Always a great day at work when the worlds fastest man pops by #gettysport @usainbolt pic.twitter.com/Bfqjb9T4wN — Cameron Spencer (@cjspencois) August 15, 2016 The crowd sentiment was clear. They all wanted Bolt to win. And if he couldn’t, anyone but Cheaty McCheatface. Before the race, Bolt was cheered. The runner formerly known as Justin Gatlin…
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Why I love the men’s 10,000 metres
It’s because of Cathy Freeman that I love the men’s 10,000 metres. Not that she competed in it. Wrong gender for a start. And her specialty was a good 9.6 kilometres short of the distance. But I was in the Sydney Olympics stadium for Freeman’s epic 400 metres win on 25 September 2000. And…
Women in sport: still a minefield of double standards
Last month, Anna Meares became the greatest female track cyclist in the sport’s history. Anna’s a freak of nature. She broke her neck seven months before the Beijing Olympics and still won silver. She’s won eleven world titles. She’s got five Olympic medals, of every colour, two of them gold. And she can do this….
London Olympics: Aussie hoighloights Day 7
Let’s be honest, it never really feels like the Olympics till the track and field gets underway. It’s where the real egos of the Olympic movement strut their stuff and the shorter the distance they cover, the bigger the swagger. It’s where some of the greatest moments of sporting history, good and bad, have been…
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