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Keeping in line with my wish to cover the other side of the Olympics beyond the pure performance side and the medal count I have been thinking about the vast majority of the more than 200 nations at the…
Last week I had a somewhat heated discussion with a work colleague. I was bitterly disappointed at our standing on the Olympic ladder with only one gold medal (at that point) and thought we should be performing…
Great moments for Australian sport this morning as Anna Meares and Sally Pearson added to Tom Sligsby’s individual gold of 24 hours earlier. Firstly in the depths of the Australian night, Anna Meares took…
The tears, the laments, the massive sadness over Australia’s ‘disappointing’ performance at the Olympics. Drew Ginn of the Oarsome Foursome looked so very disappointed at his team’s second place finish…
For decades Jamaican sprinters have punched above their weight. Jamaica has won at least one medal for sprinting at every Olympic Games since 1968. Jamaican men and women have both excelled, but the women…
It has taken too many silver medals to raise the issue to the top of the sport policy agenda.With a big thank you to the President of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates, this morning from London…
All this fuss about how disappointing these Games are for Australia. How we are well down on the medal tally with countries such as New Zealand, North Korea and Borat’s Kazachstan ahead of us – on the…
I was never in doubt that Bolt would regain his 100m Olympic title. But what made this race intriguing was the will he / won’t he win hype surrounding it - especially after the Jamaican trials. Bolt wanted…
Australian basketballer Liz Cambage has made history as the first woman to slam dunk at an Olympics. There was much praise for her athleticism and for the impact that this single move would make on the…
Are you as fascinated as I am by the helmets that the cyclists are wearing, particularly in the Olympic velodrome events? Do you like their futuristic design? Are you wondering why they are designed to…