Wondering about Australia’s financial incentives to its athletes? Maybe this will give us an idea, eh? We have a medal incentive scheme which only goes down to number four and the best are getting $18,000. The above quote is attributed to John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). Coates warned that Australia might [...]
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Beijing 2008: Australia’s Olympic Uniform
We got a lot of hits blogging about Canada’s Olympic uniform so let’s blog about the outfits of the other Olympic teams. Maybe we should stick to Olympic fashion if that’s what it takes to be world famous? Joke joke. Anyways, here’s the uniform of Australia’s Olympic team which was unveiled last February. For some [...]
The Two Sides of Erin Philips
Erin Philips, the basketball player. She’s a member of the Australian basketball team that won the 2006 World Basketball Championship. And Errin Philips, the male magazine model. Now, just because she’s modeling doesn’t mean she’s forgotten about basketball. In fact, she’s got some warning to her team’s main rivals in Beijing. According to The Herald [...]
Quote of the Day: Olympic Silver Medalist Mal Poole
Australian hockey player and 1976 Montreal Olympiad silver medalist Mal Poole on his missing medal. “I’m not materialistic and I don’t have a trophy cabinet, but it’s the one thing that has special significance to me.” The medal have been taken when Mal’s house was burglarized a few months ago. We hope Mal gets back [...]
Drew Ginn’s Rowing Video
Rowing is an Olympic sport that remains exotic to us so we’re happy to discover this rowing video of Australian rower Drew Ginn. Drew Ginn is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (he bagged one gold during the 1996 Atlanta Games and another in Athens 2004) so those of you who are gunning to deny him [...]
