Australian minister loses Olympics bet to UK counterpart

Australia’s sports minister will don a Team GB shirt and be made to row at Eton Dorney after losing a bet with her British counterpart.

Australian minister loses Olympics bet to UK counterpart
Wed, 08 Aug, 2012 - 09:27

Australia’s sports minister will don a Team GB shirt and be made to row at Eton Dorney after losing a bet with her British counterpart.

Hugh Robertson, minister for sport and the Olympics, won the bet with Kate Lundy over whose country would triumph with more Olympic medals.

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