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How the pandemic and bushfires conspired against an Australian water polo player

Australian Olympic water polo player Keesja Gofers

Australian Olympic water polo player Keesja Gofers Source: SBS/John Baldock

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Having rearranged her wedding when the 2020 Olympics were postponed, Keesja Gofers' wedding venue was destroyed in bushfires.

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