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Greek Australian Skier Lydia Lassila Wins Gold in Winter Olympics

Lydia Lassila laid on the snow in Turin four years ago with her left knee shattered while her Olympic hopes faded away. She didn’t give up, although it would have been easy. Four years later she won the gold medal in aerial skiing. Lassila took home the gold in the aerials, Australia’s second gold medal [...]

The 2008 Homeless World Cup in Melbourne

The 2008 Homeless World Cup in Melbourne

Two Greek Australians will participate in the tournament but in different teams. George Chalkias is the coach of the Australian team and Christos Alefantes is the creator and one of the player for the Greek Homeless team.