Olympics

Who was the Aussie rower who stopped mid-race for a family of ducks to pass – and still went on to win? Who is the only person to win Olympics gold and an Oscar? And how many muesli bars are the Aussie team expected to eat in Paris? In this edition, we ask the important Olympic questions, as we revisit all the scandals, stories and glories of the Games in our Big Olympics Quiz.

More highlights in this edition:

• In The Big Picture, we meet the South Sudanese runners who competed in the first-ever Olympic Refugee Team in 2016. This year, 37 displaced athletes are competing under the banner in Paris.
• Writer Bunny Banyai on how becoming an Olympics fanatic brought hope when everything else was falling apart; Vivien Achia remembers a special torch relay; and for Kerri Sackville, the gymnastics spectacle brings her back to her late sister.
• Help spread the glove this winter! Check out our knitting and crochet patterns for some fingerless gloves you can make and gift to your local Big Issue
• Spiderbait’s Janet English remembers her teen years as a small-town weirdo, and finding the punk scene and her (purple) people.
• Author Ella Baxter reveals how she channelled her rage into writing her buzzed-about second novel Woo Woo, a darkly funny tale about an artist and her muse.
• InTastes Like Home, Brooke “Brooki” Bellamy delivers a nostalgia pop with her recipe for a classic childhood favourite: Jelly Slice!
• The Oarsome Foursome may have won Olympic gold on water, but it’s their dulcet tones and TV ads we remember in Ozzities.