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Saturday marked the conclusion of an exceptional season for reigning IronWoman champion Lana Rogers, who was named Surf Sports Athlete of the Year at the annual Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) Awards of Excellence.
This recognition comes following a breakout season for Rogers in 2019-20, where she won her maiden Coolangatta Gold title and was crowned IronWoman champion after winning four of the five series rounds.
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The start of the 2020-21 WNBL season is just one week away and for Southside Flyers guard Rebecca Cole, this season is all about opportunity.
“The pandemic has meant that a lot of Australians have come home to compete in the WNBL because it is a lot safer here than other parts of the world,” said Cole.
“The broadcast deal is also massive. The WNBL is going to be on Fox and free-to-air television.
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rowing up, Abbey Willcox’s first love was gymnastics, starting when she was just five years old and continuing to compete for the next decade.
But during that decade, Willcox also developed a love of skiing.
It was also a love she shared with the rest of her family, who would travel to the Snowy Mountains in Jindabyne once a year to ski.
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After watching Cathy Freeman win gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Milly Tapper had dreams of becoming an Olympian.
While Tapper was a talented child, representing her hometown in basketball and netball, she always thought athletics would be the sport that would make her Olympic dream come true.
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On this day 20 years ago the Australian women’s water polo team beat the United States to claim the first-ever women’s water polo gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Those who can recall the match tend to remember one key moment.
There was 1.3 seconds left on the clock. Australia’s Yvette Higgins took a shot. It hit the outstretched arm of Bernice Orwig, the goalkeeper for the United States, and struck the back of the net. The crowd went wild. Australia had won.
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his has certainly been a year like no other.
All of us are facing challenges, whether it be homeschooling children, looking after elderly parents, a loss of income or simply dealing with the stress of our first pandemic, but for many of our Tokyo hopefuls 2020 has thrown them a real curve ball.
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In July 2018, New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian declared the NSW government’s ambition to bid for ten world cups in the next ten years.
These world cups spanned many sports and it was estimated they would generate a total visitor spend of $1 billion.
Since that announcement, Australia and New South Wales have been part of some massive sporting events including the ICC T20 Women’s World Cup, the Rugby League Nines and the ATP Tennis World Team Cup.
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You could say that Belle Brockhoff was born to be a winter athlete.
Her uncle Peter Brockhoff competed in the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics in alpine skiing and her great aunt Joyce Brockhoff still has a run named after her at Mount Hotham for her work encouraging and supporting women involved in snow sports.
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One of the biggest challenges during this pandemic for many of us has been the stillness.
Due to restrictions on our movement, many of us have been forced to spend plenty of time in the one spot.
But for many of our athletes who spend the year travelling the world pursuing their sporting dreams, the pandemic meant an opportunity to stay put and get some much-needed time with family.
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arlier this year it was announced that Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin had been selected to represent Australia at the (then) 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in sailing.
The selection followed an incredible period of success for the pair. In 2018-19 the cousins had a run of four out of five international wins, with back-to-back bronze medals at the 2019 and 2020 Nacra 17 World Championships.
After finishing in second place at Rio, Darmanin is hopeful that her and Waterhouse can finish one better in Tokyo next year.