EPISODE 26: WHY WAS AUSTRALIA SUCCESSFUL AT TOKYO 2020?

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were the equal most successful Olympics for any Australian team at the summer Olympics. Australia was only tied with their performance in Athens in 2004.

What a turnaround we saw from the Australian Olympic Team in Tokyo compared to the Rio 2016 Olympics where the nation could only secure 8 gold medals.

In Tokyo, the Australian swim team won 9... to eventually lead Australia to a record equalling 17-gold medals across the Olympiad. But why was there such an improvement compared to the results of Rio?

How did Australia manage to turn it around? Well in this episode of the DeakHeads podcast, Damon & Rob attempt to unpack the Australian Olympic performance and try to identify some of the factors that aided in Australia's success. Some of the topics discussed include:

-The introduction of Australia's "Winning Edge" program

- The decentralisation of the Australian Institute of Sport

- The power given back to National Sporting Organisations to facilitate the Olympic success of the sport

- The success of the Australian Institute of Sport Gold Medal Ready Program

- Peer Gold Medal support from former gold medallists

- The impact of COVID-19 on the ability to train consistently for Australian athletes

- The influence of the restructuring of national programs following Rio 2016

- How the decentralisation allowed Australian athletes to prosper going into Tokyo 2020.

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