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Australian sports boss blames school sport for lack of medals

Reported by New Zealand Herald on Monday, 6 August 2012 (on August 6, 2012)
New Zealand Herald
Australian sports boss blames school sport for lack of medalsAustralia Olympic Committee president John Coates blames his athletes' failure to achieve the expected gold-medal success from the London Games on a shortage of government funding and a lack of compulsory sport in schools.Australia...

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