The lack of federal funding means Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart is personally funding more than 90 Aussie athletes in Paris, including swimming stars Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus.
Gina Rinehart has been a constant presence on the pool deck and next to the rowing course, and plenty of athletes have name-dropped her after their success these Games.
Kaylee McKeown was robbed off an Olympic silver medal when vision showed a US rival should have been disqualified in the medley. But the Australian star’s response showed her true class.
Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have progressed to the Women’s Beach Volleyball quarter-finals.
Queensland is punching above its weight in the Paris Olympics, its eight gold medals outstripping those of many entire countries.
The artwork that was the centrepiece of the recent Rural Aid charity lunch has been installed in Hancock Agriculture’s Eagle Street headquarters in Brisbane.
Meg Harris has pulled off the best swim of her career to nab silver by 0.26 of a second in the women’s 50-metre freestyle final.
As for Mrs Rinehart, she told us: “People ask me, ‘why do you support Olympians?’ I see this as a positive win win win, hard working, inspiring role models, representing our nation at their patriotic best, making Aussies across our country happy and proud.
