All posts tagged "Olympics"

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  Tokyo Olympics Observations

  Ariarne Titmus week has morphed into Stewart McSweyn week for us here on The Islands. It’s funny how this level of excellence...

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  Tokyo Olympics: how Hosting the Games Disrupts Local Lives and Livelihoods

  In the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the favela community of Vila Autódromo was virtually destroyed. It sat on...

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  McSweyn Wins Box Hill Burn with Slashing Run

  Tasmanian Stewart McSweyn won the men’s 5000m at the Box Hill Burn on Tuesday night in a time of 13:05.87. This was...

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  Olympic Racism & Peter Norman

  Since the topic of the intersection between sports and politics is back in the news once again with Drew Brees’ comments yesterday,...

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  Sailing Through Crisis

  How have elite athletes managed during the lockdown? Rising sailing star Will Sargent tells his story.