Global Game Changers: The Evolution of the Olympic Games
On the cusp of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Olympic champions Patrick Johnson and Kieren Perkins join acclaimed journalist Tracey Holmes to discuss the future of international sport in a changing world.
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About the Event
The Olympic Games have always been a site of soft diplomacy for participating nations. This has never been truer than in 2024, as athletes and countries prepare to compete from 26 July to 11 August at the Paris Olympic Games.
Olympic champions Patrick Johnson and Kieren Perkins join award-winning sports reporter Tracey Holmes to discuss the future of the games and examine how Olympic competition is shaped by the tensions of geopolitical affairs.
Together, they’ll deep-dive into Australian representation at the Games and discuss international divisions and points of connection. They’ll also look ahead to a major event in Australia’s calendar: the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
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Journalist and broadcaster, Tracey Holmes, has worked in Australia and overseas covering news, culture and politics – predominantly through the prism of sport. She has covered breaking news such as the Lindt Café siege terrorism attack, interviewed people from ordinary punters in the street ... Read more
Patrick is a Kaanju man from Far North Queensland. He is an Olympian, Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist in the 4x 100 metres relay and the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres, with a time of 9.93 seconds. With that time, he became the first person not of African ancestr... Read more
Kieren Perkins OAM is regarded as one of the world’s greatest distance swimmers having won four Olympic medals for Australia. He broke 11 world records and is the first person in history to hold the Olympic, world, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific titles simultaneously. Perkins retired from swimming i... Read more
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