Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman, Shane Gould, Raelene Boyle and Betty Cuthbert at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. Fairfax Media via Getty Images When her multiple sclerosis made it ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian sprinter Betty Cuthbert, the only athlete to have won the Olympic 100, 200 and 400 metres titles, has died aged 79 after battling multiple sclerosis for nearly half a ...

THE Western Sydney golden girl Betty Cuthbert, who set the nation alight with her astounding feats at the Melbourne Olympics, lost the race she could never win on Sunday night, dying after a 48-year ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - There have been many 'Golden Girls' over the history of the Olympics but for Australia, sprinter Betty Cuthbert remains the original and the best. In nine days in late 1956, ...

PERTH, Australia — Betty Cuthbert, who won the 100- and 200-meter and sprint relay gold medals at the 1956 Olympics, has died following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 79. Athletics ...