News about Kieren Perkins

Emma McKeon puts on a glamorous display as she leads star athlete arrivals alongside Ariarne Titmus at Swimming Australia Awards in Brisbane

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2024
Emma McKeon led the celebrity arrivals on Saturday when she put on a very glamorous display at the Swimming Australia Awards ceremony in Brisbane. The six-time Olympic gold medalist, 30, showcased her athletic figure in a plunging cream blazer and matching pants as she posed up a storm on the red carpet at Howard Smith Wharves. Her eye-popping outfit highlighted her flawless skin and gym-toned body and she looked to be in great spirits as she flaunted her stuff at the exclusive event.

Government makes HUGE gender demand of Australian sporting clubs, holding funding back as ransom

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 10, 2024
Australian sporting organisations will lose government funding if half their board members aren't women within three years. The federal government says under a new policy, 50 per cent of board directors and chairs, and also sub-committee members, must be women or gender diverse from 2027. If not, funding will be withheld from non-compliant national sports organisations.

It's been almost 30 years since Kieren Perkins stamped himself as an Aussie Olympics legend - and he looks VERY different now

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 25, 2024
He has been out of the limelight since he became an Aussie Olympics legend after winning gold at the 1996 Games in Atlanta - and 'Superfish' Kieren Perkins has now surfaced in Paris.

Lucy Zelic accuses Australian sporting bodies of bowing to gender ideology -after US transgender swimmer Lia Thomas was denied women's spot ahead of Paris Olympics

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 14, 2024
Journalist Lucy Zelic (pictured left) has accused two leading Australian sporting bodies of bowing to gender ideology. She believes female stars are at risk by allowing trans athletes to compete against them. Zelic didn't mince her words in an interview with Sky News Australia's Chris Kenny.

Ebanie Bridges has slammed plans to encourage trans athletes to compete against the women boxers

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 18, 2023
If transgender people were allowed to compete in combat sports against women, Ebanie Bridges' lives could be in jeopardy. The Blonde Bomber, the current IBF bantamweight world champion, said she was not anti-transgender, but that trans women could not be allowed to fight against biological women. I have nothing against transgender people, be what makes you happy, but the truth is that a natural born woman and a trans woman are not the same,' she wrote in a lengthy post on Twitter.

Over $18.3 million black hole, Australian athletes were denying a chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 27, 2023
Skyrocketing costs and a budget shortfall for Aussie athletes mean that aspiring Olympians and Paralympians may miss out on their chance to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games and beyond