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Sydney Morning Herald
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ian Thorpe wants the swimmer who's matched his world title feats to also dominate a home Olympics
'She's doggedly determined. I think most of us have had that in our own unique way. Her skills under pressure are remarkable. That has an impact on other athletes. They know that last big turn is coming from Mollie, and they factor it into the way they race her. I look more broadly, and I am getting excited. 'I don't believe Mollie or any athlete jumps into the pool when they're young or makes their first national team and says, 'I want to accomplish this many world championship gold medals because it's more than someone else'. It doesn't factor into what you're doing.' O'Callaghan, who turned 21 in April, competed at her first Olympics in Tokyo as a 17-year-old before winning her maiden world title the following year in Budapest. She picked up 100m freestyle gold in 2022 and 2023, as well as 200m freestyle gold in 2023 and again this week. Thorpe won 400m freestyle gold as a 15-year-old at the 1998 world championships before becoming an Australian hero at the Sydney Olympics by claiming three gold and two silver at a home Games. Thorpe's 11 world titles came in the 1998, 2001 and 2003 world championships. At his peak, the 'Thorpedo' held individual world records in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle. O'Callaghan was born in Brisbane in 2004 and will be 28 when the Olympics arrive in Australia in her home town. 'I hope to see Mollie continue for a home Olympic Games,' Thorpe said. 'I want as many athletes - current ones and those who we don't really know about - to experience that. 'The events might be slightly different, but when it comes to an Olympics at home, there's a tremendous lure to do it. She won't know whether she wants to for another three years.' Australian swimming was in excellent health in 2000, and it is arguably better now, with the Dolphins consistently challenging the USA on the medal tally. Loading 'What was amazing about the Sydney Olympics was the swimmers who stuck around for another Olympics. They were some of the biggest names swimming has produced,' Thorpe said. 'Swimmers like Susie O'Neill, Kieren Perkins, Hayley Lewis and Daniel Kowalski. 'What that meant for our team was that there was a great transition to the younger swimmers in the lead up to that Olympics and then post-Games. We also had great investment in sport in the lead-up.' 'She's part of telling a story about swimming in this country, and we continue to be successful. I love that for Mollie, and she's potentially going to be a leader when it comes to future Olympic Games.'
The Age
01-08-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Ian Thorpe wants the swimmer who's matched his world title feats to also dominate a home Olympics
'She's doggedly determined. I think most of us have had that in our own unique way. Her skills under pressure are remarkable. That has an impact on other athletes. They know that last big turn is coming from Mollie, and they factor it into the way they race her. I look more broadly, and I am getting excited. 'I don't believe Mollie or any athlete jumps into the pool when they're young or makes their first national team and says, 'I want to accomplish this many world championship gold medals because it's more than someone else'. It doesn't factor into what you're doing.' O'Callaghan, who turned 21 in April, competed at her first Olympics in Tokyo as a 17-year-old before winning her maiden world title the following year in Budapest. She picked up 100m freestyle gold in 2022 and 2023, as well as 200m freestyle gold in 2023 and again this week. Thorpe won 400m freestyle gold as a 15-year-old at the 1998 world championships before becoming an Australian hero at the Sydney Olympics by claiming three gold and two silver at a home Games. Thorpe's 11 world titles came in the 1998, 2001 and 2003 world championships. At his peak, the 'Thorpedo' held individual world records in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle. O'Callaghan was born in Brisbane in 2004 and will be 28 when the Olympics arrive in Australia in her home town. 'I hope to see Mollie continue for a home Olympic Games,' Thorpe said. 'I want as many athletes - current ones and those who we don't really know about - to experience that. 'The events might be slightly different, but when it comes to an Olympics at home, there's a tremendous lure to do it. She won't know whether she wants to for another three years.' Australian swimming was in excellent health in 2000, and it is arguably better now, with the Dolphins consistently challenging the USA on the medal tally. Loading 'What was amazing about the Sydney Olympics was the swimmers who stuck around for another Olympics. They were some of the biggest names swimming has produced,' Thorpe said. 'Swimmers like Susie O'Neill, Kieren Perkins, Hayley Lewis and Daniel Kowalski. 'What that meant for our team was that there was a great transition to the younger swimmers in the lead up to that Olympics and then post-Games. We also had great investment in sport in the lead-up.' 'She's part of telling a story about swimming in this country, and we continue to be successful. I love that for Mollie, and she's potentially going to be a leader when it comes to future Olympic Games.'
The Advertiser
22-07-2025
- Business
- The Advertiser
Brisbane goes for gold with $70b win from 2032 Olympics
Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. "In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter," Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. "It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important." A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Mr Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was "music to our ears". "We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland," he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. "Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits," the University of Queensland academic told AAP. "But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. "Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are." She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts, but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left "high and dry" when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. "There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket," she said. Glasgow will host a pared-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blow-outs. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic "new norm" that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. "We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline," he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for "warmth, hospitality, openness" lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments. Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. "In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter," Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. "It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important." A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Mr Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was "music to our ears". "We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland," he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. "Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits," the University of Queensland academic told AAP. "But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. "Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are." She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts, but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left "high and dry" when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. "There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket," she said. Glasgow will host a pared-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blow-outs. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic "new norm" that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. "We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline," he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for "warmth, hospitality, openness" lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments. Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. "In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter," Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. "It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important." A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Mr Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was "music to our ears". "We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland," he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. "Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits," the University of Queensland academic told AAP. "But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. "Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are." She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts, but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left "high and dry" when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. "There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket," she said. Glasgow will host a pared-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blow-outs. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic "new norm" that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. "We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline," he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for "warmth, hospitality, openness" lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments. Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. "In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter," Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. "It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important." A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Mr Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was "music to our ears". "We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland," he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. "Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits," the University of Queensland academic told AAP. "But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. "Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are." She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts, but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left "high and dry" when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. "There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket," she said. Glasgow will host a pared-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blow-outs. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic "new norm" that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. "We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline," he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for "warmth, hospitality, openness" lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments.
7NEWS
22-07-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Brisbane goes for gold with $70b win from 2032 Olympics
Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. 'In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter,' Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. 'It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important.' A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be a factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was 'music to our ears'. 'We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland,' he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. 'Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits,' the University of Queensland academic said. 'But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. 'Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are.' She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left 'high and dry' when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. 'There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket,' she said. Glasgow will host a pared-back Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blowouts. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic 'new norm' that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. 'We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline,' he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for 'warmth, hospitality, openness' lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments.
Perth Now
22-07-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Brisbane goes for gold with $70b win from 2032 Olympics
Australia is on track to strike Brisbane Olympic gold, with the 2032 Games forecast to pump more than $70 billion into the national economy. But a business expert has played down the Olympic-sized impact touted on Tuesday, warning the cost of preparing for a Games might outweigh the benefits. The seven-year countdown to the 2032 Games has begun, with a Deloitte Economics Report predicting the country would benefit from tens of billions of dollars post-Games. The report forecast the Games would help inject $39.5 billion and create 7800 additional full-time jobs for Queensland's southeast through to the year 2052. The remainder of Queensland was set to receive $19.3 billion and 4900 extra jobs, with $11.8 billion and 4700 additional jobs for the rest of the country over the 20-year period. "In some sense, the exact dollars don't matter," Deloitte Access Economics' Pradeep Philip told a packed Brisbane event boasting Olympic heavyweights on Tuesday. "It's the magnitude and the trajectory of our economic growth that is important." A forecast volunteering uptick is set to attract 50,000 mostly Australian people, and is expected to contribute to higher labour productivity, feeding the economic boom. Transport, event and public infrastructure set to be built for the Games would also contribute to the long-term economic legacy, Mr Philip said. Brisbane's enhanced reputation was also expected to be factor, contributing to higher pre-and post-Games tourism as well as boosting merchandise exports and foreign direct investment. Australian Olympic Committee CEO Mark Arbib said the report was "music to our ears". "We can't wait for Brisbane 2032, the world is going to come to Queensland," he said. But business expert Sheranne Fairley claimed projects rarely came in on budget and warned the Brisbane Olympics may not have a positive economic legacy. She urged people to keep a healthy amount of scepticism about the touted impacts, with a string of previous Olympic host cities enduring cost blowouts. "Pretty much every Games we've ever had, we've touted economic benefits and said there's going to be all these positive benefits," the University of Queensland academic told AAP. "But we see a lot of the time, there's cost blowouts. "Then there's really no sustained tracking of what those benefits are." She said multiple studies would likely be completed after the 2032 event boasting different Games impacts, but believed it would be difficult to determine its overall legacy. She cited the 2018 Commonwealth Games hosted by the Gold Coast, saying some businesses were left "high and dry" when they ordered extra stock for the expected influx of visitors that never came. "There were certainly some businesses that were left out of pocket," she said. Glasgow will host a pared-down Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Victoria reneged as host, citing contentious cost blow-outs. Yet Brisbane Olympic boss Andrew Liveris said the 2032 Games legacy would be different, after being hosted under new reforms. Brisbane organisers will abide by the Olympic "new norm" that encourages host cities to use existing or temporary venues to help ensure a more affordable, beneficial and sustainable Games. "We will deliver a Games for the entire region and the entire country that happens to have the word Brisbane as its headline," he told function on Tuesday. The 2032 Olympics will ensure Queensland had a reputation for "warmth, hospitality, openness" lasting beyond the event, he said. The clock is ticking for the Games after the Queensland government finally confirmed its venue blueprint in March, more than 1300 days after Brisbane was named host city. Victoria Park in Brisbane's inner city is expected to become the Games hub, with a 63,000-seat main stadium as part of a $7.1 billion venue funded by the state and federal governments.
