The 75-strong squad is the most important ever for an abroad Video games and solely bettered by Sydney 2000
Australia will carry an infinite group of 75 athletes to the Paris Olympics.
Will probably be the most important squad they’ve ever taken to an abroad Video games, with the 82 athletes that they had at Sydney 2000 being the best general.
Australia will contest 39 of the 48 athletics occasions in Paris, starting from the 100m and 200m to the inaugural marathon racewalk relay.
Out of the 75-strong cohort, there can be two athletes competing at their fourth Video games, 13 at their third, 26 returning for a second Video games and 34 athletes making their Olympic debut.
Australia will contest the heptathlon for the primary time since Beijing 2008, whereas the group additionally consists of each a males’s and ladies’s 4x100m relay squad. The final time that occurred was Sydney 2000.
There are various names to pick however the ladies’s subject can be spearheaded by Jessica Hull, who on the Paris Diamond League ran 3:50.83 within the 1500m to go fifth on the all-time listing.
Australia, on the lads’s facet, additionally possess a few of the most harmful 1500m runners on the earth, with Oli Hoare, Adam Spencer and Stewart McSweyn chosen within the group.
The nation isn’t wanting high quality within the subject occasions both. Olympic silver excessive bounce medallist Nicola Olyslagers and 2022 world champion Eleanor Patterson will battle it out in Paris.
Double world javelin champion and Olympic bronze medallist Kelsey-Lee Barber goals to strike gold however she may have home competitors from Mackenzie Little and Kathryn Mitchell.
Be careful for the likes of Matthew Denny within the discus, Chris Mitrevski within the lengthy bounce and Brandon Starc within the excessive bounce as effectively.
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“I’m thrilled to announce the ultimate 55 athletes for the Athletics group for Paris,” Anna Meares, Australian Olympic group Chef de Mission, stated. “This can be a gifted squad, with the whole 75-strong group the second largest Australian Olympic Athletics squad in our historical past.
“This highlights the nice depth nurtured throughout the nation and I need to pay tribute to all the group at Athletics Australia for delivering a high-performance program that’s attaining excellent outcomes.
“The Athletics group is the most important of any sport and they’ll contribute enormously to the constructive setting of the broader Australian Olympic Staff.”
Athletics Australia CEO Peter Bromley can be assured about their possibilities in Paris.
“It’s an extremely proud second to announce any Australian group, however to see certainly one of Australia’s largest and strongest groups heading to the Olympics is one thing else,” he stated.
“With six athletes who medalled ultimately 12 months’s World Athletics Championships and three medallists from the Tokyo Video games, our group exemplifies the energy and depth of Australian athletics. We’re excited to see our athletes take a look at their abilities in opposition to the most effective on the earth on the pinnacle occasion.”
Girls
100m: Ella Connolly and Bree Masters
200m: Torrie Lewis and Mia Gross
400m: Ellie Beer
800m: Claudia Hollingsworth, Abbey Caldwell and Catriona Bisset
1500m: Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffith and Linden Corridor
5000m: Rose Davies, Isobel Batt-Doyle and Lauren Ryan
10,000m: Lauren Ryan
Marathon: Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson and Jessica Stenson
100m Hurdles: Michelle Jenneke, Liz Clay and Celeste Mucci
400m Hurdles: Sarah Carli and Alanah Yukich
3000m Steeplechase: Amy Cashin and Cara Feain-Ryan
20km Racewalk: Rebecca Henderson, Jemima Montag and Olivia Sandery
Excessive Leap: Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson
Pole Vault: Nina Kennedy
Lengthy Leap: Brooke Buschkuehl
Discus Throw: Taryn Gollshewsky
Hammer Throw: Stephanie Ratcliffe
Javelin Throw: Mackenzie Little, Kelsey-Lee Barber and Kathryn Mitchell
Heptathlon: Camryn Newton-Smith and Tori West
4x100m Relay: Connolly, Kristie Edwards, Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Aleksandra Stoilova, Mia Gross and Torrie Lewis
Marathon Racewalk Relay: Jemima Montag, Rebecca Henderson, Olivia Sandery and Allanah Pitcher (reserve)
Males
100m: Rohan Browning
200m: Calab Regulation
400m: Reece Holder
800m: Peter Bol, Joseph Deng and Peyton Craig
1500m: Adam Spencer, Oliver Hoare and Stewart McSweyn
5000m: Morgan McDonald and Stewart McSweyn
Marathon: Brett Robinson, Patrick Tiernan and Liam Adams
110m Hurdles: Tayleb Willis
3000m Steeplechase: Matt Clarke and Ben Buckingham
20km Racewalk: Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan and Declan Tingay
Excessive Leap: Yual Reath, Brandon Starc and Joel Baden
Pole Vault: Kurtis Marschall
Lengthy Leap: Christopher Mitrevski and Liam Adcock
Triple Leap: Connor Murphy
Discus Throw: Matthew Denny
Javelin Throw: Cameron McEntyre
Decathlon: Ash Moloney and Daniel Golubovic
4x100m Relay: Rohan Browning, Calab Regulation, Joshua Azzopardi, Jacob Despard, Sebastian Sultana, Lachlan Kennedy and Christopher Ius (reserve)
Marathon Racewalk Relay: Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan, Declan Tingay and Will Thompson (reserve)
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