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Australia’s Forgotten 1980 Olympians Finally Recognized After Divisive and Disastrous Moscow Saga It was a diminished and puzzled Olympic team that left Australian shores in 1980 under a cloak of darkness, some heading off to secret training camps receiving death threats and branded as traitors as ....

Mark Tonelli Relives Legendary Commentator Norman May's famous Moscow call: “Gold…Gold to Australia…Gold!” It’s a performance that is now treasured amongst the archives of iconic moments in the colourful and storied history of Australian Olympic achievements – the men’s 4x100m medley gold from Mosco...

Dual Olympic distance swimmer Max Metzker and track and field star Denise Boyd hold a special place in the annals of Australian sport – celebrating today’s 40th anniversary of the defining moment when they led their team into Moscow’s Lenin Stadium for the 1980 Olympic Games. The Australian team mar...

On the eve of 40th anniversary year of the boycotted Moscow Olympics, legendary coach Bill Sweetenham believes Australia’s Michelle Ford should stand as a triple Olympic gold medallist from 1980. [caption id="attachment_408920" align="alignnone" width="700"] Olympic gold: Michelle Ford, 800m freesty...

Australia has a proud history in surf lifesaving with so many of its Olympians mixing their successful swimming careers with surf racing. The results of over a century of lifesaving activities feature some of the countries greats from Australia’s first Olympic swimming gold medallist in Freddie Lane...

SYDNEY, Australia, January 22. OLYMPIC swimmer Ryan Napoleon will turn the clock back to the golden era of Australian surf-swim stars when he lines up for competition in both the pool and surf over four frantic days in two states, starting in Sydney tomorrow, Thursday. The 23-year-old Gold Coast-bas...

By Ian Hanson SYDNEY, May 30. AUSTRALIAN Swimming is today mourning the loss of one of its greatest administrators, former Olympian, master coach and fierce anti-drugs campaigner Terry Gathercole, who died in Canberra this morning, aged 65. Gathercole, died of a heart attack after a long illness and...

Michelle Ford Joined By Australian 800m freestyle Greats Shane Gould and Jenny Turrall For A Trip Down Swimming’s Memory Lanes Australia has a proud history when it comes to the women’s 800m freestyle with no less than seven swimmers between 1956 and 1978 re-writing the world record books in the e.....