Michael Strawn
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Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout on Australian athletics’ historic night
Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout on Australian athletics’ historic night
* Pair produce thrilling men’s 200m at Maurie Plant meet
* Claudia Hollingsworth prevails in ‘crazy’ women’s 1500m
Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has been upstaged by rival Lachie Kennedy in the 200m at the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on a night that confirms athletics’ resurgence in Australia.
In front of around 10,000 fans at Lakeside Stadium, the first sell-out at an Australian one-day athletics meet in more than two decades, the 17-year-old finished just four hundredths of a second behind his fellow Queenslander. Kennedy, who last week won Australia’s first medal in the 60m at the world indoor championships, finished in a personal best of 20.26s after running a powerful bend and holding off Gout at the line. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout on Australian athletics’ historic night
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Don’t let a debate about immigration divide us this election. The hard work and loyalty of our multicultural communities have made our nation so much stronger. Thanks to Hobart’s Nepalese community for a lovely, colourful festival today on Parliament House lawns.
March 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Don’t let a debate about immigration divide us this election. The hard work and loyalty of our multicultural communities have made our nation so much stronger. Thanks to Hobart’s Nepalese community for a lovely, colourful festival today on Parliament House lawns.
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“If Poland, or any other EU Member State, welcomes an ICC fugitive indicted for crimes against humanity, do we really expect others to take us seriously when we ask them to enforce the arrest warrant against Putin?”
Netanyahu Has an ICC Arrest Warrant. Poland’s Promise to Ignore It Would Be a “Grave Mistake.”
Poland has promised Netanyahu safe passage to an Auschwitz memorial service. Former and current EU officials are speaking out.
interc.pt
January 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“If Poland, or any other EU Member State, welcomes an ICC fugitive indicted for crimes against humanity, do we really expect others to take us seriously when we ask them to enforce the arrest warrant against Putin?”