Category: Olympic 2024

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.

Medal Table

6 August 2024.

Channel 10 News First Sydney

5 August 2024.

‘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.

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.

Paris Olympics 2024: Kaylee McKeown silver medal? Video shows second USA swimmer should have been disqualified

Article by Todd Balym, courtesy of The Courier Mail. Kaylee McKeown says she will just “cop it on the chin” after vision emerged which showed she was robbed of a silver medal […]

4BC Morning

5 August 2024.

People, Medals and Cheese

ABC Radio (Canberra)

2024 Olympics, Paris – Queensland Swimmers

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.