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Australians defined by sporting achievements

Shortly after the Sydney Olympics I sat down with the federal minister for sport, Jackie Kelly, a straight-talking politician. We looked back at the recent Games - still for many the high-water mark - for an interview with this paper.

Australian athletes had just outperformed the already high ambitions of the Australian Olympic committee.

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The Texas Rangers might demand a birth certificate. Suuuure, he's 21. Suuuure this is his first postseason. Madison Bumgarner looks as if he has done this a thousand times before.

But no, this was Bumgarner's first World Series start, and even if the Rangers doubt his age, they cannot question his stuff, not after he pitched the Giants to the brink of a championship in Game 4 Sunday night.



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