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21/09/2000 PIRATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 : Australian cyclists Scott McGrory & Brett Aitken celebrate winning gold in Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 60km madison track cycling final 21/09/00. Pic Phil Hillyard. Sydney2000 Pic. Phil Hillyard

Olympic great’s call for help

A hero from the 2000 Sydney Games says the best cyclists in NSW will head elsewhere to chase their Olympic dreams unless funding can be found to save the state’s only indoor velodrome.

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Daily Telegraph. 03, April, 2025.(Story-Olympic venue that is dramatically under used)Ross Bowlers and Paul Simon, at Dunc Gray Velodrome, Bass Hill, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Sydney’s embarrassing Olympic secret

The Sydney Olympics velodrome is in disrepair and the pool where Ian Thorpe and Susie O’Neill swam into sporting folklore can no longer host major swim meets. Read why our venues from the 2000 Games are in danger of becoming obsolete.

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