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Teen thrills and Olympic superstars set to lead a golden attack on Birmingham

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This time last year, most Australians stayed at home, perhaps taking solace in the performance of the Australian swimming team, which took home multiple gold medals from the Tokyo Olympics. This year, we can expect more as the Dolphins face the best swimmer at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The team had successfully won the world championship in Budapest in June and stayed together for training camp in France before starting their assault on the Birmingham pool. Once again, the team will be led by a group of extraordinary women who have taken the world by storm: Emma McKeon, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown will be joined by Australia’s newest teen swimming superstar, Mollie O’Callaghan. Australian women have posted the fastest Commonwealth times this year in 12 of the 16 races at the Birmingham programme, and that doesn’t take into account McKeon, who has taken a lot of time off this year but will return for the Olympics. Even so, head coach Rohan Taylor is re...

Could this Sydney Olympic legacy be a blueprint to help solve one of Queensland's biggest problems?

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The real legacy of the Sydney Olympics can be found overlooking the beautiful Queensland coast — and some say it should provide inspiration for the organizers of Brisbane 2032. The twelve 57 sqm two-bedroom, one-bath spa villas from Sydney 2000 have become a getaway for visitors to the Philippa Thompson caravan park at Rainbow Beach, north of the Sunshine Coast. Ms Thompson says after hosting thousands of holiday makers for 21 years, they remain in good working condition and only need occasional updates and additions, and are working on wear and tear. Pre-fabricated buildings were shipped to locations across the country and the athlete’s village of Newington in Sydney was converted into apartments. The whole area turned into a new residential community. Minor additions have been made to the villa over the last two decades. ( provided ) Ten years before hosting the Olympics and Paralympics, architects say the village that will host most of the more than 23,000 athletes and offici...