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Abbott and Obama become gym buddies

Tony Abbott has a new gym buddy.

The Australian prime minister has revealed he shared a workout with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of this week’s special UN meeting in New York.

ā€œWe were gym buddies this morning,ā€ the prime minister laughed, after Nine network host Karl Stefanovic asked him about the encounter on Friday.

ā€œHe was on treadmill, I was on the bike, so I guess we both stuck to our strengths.ā€

The Nine host told the prime minister: ā€œIt’s like the beach volleyball scene from Top Gun, it conjures up all sorts of images.ā€

ā€œHaha,ā€ the prime minister replied.

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