Tag: Sochi
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UNSW’s Winter Olympics: Meet Callum Watson
In the latest series of UNSW students moonlighting as Olympians, Callum Watson talks to Ammy Singh about the travels and travails of cross country skiing, the Olympic dream, and life as a greenie. Q: Your parents put you on skis as soon as you could walk. What has it taken for you to get to…
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UNSW’s Winter Olympics: Meet Scott Kneller
Another spotlight on a UNSW Olympic hopeful; Ammy Singh speaks to Scott Kneller about Ski Cross, Sochi and how he got there. Q: You got to Sochi last night. How is it? We’ve heard a few horror stories about accommodation, but hopefully it’s good? A: Yeah, actually, it’s pretty amazing. It’s obviously different to Vancouver.…
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Belle of the Board
Ammy Singh talks snowboarding, coming out of the closet on national television, and “ripping on Putin’s ass” with Belle Brockhoff, Australia’s only openly gay Winter Olympian in Sochi. Mention you’ve never seen snow to Olympian Belle Brockhoff as she wakes up in faraway Europe, and she’ll take her laptop over to her window to show…
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UNSW’s Winter Olympics: Meet Taylah O’Neill
Ah, the Winter Olympics. Putin’s triumphant pet project has come under more scrutiny than perhaps any other Games before it. Controversies have largely overshadowed any of the sport, centering on Russian laws forbidding homosexual propaganda and encompassing everything from corrupt officials to the eye-watering $50 billion budget to the environmental impact of alleged illegal dumping…