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From alumni starting game-changing businesses, to students (literally) kicking goals in sport, to research breakthroughs, there’s always something happening at Bond. See what Bondies have been up to and explore latest news from campus, the community and beyond.  

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Bond's Olympic countdown: Mat Belcher

Mat Belcher is the most successful Olympic-class helm sailor in Australian history and plans to add to that legacy at Tokyo.

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Bond's Olympic countdown: Jenna Strauch

A framed photo of nine-year-old Jenna Strauch standing next to Olympic champion Giaan Rooney had pride of place in the bedroom of the Bendigo youngster. For years it sat next to a signed swimming cap, foreshadowing a journey that Strauch herself still finds hard to fathom. Bendigo had only ever had one Olympic swimmer, back in the 1956 Melbourne Games. Now it has two.

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Bond's Olympic countdown: Jean van der Westhuyzen

He was born and raised in South Africa but Jean van der Westhuyzen will pull on a different green and gold uniform when he represents Australia at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Bond's Olympic countdown: Madeleine Gough

She smashed the Australian record at the Olympic swimming trials, now Maddy Gough plans to create more history at the Tokyo Olympics. The Bond University Bachelor of Biomedical Science student will compete in the 1500m at Tokyo, the first time the event has been held at the Olympics for women.

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Sporting news

Rising triathlete makes mark on world stage

Bond University business student Kye Robinson has placed fourth in his age group at the World Triathlon Championships in Spain.

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Bull Sharks hit the road on Outback netball tour

Bond University Netball is embarking on a First Nations tour of southwest Queensland to bring the sport to remote Indigenous communities.

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Water polo makes a splash with new philosophy

Oliver Dickson jumped in the deep end after graduating with a Bachelor of Sport Management from Bond University in 2022.

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Wilks and Karpani swap Bond blue for green and gold

Bull Sharks Melanie Wilks and Eva Karpani have been selected for the 2023 Wallaroo Test Squad.

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