Sharman Stone (Murray, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

On 9 August, Fairless, a film celebrating a country town legend, was premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film features a Shepparton cycling great and dairy farmer, Steve Fairless, who first competed in the 1998 Seoul Olympics. The documentary is about Steve's comeback to the cycling world. In 2013, he won the Australian masters road title. Last year, he went to Slovenia to compete in the world masters championships. He came second in the 50-54 age bracket. He controversially lost by 0.1 of a second. But, in true fighting spirit, he is now in Austria to take out the world title. Fairless the film was written and directed by another Shepparton great, Marcus Cobbledick. It has now been sold to Qantas and Emirates airlines for their in-flight entertainment. (Time expired)

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