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Months-long lockdowns across Australia have thrust a recent study of their effects on athletes into the spotlight. Mental health experts from Monash University’s School of Psychological Sciences surveyed 375 elite and sub-elite Australian athletes, almost all of whom suffered during the lockdowns.
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Flyweight boxer Alex Winwood certainly won’t be missing out on Olympic glory without a fight. Having taken up the sport at 15 after a chance encounter with a coach on a Western Australian street, the still-teenaged Winwood soon found himself at the Rio 2016 selection event.
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Four-time cycling world champion Kaarle McCulloch will soon be speeding on Tokyo’s slick tracks at the Olympics, but the road to get there hasn’t been without its bumps. Adamant she was going to be “just like Cathy Freeman”, McCulloch initially resented the idea of racing on wheels.
