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Usain Bolt, footballers and track stars grace Homebush in a sports show |
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Media team – (Print and audio) Jess Fagan, Trent Hile, Selma Kajan, Nick Bayliss, Jay Mathieson and David Tarbotton
Athletes arrived in hot-pink stretch Hummers, walked the red carpet and were given the full celebrity treatment as athletics met Hollywood for the 2010 Pirtek Athletics Allstars meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre on Wednesday night in front of a crowd of 4000.
Touted as athletics’ answer to Twenty20 cricket, the meet combined a night of Australian athletics with a state-of-the-art entertainment production – complete with
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At the Pirtek Athletic Allstars event last night, in the clash of Australia’s fastest footy players, rugby union flyer Lachie Turner claimed bragging rights for the 15-man game, pipping fellow Eastwood winger John Grant and league’s Jarryd Hayne in the 100m Gatorade Bolt.
The race, named after World and Olympic Champion Usain Bolt, had been built as a two-man war between league stars Hayne and Greg Inglis, but Turner had enough left over the final 20m to overpower the Parramatta superstar.
“I didn’t expect it,” Turner said after the race.
“Especially after about 60m, Jarryd was pulling ahead of me and Johnny as well, so it was certainly nice to get over
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Audio Feed interviews from the Event |
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Compilation of Audio files by(Jess Fagan, Trent Hile, Selma Kajan, Nick Bayliss, Jay Mathieson and David Tarbotton)
For a comprehensive list of audio interviews from your favourite athletes and Celebrities from the Athletic Allstars night...
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Athletic Allstars Photo Gallery |
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