Matthew Mitcham was named joint winner (with pole vaulter Steve Hooker) of Australia's Don Award, named in honour of cricket playerd Sir Donald Bradman, at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. The Sydney Morning Herald reports: "Six of the seven nominees were medallists at the Beijing Games, the odd one out being 2007 MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner. But it was pole vaulter Hooker and diver Mitcham who got the nod from the judges. Hooker, 26, became the first Australian to win an Olympic pole vault title, four times clearing the bar at his third and final attempt before ...

Source: Daily Telegraph , The Age , Sydney Morning Herald Matthew Mitcham on cover of DNA #105 Australian diving sensation Matthew Mitcham says he's proud but sad to have been the only openly gay athlete at the Beijing Olympics. Mitcham was universally acclaimed for producing the highest-scoring dive in Olympic history to snatch gold in the men's 10-meter platform at the Water Cube. But the 20-year-old will be remembered equally for courageously coming out about as a gay man before the Games in an interview with Sydney Morning Herald . At his first press conference since leaving Beijing...(read more) ...