SBS’s expert commentary team guided the massive audience through every thrilling moment of the two tours as they traversed France across four weeks, including two stage wins for Australians, one each for Ben O’Connor and Kaden Groves in the Tour de France, and Sarah Gigante’s gallant second on the Queen stage of the Tour de France Femmes.
Audience testimonials:
“My partner and I are non-cyclists (now couch peloton) who […] really enjoyed streaming cycling via SBS on Demand. Although we watch other cycling events on SBS apart from the tours, we are always happy when we hear the familiar voices of Matt and the team. Although commentators from other countries are good, the SBS team is outstanding.”
“Just a quick note to say Thank You and to Congratulate the entire SBS team especially the Commentators/Reporters who did an Outstanding job presenting BOTH the Men’s and Women’s racing. The combination of Professionalism, Civility, Excitement, Insights, special segments i.e. Plate de Tour, Interviews etc, made the broadcasts a MUST Watch every day. The Technical team also deserves a big Chapeau too. The quality of the broadcast video & audio given all the complexities was Outstanding too. Thanks Again!!!”
“Huge thank you for the TdF Femmes. […] Commentary was informed and it was a breath of fresh air to see the respect the commentators showed for each other, and amazing to see a mixed gender commentary team where the female voices weren’t talked over and marginalised. Bridie O’Donnell and Matt Keenan particularly made a fantastic pairing.”
“You have done a wonderful job this year with coverage of the TDF and TDF Femmes. Super job by commentating and complete coverage. Also really enjoyed the after-race coverage and the nightly recaps.”
Sources:
- Reach to Date Source: OzTAM VOZ data, When Watched 06/07/2025 – 10/08/2025, Total People, Reach (Broadcast 1 min and BVOD 15 secs), Includes all events with 2025 Tour de France and 2025 Tour de France Femmes. Total TV refers to Broadcast TV and BVOD
- Social Media Source: Sprout Social
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Update
La Vuelta 2025
Live/Sunday, 24 August at 10.40pm (21 parts) SBS Viceland
La Vuelta 2025 is a three-week cycling race which will take place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain
between 23 August and 14 September 2025. The 2025 race will be the 80th edition of the Vuelta a Espana, the third and final grand tour of the 2025 men’s road cycling season. The race commences in Turin, with the competitors crossing the finish line three weeks later in Madrid.
Schedule for 2nd week
Stage 2 (Sunday, 24 August at 10.30pm AEST): All the action from Stage 2 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 157 km route starting in Alba and finishing in Limone Piemonte.
Stage 3 (Monday, 25 August at 11.10pm AEST): All the action from Stage 3 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 139 km route starting in San Maurizio Canavese and finishing in Ceres.
Stage 4 (Tuesday, 26 August at 10.05pm AEST): All the action from Stage 4 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 192 km route starting in Susa and finishing in Voiron.
Stage 5 (Thursday, 28 August at 12.20am AEST): All the action from Stage 5 of La Vuelta 2025, a 20 km Team Time Trial starting and finishing in Figueres.
Stage 6 (Thursday, 28 August at 11.00pm AEST): All the action from Stage 6 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 171 km route starting in Olot and finishing in Pal, Andorra.
Stage 7 (Friday, 29 August at 8.30pm AEST): All the action from Stage 7 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 187 km route starting in Andorra la Vella, Andorra and finishing in Cerler, Huesca La Magia.
Stage 8 (Saturday, 30 August at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 8 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 158 km route starting in Monzon Templario and finishing in Zaragoza.
Update:
Stage 9 (Sunday, 31 August at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 9 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 195 km route starting in Alfaro and finishing in Estacion de Esqui de Valdezcaray.
Stage 10 (Tuesday, 2 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 9 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 168 km route starting in Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva and finishing in El Ferial Larra Belagua.
Stage 11 (Wednesday, 3 September at 10.40pm AEST): All the action from Stage 11 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 167 km route starting in Bilbao and finishing in Bilbao.
Stage 12 (Thursday, 4 September at 11.00pm AEST): All the action from Stage 12 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 143 km route starting in Laredo and finishing in Los Corrales de Buelna.
Stage 13 (Friday, 5 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 13 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 202 km route starting in Cabezon de la Sal and finishing in L’Angliru.
Stage 14 (Saturday, 6 September at 10.40pm AEST): All the action from Stage 14 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 135 km route starting in Aviles and finishing in La Farrapona Lagos de Somiedo.
Stage 15 (Sunday, 7 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 15 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 167.8 km route starting in A Veiga/Vegadeo and finishing in Monforte De Lemos.
Stage 16 (Tuesday, 9 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 16 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 167.9 km route starting in Poio and finishing in Mos.Castro De Herville.
Stage 17 (Wednesday, 10 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 17 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 143.2 km route starting in O Barco De Valdeorras and finishing in Alto De El Morredero.
Stage 18 (Thursday, 11 September at 11.00pm AEST): All the action from Stage 18 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 27.2 km route starting in Valladolid and finishing in Valladolid.
Stage 19 (Friday, 12 September at 10.50pm AEST): All the action from Stage 19 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 161.9 km route starting in Rueda and finishing in Guijuelo.
Stage 20 (Saturday, 13 September at 11.30pm AEST): All the action from Stage 20 of La Vuelta 2025, as the peloton takes on a 111.6 km route starting in Alalpardo and finishing in Mardrid.
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Watch SBS as 49 World Champions are crowned in nine days at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025
The countdown is on for one of the biggest international sporting events of the year. SBS will broadcast every thrilling moment of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo (13-21 September), with expert commentary led by the legendary Bruce McAvaney.
All 14 sessions of the nine-day World Athletics Championships (both arena and road events) will be broadcast live and free across SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand. The 100m and 200m finals will also be broadcast on SBS’s main linear channel. SBS On Demand will also offer full replays, mini recaps and Aussie Focus clips for each session via our World Athletics Championships 2025 Hub, and there will be extensive coverage across SBS Sport’s social media platforms.
More than 2000 athletes from 200 countries will contend for 147 medals across 49 events in Tokyo, with a prize pool of more than $13 million ($US8.498 million), and bonuses of $155,000 ($US100,000) for each world record.
SBS Director of Sport Ken Shipp said: “The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will be unmissable viewing for Australian fans, as a rising Australian team takes on the world’s best in a global showdown. We’ve broadcast ten editions of the World Athletics Championships since 2001, and this one shapes as a spectacular opportunity for Australia. With the event in our time zone and our expert commentary team taking viewers into the heart of the action with unmatched insight and enthusiasm, our audience won’t miss a moment.’’
McAvaney will team with former world indoor 800m champion Tamsyn Manou to call the track events, while renowned SBS commentator David Basheer will bring audiences all the action in the field.
The Australian team is coming off its most successful Olympic Games in almost 70 years, after winning seven medals (one gold, two silver, four bronze) in Paris last year, and will hope to build on that success in Paris.
McAvaney said he had never been more excited by the prospects of an Australian team, going into the biennial World Championships.
“This is athletics at its finest,’’ he said. “A world championship is as great a challenge as an Olympics. But this Australian team boasts as much depth as I can remember. You have to think that we are in a golden age, coming off the back of Paris.
“And then we have exceptional new talent coming through, like Gout Gout. He may be 17, but I think it’s possible for him to reach the 200m final in Tokyo, which would be an extraordinary achievement at his age – even Usain Bolt couldn’t do that.
“It’s going to be fascinating to watch his journey, and those of the other youngsters like Claudia Hollingsworth, who just broke the national 800m record, and another teenager Cameron Myers in the 1500m. They all look like generational talents, and this is the chance for Australian fans to get on board and follow them through to the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. What a ride this is going to be.’’
The action begins at 8.50am AEST on Saturday, 13 September, on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand, with the men’s and women’s 35km race walks, where world No.1 ranked Australian Olivia Sandery will be striving for the podium. The first evening session starts at 7.30pm AEST, as global athletics returns to the Japan National Stadium for the first time since the Covid-affected 2020 Olympic Games.
This time the state-of-the-art 67,000-seat stadium will see sold-out crowds creating the electric atmosphere that lifts athletes to new heights. More than 375,000 tickets had been sold 50 days before the event.
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, warmed up for his world title defence by setting a new world pole vault record in Budapest this month, raising the bar to an astonishing 6.29m, while Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon will arrive in Tokyo after improving her own world 1500m record (3:48.68) last month in Oregon.
Australian contenders will take on some of the biggest global stars in athletics. Kurtis Marschall finished third behind Duplantis in Budapest to confirm that he is on track for another podium finish at the world championships, and Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull will be trying to hunt down Kipyegon in the 1500m. All will be in action in qualifying rounds on the first evening of the championships.
Other key evening sessions include: Sunday, 14 September (men’s and women’s 100m finals); Monday, 15 September (men’s pole vault final); Tuesday, 15 September (women’s 1500m final); Wednesday, 16 September (women’s pole vault final, men’s long jump final, men’s 1500m final); Thursday, 17 September (men’s 200m semi-finals with Gout Gout); Friday, 18 September (men’s 200m final).
The all-finals evening session on Sunday, 21 September, will see nine world champions crowned. Among the highlights for Australian viewers will be the women’s high jump final (8.35pm AEST), where world indoor champion Nicola Olyslagers and former world champion Eleanor Patterson will contend for gold with Ukraine’s Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy will return from injury to defend her 2023 world title, while sprint sensation Gout Gout will make his senior World Championships debut in the 200m, where he will meet reigning world champion Noah Lyles and Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo.
See the full schedule for SBS’s broadcast of the World Athletics Championships.
World Athletics Championships on SBS
Saturday, September 13
Day 1 - Morning Session
8:50am - 1:00pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Day 1 - Evening Session
7:30pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
(The 100m heats will also be broadcast LIVE on SBS from 9:30pm - 10:30pm)
Sunday, September 14
Day 2 - Morning Session
8:50am - 1:05pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Day 2 - Evening Session
6:40pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
(The 100m semi-finals will also be broadcast LIVE on SBS from 9:45pm - 10:45pm, as will the final from 11pm - 11:30pm)
Monday, September 15
Day 3 - Morning Session
8:50am - 1:00pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Day 3 - Evening Session
7:30pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Tuesday, September 16
Day 4 - Evening Session
7:30pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Wednesday, September 17
Day 5 - Evening Session
7:00pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Thursday, September 18
Day 6 - Evening Session
7:00pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Friday, September 19
Day 7 - Evening Session
5:30pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
(The 200m final will also be broadcast LIVE on SBS from 11:00pm - 11:30pm)
Saturday, September 20
Day 8 - Morning Session
8:20am - 1:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Day 8 - Evening Session
6:40pm - 11:30pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Sunday, September 21
Day 9 - Morning Session
9:55am - 3:20pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
Day 9 - Evening Session
6:40pm - 11:50pm (AEST)
LIVE via SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand
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FIFA World Cup 2026™ Qualifiers
Wednesday, September 10
Football: CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier - Ecuador v Argentina - Matchday 18
8:50am - 11:00am (AEST)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
Football: CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier - Chile v Uruguay - Matchday 18
9:20am - 11:30am (AEST)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
Football: CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier - Venezuela v Colombia - Matchday 18
9:20am - 11:30am (AEST)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
Football: CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifier - Peru v Paraguay - Matchday 18
9:20am - 11:30am (AEST)
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