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43 per cent of elite Australian athletes earned below the poverty line in 2020

Isobel Cootes
Updated May 25 2021 - 6:47am, first published 5:00am
Paralympic gold medallist and ASF sports partnership manager Chris Bond in action. Picture: Getty Images
Paralympic gold medallist and ASF sports partnership manager Chris Bond in action. Picture: Getty Images

Australian athletes have been hit hard by the pandemic, with an Australian Sporting Foundation survey showing about 43 per cent who responded were earning below the poverty line in 2020.

Isobel Cootes

Isobel Cootes

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Sports reporter at The Canberra Times. A Novocastrian with a passion for football (or soccer as they call it in the capital) via The Examiner and The Port Lincoln Times.

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