Olympic Games (general thread)

Shayna Jack the first Aussie doper to get an honour?

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Giving OAMs to Olympic gold medalists feels a bit naff

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Doubt it

Especially for skateboarding

Keegan Palmer did win back-to-back golds

More so on the 14 year old tbh

The green-and-gold Olympic uniform shirt, pictured with Raygun’s signature scrawled across the front, sold for a whopping $1860.

Other athlete-issue Asics items for resale on the global website are listed for about $200 a pop, including T-shirts, bags, caps, and water bottles once worn by Australian athletes competing in Paris in 2024.

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Former federal sports minister Mark Arbib has been appointed as the Australian Olympic Committee’s new chief executive.

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LA 2028 Olympics adds swimming sprints and mixed-gender gymnastics | LA Olympic Games 2028 | The Guardian.

The LA28 schedule includes the Olympic debuts of the 50m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly for both men and women, and a mixed 4x100m relay on the track.

The additions are part of a broader push by the IOC to modernize the Olympics and attract new audiences. LA28 will feature 22 more medal events than Paris 2024, while maintaining a total athlete quota of 10,500 across 31 sports.

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