It was party time for those who won medals - but the event was not attended by all athletes who made the podium.
At eight o’clock on a warm Monday night in the Olympic city, Australia’s medal winners thus far stepped onto a luxury restaurant boat on the River Seine as the guest of mining heiressAustralia’s richest person, who pours millions of dollars of sponsorship into swimming, rowing and volleyball as well as the AOC, has also been Australia’s biggest fangirl at these Games.
Australian medal-winning swimmers Lani Pallister, Mollie O’Callaghan, Jamie Perkins, Meg Harris and Jenna Strauch arrive for the river cruise.Wearing an all-white outfit that included a glittering, full-length cape, Rinehart was first to her own party so she could welcome her beloved athletes, including swimmersRinehart had promised for months to take medal winners from the sports she sponsors on the cruise but broadened it to all medal winners.
Funding remains a vexed issue for sports that struggle to compete with the football codes and cricket for broadcast and sponsorship dollars.flagged the idea earlier this week of a national sports lottery system, which has funded sport in Great Britain since 1994.If you’re a second or third-tier sport, you need to find your Gina Rinehart, although sometimes they find you.
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