/ 10 May 2024

Limping to Paris

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Australia’s top gymnast has been forced out of the Olympics after suffering a nasty Achilles injury. Georgia Goodwin won the all-around gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – and helped our team qualify for the Olympics for the first time since 2012. A teary Goodwin told her Insta followers the news was “not ideal” and she’s not sure what recovery “will look like going forward”. At 26yo, Goodwin is one of the older members of the squad – but she’s a few months younger than US superstar Simone Biles who’s a shoo-in for her third Olympics if she can stay fit for the next couple of months. France is now on a countdown until the opening ceremony. The Olympic flame is on tour around the country – and will visit 6 French overseas territories before it arrives in Paris on 26 July…  

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