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 ...