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https://www.neds.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Volk.jpeg678452Cathy Freeman. Shane Warne. Ian Thorpe. Ash Barty. Sam Kerr. Tim Cahill. Kostya Tszyu. Alexander Volkanovski. That’s a definitive list of Australia’s greatest international athletes since 1990. The first seven names I listed roll off the tongue in a way that Alexander Volkanovski’s doesn’t, and that is wrong. You could make an argument that relative to competition, Volk is the single greatest athlete this country has had since 1990. After beating the previously undefeated Movsar Evloev on Sunday morning Australian time, all the discussion is how it’s now inarguable that Volkanovski is the single greatest featherweight in the history of…