Athletics Australia is rebranding to “Australian Athletics” — a move that might appear subtle to most people but which the sports federation said would provide a “bold, new identity” to allow it to capitalise on a golden era ahead.
Athletics Australia is rebranding to “Australian Athletics” — a move that might appear subtle to most people but which the sports federation said would provide a “bold, new identity” to allow it to capitalise on a golden era ahead.
They’re still called athletes I guess? but for some reason we* nonetheless never (?) use “athletics” to mean “all sports”. I’d never really thought about how it’s a bit strange until this thread!
* at least here - can’t speak definitively for everybody
That doesn’t sound very American of you…
Well I linked to an article from the Australian national broadcaster, so that tracks :P