Experts are tipping we could finish as high as fifth in Paris 2024 and third in Brisbane 2032.
Australians are known for being tough competitors. But is that the only reason we continually punch above our weight?
Our nation has won 566 medals and is one of only five countries to have competed in every Olympic Games.So why is Australia so successful in the Olympics? Logan Martin won gold in the men's BMX freestyle at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Australia's first Olympian Edwin Flack competed in the first Games of the modern area in Athens in 1896."For a country of only 30 million, we can say we've been to every one."He won the 800 metre and 1500 metre sprints, won a bronze medal in doubles tennis and competed in the marathon, according to National Museum Australia.
Australia had its worst finish at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, winning no gold medals and only five medals in total after 146 men and 34 women competed in 115 events. After those Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee president Juan Samatanch called it the best games ever."The people of the world were just looking forward to seeing Australia... to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.""Ian Thorpe came out later as being gay and Cathy Freeman being Indigenous... it's really cool that that took place and I think it helped our society when you get people that represent different parts of your culture.
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