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Heath Our Hero Wins Two Gold

By Mary Yaager

Heath Francis, the 19-year-old from Booral who is the patron of the Labor Council's YouthSafe Committee, blitzed the field and won his place in the history books last weekend.

 
 

Heath Francis

On Sunday 22nd October, Heath competed in the T46 class 400m sprint for arm amputees and won his first gold medal in a time of 50.16 seconds. The crowds, clearly delighted, cheered and his family waved their "Go Heath" banners high as Heath took a lap of honour around the track, in this his first paralympic games.

On Tuesday 24th the Australian 4x400m T46 relay team, of which our hero is a member, charged to victory knocking 14.5 seconds off the current world record. Heath took the final leg and finished the relay for the team with a total time of 3.32.44 minutes, collecting his second gold medal.

Heath has another two races to run in these the 11th Paralympic Games - 4 x 400m relay tonight after 5pm and 4x100m relay on Saturday 28th.

Go for it Heath!


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Features
*  Interview: Civilized Capital
The FNV's Harrie Lindelauff explains to Peter Lewis how a friendly government and moderate employers make for a different sort of workplace in Holland.
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*  Politics: Where Too Much Politics Is Barely Enough
With daily newspapers providing polling and analysis, television, cable, radio and Internet providing 24 hour coverage over a year long campaign -- there's more than enough politics for even the most voracious American political junkie reports Michael Gadiel.
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*  International: US Cleaners on Hunger Strike
A number of US cleaners have this week gone on a hunger strike to back a union campaign for higher wages.
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*  Economics: The Pass The Risk Trick
Derivatives, often seen as the currency of casino capitalism, are the fastest growing, largest and potentially most volatile aspect of capitalist economies. Economist Dick Brian sees behind this image an even deeper danger.
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*  Health: Depressing Workplaces
New technologies and the impact of globalisation have sparked more stress and bouts of depression for workers, while causing a growing burden for social security systems, a new ILO report says.
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*  Unions: Costello's Con
The low paid are bearing the brunt of the GST with inflation at a 10 year high argues the ACTU's Greg Combet.
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*  Satire: Bush campaign an in-joke, admit advisors
TEXAS, Thursday: Following Bush's disastrous performance in the first Presidential debate it has been revealed that his bid for president is actually the result of a in-joke about how stupid the American people are.
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»  Heath Our Hero Wins Two Gold
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»  Sport
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