Australian base in Italy gives athletes from Down Under a home edge at the Winter Olympics

Australia has a "home away from home" for the Milan Cortina Olympics at the European Training Centre in Gavirate, Italy.
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Australian base in Italy gives athletes from Down Under a home edge at Olympics

MILAN (AP) — Nestled in a lakeside town in northern Italy is Australia's “home away from home” for the Milan Cortina Olympics ...

Olympic 400m champion and Indigenous campaigner Cathy Freeman receives Australia's highest honor

Cathy Freeman thrilled Australians when she won the women's 400m gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, wearing a skin-tight ...

'A gift from the Australian people'

Sporting legend Cathy Freeman has been awarded Australia's highest honour, a little more than 25 years after she sent the nation into a frenzy with her Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000.
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What has changed in Olympic ski jumping since the Beijing Games?

The International Olympic Committee has added two new events to the ski jumping program for the 2026 Winter Games: the women’s large hill and the men’s super team. The women’s large hill resembles the ...