US Embassy's Independence Day Party at the National Arboretum Canberra

The Canberra Times

The usual Fourth of July celebrations were held over until after the Paris Olympics to celebrate the fact the next two Olympics will be in America and Australia and to celebrate the sporting links between the nations

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00:00The U.S. and Australia share a deep love of sports and enjoy a

00:29long history of friendly athletic competition. The competition makes us

00:35both better. We saw that in the swimming pool a few weeks ago as Katie Ledecky and

00:40Ariadne Titmuss battled it out in Paris. The U.S. and Australia welcome each

00:46other's athletes. Americans play in professional leagues across Australia.

00:50Even in sports we don't really play in the U.S. That's a shout out to Mason Cox

00:55who helped Collinswood win the Premiership last year. And there is a

00:59well-worn path to U.S. universities for many of Australia's top athletes with

01:05more than 40 of these student-athletes representing Australia in Paris. And

01:10Australians have also excelled at those traditional American sports including

01:15Sydney's Travis Bazzana who earlier this year was the first Australian to be

01:19picked first overall in the Major League Baseball draft.

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