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aussies icons• A huge bull, 7’2” tall and 292 lb heavy
• A fast torpedo able to swim 100 meters in less than 50 seconds
• A great white shark, able to do a hole from 200 yds
• Grass, clay or hard, difficult to beat
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Australian athletes
Presented by Oscar Trujillo
Sports and fun
Sports in OzSport in Australia is popular and widespread. Levels of both participation and observation are much higher than in many other countries
The climate and economy provide ideal conditions for Australians to participate and watch sports.
Sport in Australia is heavily supported by all levels of government. In 2000-01, total government funding for sport and recreation activities was $2,124.2m
Popular sports• The "most interest"
among adults in capital cities during 2006-07 were
• cricket, • swimming, • tennis, • Australian rules
football, • soccer, • rugby league, • rugby union and • motor sport.
Melbourne Olympic games
A total of 67 nations competed in Melbourne.
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad
The 1956 Games were the first to be staged in the southern hemisphere.Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union 37 29 32 98
2 United States 32 25 17 74
3 Australia (host nation) 13 8 14 35
4 Hungary 9 10 7 26
Sydney Olympics games• The Sydney 2000 Summer
Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 36 24 31 912 Russia 32 28 28 883 China 28 16 15 594 Australia 16 25 17 585 Germany 13 17 26 56
199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games
Memorable pics
I don’t care if she doesn’t do any sport…Nicole wins gold
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