Olympic Games Archives - Harry Blutstein

Little Olympians

March 29, 2021March 29, 20212 min read

Olympic organizers say they’ll hand out 150,000 free condoms but want athletes to stay 6 feet away from one another. Having sex while separated by two meters would undoubtedly be an Olympian feat in itself.

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Might a boycott of Beijing winter Olympics be on?

October 12, 2020October 12, 20201 min read

Pressure is mounting for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s persecution of the Uyghurs.

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Fireworks at the Tokyo Olympics

August 30, 2020September 30, 20201 min read

A rumour on Facebook suggests that the organisers will open the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with a fireworks display over Mount Fuji.

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College Table talk

April 12, 2019June 29, 202011 min read

On 12 April 2019, Harry Blutstein led a lively discussion on how communist regimes used sport to promote communism. It was held at Graduate

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Olympic Hero: Peter Norman

November 15, 2018June 29, 20203 min read

To become an Australian sporting hero means winning a Brownlow Medal, breaking a world record or coming first in the Olympic Games. Such heroes

Barry Larkin relived torch hoax

January 10, 2018June 29, 20206 min read

On 9 January 2018, 82 year-old Barry Larkin returned to the scene of the crime, when he visited Sydney to be filmed by German/French

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Vale Betty Cuthbert – Olympic Hero

August 19, 2017June 28, 20204 min read

The Golden Girl, aged 79, has died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Betty Cuthbert’s achievements are well remembered in Australia, but she

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Chasing the money

July 28, 2017June 22, 20205 min read

From ancient times, the Olympic Games aspired to represent the best and athletes swore an oath to not “sin against the games.” However, from

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More Games within the Games

July 27, 2017June 22, 20203 min read

With a large number of espionage agents operating in Melbourne, organisers of subsequent Olympic Games were keen to discourage spy agencies interfering by encouraging

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Red Faces at the Opera

July 3, 2017June 29, 20204 min read

Before coming to Australia, the 87-member Chinese Classical Opera Company toured New Zealand and they were supposed to arrive in Melbourne on 19 November.

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