by David Clark | Feb 4, 2026 | Winter Olympics
February 4 marks 102 years since George Finch was awarded Australia’s first Winter Olympic 🥇gold medal. Medals were awarded for the ‘sport’ of Alpinism (mountaineering) at the 1924, 1932 and 1936 Olympic Winter Games. Finch was among 13 members of a British expedition...
by David Clark | Jan 30, 2026 | Winter Olympics
Updated to include James Johnstone (The Scot’s College, Sydney) who replaced Cam Bolton in the men’s snowboard cross. The finalisation of the Australian team for the Milano-Cortina Games sees a team of 53 (33 women, 20 men), including 30 debutants. That...
by David Clark | Jan 27, 2026 | Swimming
The 37th Australian Open Water Championships titles were held in the West Australian city of Bunbury over the long weekend. This year saw the able-bodied open program expanded from five to seven events with the inaugural men’s and women’s 3km knockout.Moesha Johnson...
by David Clark | Dec 15, 2025 | Swimming
Over the last four years, I have appeared as a guest on The Shannon Rollason Podcast with host Robby Cox and elite coach Shannon Rollason talking about aspects of competitive swimming’s 130-year history in Australia, including our great swimmers, medal records,...
by David Clark | Sep 15, 2025 | Olympics
It’s been 25 years since the Sydney 2000 Olympics (or should I say the Games of the XXVII Olympiad), so I want to join the many others who are sharing their Olympic memories. My Olympic journey started a year earlier when the executive producer of 7’s Olympic Unit...
