26/08/2022
Some important points made by Kieran Perkins, it's time to think more about how sport influences and adds to peoples livelihoods beyond the gold medals.
As Australians, sporting culture has been the backbone of our communities growing up but it has also sometimes been detrimental and isolating for some others. As a community, it is important we look to creating a safe, engaging and inviting environment for every type of sport to ensure the positive habits which are developed through sport are experienced by all and carried to adulthood.
Olympic champion Kieren Perkins warns against sending kids to the "meat grinder" in the chase for gold, in a passionate plea to sporting organisations.