Australian Olympic Committee
What is the value of Olympic victory?
Relay runners are now carrying the Olympic Torch to Paris. With the 2024 Olympics fast approaching, debate is again heating up about how much countries spend on national Olympic teams. My own country - Australia - has spent a mind-boggling 800 million euros on getting our elite sportspeople to Paris.
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Zika alert prompts bug spray maker to become Australia Olympics sponsor
A small Australian maker of bug sprays became an unlikely beneficiary of the mosquito-borne Zika virus outbreak this week when the country's Olympic team signed it up as its first official insect repellent sponsor.