When the Illawarra Mercury celebrated its 150 th anniversary back in 2005, five elite men and women were recognised as the region's sporting immortals, selected from a group of 50 greats.

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If a list of Illawarra sporting immortals were to be compiled on the Mercury's 170 th birthday in 2025, several new Illawarra sporting stars would surely be on it.

Wollongong swim queen Emma McKeon is Australia's most decorated Olympian.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, McKeon broke Ian Thorpe's Olympic record with her 12th medal.

A few weeks later, the

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