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Gina Rinehart hosts Australia’s Olympic champions on Paris river cruise after success in the pool
The swimmers who missed the Opening Ceremony cruise have enjoyed one at sunset thanks to the mining magnate.
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US Wins Fewest Number of Gold Medals During Winning Streak
The US led the final medal table of swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They tallied a total of 8 golds and 28 total medals to finish ahead of Australia with 7 gold and 18 total medals.
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‘Not every sport has a Gina Rinehart’: calls for Aussie sports lottery
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.
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Gina Rinehart is everywhere at the Olympic Games. There’s tens of millions of reasons why
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.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Kaylee McKeown silver medal? Video shows second USA swimmer should have been disqualified
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.
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Clinical Taliqua and Mariafe through to quarter-finals
Australia's Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have progressed to the Women’s Beach Volleyball quarter-finals.
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Qld claims over half of Australia’s gold medals
Queensland is punching above its weight in the Paris Olympics, its eight gold medals outstripping those of many entire countries.
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Meg Harris swims personal best to steal freestyle silver medal
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.
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Paris Olympics 24: Billionaire Gina Rinehart has shown her unwavering support for Australia’s rowers
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.
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Kaylee McKeown makes history by defending her 100m and 200m Olympic gold medals
If the true measure of greatness is doing things others can’t even fathom, then Kaylee McKeown really is in a league of her own.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Cameron McEvoy wins 50m freestyle final for Australia in stunning career turnaround
Australian veteran Cam McEvoy has won the splash-and-dash 50m freestyle in a fairytale end to his Olympic career, just years after walking away from the sport.
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Paris Olympics 2024: Kaylee McKeown completes historic backstroke double-double for Australia
A humble Kaylee McKeown has declared there is still more to come in one of Australia’s finest swimming careers and said “not in a million years” did she dream of becoming a five-time gold medallist.
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‘She’s in it with us’: Bronzed rowers pay tribute to Rinehart after being pipped on the line
Australian rowers Jess Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre have paid tribute to mining magnate Gina Rinehart after they clinched their country’s first rowing medal at Paris 2024, winning bronze in the women’s pairs.
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