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The only non-winner on this list, might have left the greatest legacy of all. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Australian sprinter Peter Norman made a monumental stand against racism. While accepting his silver medal for finishing second in the 200m sprint, Norman wore a human rights badge on his jacket, joining in the black power and human rights protest of African American race winner Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos.
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There may not be an Australian sporting moment mimicked as much in backyards across the nation as Shane Warne's outrageous delivery to England's Mike Gatting on Day 2 of the first Test of the 1993 Ashes series. In his maiden Ashes Test, and with his first ball against England, Warne delivered a leg break for the ages. The ball initially travelled straight down the pitch towards the right-handed Gatting, before rapidly drifting to the legside.
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"What a player, John Eales. His kick has retained the Bledisloe Cup!" - Grant Nisbett
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"I don't think I'll take the medal as the minute and a half of the race I actually won. I'll take it as the last decade of the hard slog I put in." - Steven Bradbury
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