Tokyo bound racewalker and Griffith University Occupational Therapy student Katie Hayward has turned the heat up on her training regime as the countdown to the Games begins.
Olympians Jess Fox and Alyce Wood have a thing or two in common. Both Griffith students are Tokyo-bound, destined to represent Australia at events on the water.
Six athletes associated with Griffith have been selected in the Under 23, Under 21 and Under 19 Australian Rowing Teams to compete at the World Rowing Cup 3 Simulation Regatta in June.
Several Griffith University athletes who had been officially selected for Tokyo 2020 will now hit the books after news the Olympics would be pushed to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the Tokyo Olympics only 7 years away, Dr Vlado Vivoda, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, is interviewd on The Project (9 Sept 2013) about how the Japanese Government has been handling the radioactive fallout from the Fukushima Nuclear disaster and Olympic preparations. Listen to the interview here (the story starts at 27.22 minutes)