Australia’s sports minister Kate Lundy carried out an embarrassing forfeit on Sunday after losing an Olympic wager with her British counterpart.
Lundy donned a British team kit and rowed 1,000 metres of the London Games course on Dorney Lake, as she had pledged to do if Britain won more medals than Australia during the Olympics.
Britain took 65 medals, including 29 gold, while Australia collected 35 medals with 7 gold. Crowds cheered Lundy, a former rower, as she took to the water in a single scull to carry out her forfeit.
Had Britain fallen short, sports minister Hugh Robertson had promised to wear an Australian field hockey uniform and dribble a ball around Australia House, the country’s official government residence in London.
Published 02 September 2012, 17:02 IST