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Aussie academics in all fields are used to travelling around the globe to attend conferences, network, sight-see and participate in social and educational pursuits. Before every Olympic Summer Games it…
Stop acting like idiots and get down to business is what Eddie McGuire advised our Olympic athletes to do in his Sunday Herald Sun column. And Eddie is right in so many ways! There is nothing wrong with…
You write some papers on the mechanics of Bolt’s sprinting and what happens? - You end up doing media stuff. The questions I’m always asked are “how fast can Bolt run” or “how fast can humans run 100m…
For the last five years, Anthony and a team of RMIT University researchers have been analysing video to develop statistical models for training and tactics used with Australian badminton Olympians. RMIT…
It’s one of the most intriguing questions asked prior to the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Who will carry the country’s flag? Whilst some countries have already chosen their bearer for the ‘Parade of…
A heady day of excitement here for the Australian Rowing Team. We got up reasonably early this morning, bid farewell to the European Training Centre, and boarded coaches for the Milan airport. After one…
As I checked today’s national papers, I was relieved to see that most had special coverage of athletes to watch at the 2012 games – Hooray! My initial blog that I wrote a few days ago went as follows…
I was reading through the Olympic posts on The Conversation when I came across Brian Stoddart’s critique of public funding of sport. Being a recipient of some of the funding that Mr Stoddart would seek…
Forget the medal count. It seems the real competition for London is the amount of whingeing that can be achieved even before the flame has been lit. In deference to stereotypical norms, my adopted country…
I really enjoyed reading Simon Outram’s balanced, realistic assessment of the impact on legalised doping in sport. And, if the health impacts of it were possible to avoid, then I’m sure that the usage…