Former female Olympian heads Tokyo 2020
Four-time Winter Olympian and three-time Summer Games competitor Seiko Hashimoto has been chosen to head Tokyo 2020. The appointment came after her predecessor, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori came under fire for sexist comments.
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Lizzy Yarnold with her medals
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Britain’s most successful Winter Olympian will deliver an online talk on International Women’s Day, on Monday, March 8 at 7pm.
The talk is part of a series of free events at Anglia Ruskin University.
Lizzy Yarnold competed in the high-speed event of skeleton.
She gained a gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 and then gained a gold four years later in PyeongChang, making her the first British athlete to defend a Winter Olympic title.
Lizzy said: “I am often asked ‘How did you get into such a strange sport?’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison s new political crisis could see Australia s international travel ban scrapped sooner as crossbench MPs pressure the government to change its strict policy.
The Coalition barely commands a majority in the House of Representatives, after renegade southern Sydney MP Craig Kelly on Monday quit the Liberal Party.
Should there be another defection, the government will lose its majority and be forced to rely on crossbench MPs, including two who are openly opposed to the ban on Australians travelling overseas for a holiday.
Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie, who holds the Adelaide Hills seat of Mayo, wants the restriction relaxed to allow a travel bubble with the Pacific islands.
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