Chris Dutton

Chris Dutton

Chris Dutton has worked at The Canberra Times since 2007, starting as a junior reporter before covering the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies. He now writes extensively on Super Rugby and is part of the Fairfax team covering the London Olympic Games - with, of course, a focus on Canberra athletes.

Athletes in cough risk after outbreak

Chris Dutton, David Polkinghorne The Australian Institute of Sport claims there's no need to quarantine its athletes just 36 days out from the Olympic Games despite admitting some may be at a ''high risk'' to a contagious outbreak...

Swimming

Treffers takes long view after Olympic heartbreak

Chris Dutton Canberra swimmer Ben Treffers hopes making the sport fun again will help him move on from his failed Olympic Games bid and has vowed to use the agonisingly close defeat to make him stronger.