Plans for the 2032 Olympics now include rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river
- Brisbane has unveiled plans for a 60,000-seat Olympic stadium and a new aquatics center as part of its preparations for the 2032 Games, announced by Queensland Premier David Crisafulli.
- Concerns about crocodiles at the rowing venue on the Fitzroy River were addressed, with Crisafulli stating that local children swim there and crocodiles are not a problem.
- Local organizers scrapped earlier plans to rebuild the Gabba, with Crisafulli's government now aiming for a new stadium in Victoria Park and broader funding options.
- A community group is protesting the stadium plans in Victoria Park, fundraising for a legal challenge against the construction.
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Olympics-Crocodiles no issue but river current could scupper Brisbane rowing plans
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The crocodiles that inhabit the Fitzroy River appear not to be too much of an issue but the water current could scupper plans to stage the rowing at the 2032 Olympics in Rockhampton, some 600 kilometres north of Brisbane. The proposal to hold the rowing events in the city on the central Queensland coast were announced on Tuesday along with the final venue plan for Australia’s third Olympics. Rowing Australia appear to have bee…
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