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Norway’s Foss wins cycling world time-trial crown
Norway's Tobias Foss pulled off a huge upset to dethrone two-time defending champion Filippo Ganna and claim a maiden time-trial title at cycling's road world championships in Australia on Sept. 18.
The 25-year-old conquered the 34.2-kilometer circuit in 40 minutes 02.78 seconds to edge Swiss powerhouse Stefan Kung by 2.95 seconds.
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3 feet of rain sets up 4th round of flood misery for Sydney
More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes Monday as Australia's largest city faces its fourth and possibly worst round of flooding in 18 months.
Torrential rain since Friday caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing another flood emergency for the city of 5 million people.
Australia beat Netherlands to return to World Group
Daria Gavrilova put Australia back into the World Group of the Fed Cup with victory over Quirine Lemoine of the Netherlands in Wollongong on April 22.
Aussie researchers say they’ve come up with ’tissue-like’ … condom!
It’s something that you’d more-or-less expect from a University called … Wollongong, where a group of top researchers has come up with a hi-tech condom that feels, well, like a “second skin”.
The key, according to sciencealert.com is an ultra-tough material called hydrogel.