Stay positive, Cuthbert tells MS sufferers Oct 21, 2008
Four time Olympic gold medallist Betty Cuthbert will be honoured for her commitment to improving the life of multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers. The 70-year-old was diagnosed with MS in her late thirties and will officially open a room named after her at the Nerve Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Blackburn. (ABC Online)
Girl power: women lead the way in Beijing Aug 21, 2008
"The record speaks for itself and women at the forefront have been the case for the last few Games. We have got a wonderful history of performance over many Olympics, and it goes back to the days of Shirley Strickland and Betty Cuthbert.". Coates said Meares and McLellan ranked among the great stories of Olympic history, what with Meares's debilitating injury and fightback and McLellan's dramatic step up to the podium with a remarkable effort. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Triple treat for Rice as Aussies end US unbeaten run Aug 15, 2008
Rice joined Betty Cuthbert, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe in equalling the record haul for an Australian at a single Olympics. It's so exciting. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Gold carrot lures Diamond to Beijing Jul 23, 2008
" Diamond won't miss the flight to China next month and he remains some chance of carrying the flag into the Bird's Nest for the opening ceremony. He is chasing a third gold. Swimmers Ian Thorpe, Dawn Fraser, and Murray Rose, and runner Betty Cuthbert are the only other Australian athletes who have won more gold medals. He thinks he can close the gap on them. He watched those results come in from Beijing earlier this year with keen interest. When he heard that 118 - from a total of 125 targets -... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Culture's vultures miss point May 17, 2008
Australia has a proud history of successful, high-profile individual sportswomen from Betty Cuthbert to Jana Rawlinson, from Dawn Fraser to Libby Trickett, from Margaret Court to, well, ummm, we'll get back to you. Yet women's team sports remain, outside the Olympics (Hockeyroos) or occasional world championship (the Southern Stars cricketers; the insert-own-name-here netball team), the struggling artists and the unpublished poets of Australian sport. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Rawlinson ranked No.1 hurdler for 2007 Dec 21, 2007
Rawlinson joins the likes of Ron Clarke (five times ranked No.1), Marlene Mathews and Betty Cuthbert (both four times) and Cathy Freeman, Pam Ryan, Kerry Junna-Saxby and Herb Elliott (all three times) with multiple No.1 rankings. Deakes joins John Landy, Rob de Castella, Ralph Doubell, Simon Baker, Betty Moore, Maureen Caird, Emma George, Dixie Willis, Kerry O'Brien, Dmitri Markov and John Winter as athletes to achieve the top spot on one occasion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
WA's Perry Lakes closes with a whimper Dec 15, 2007
With Olympic legend Betty Cuthbert due to be amongst the dignitaries invited to farewell the venue built to house the 1962 Empire Games, illness meant she was unable to attend - and unseasonable weather meant the other invited VIP's sheltered under umbrellas at trackside. An untimely virus also ruled out Olympic pole vault hopeful Steve Hooker from the last event at his home stadium, leaving the sparse crowd with few modern memories to add to the stadium's 45-year history. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
