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Australian team announced

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THE Australian Olympic Committee has named 433 athletes to compete at the Beijing Olympics next month and hopes to finish among the top five nations.
AOC director of sport Fiona de Jong said a top-five finish on the medal table was not an easy target but remained achievable after similar finishes at Athens four years ago and in Sydney 2000.
"It's going to be tough ... (but) our athletes will do us proud in Beijing," she said.
De Jong said the main challenges for the Australian team in Beijing would be medical problems and dealing with the heat and humidity of the Beijing summer.
"But we are used to operating in challenging conditions," she said.
Only three athletes are currently subject to appeals, modern pentathlete Angie Darby, cyclist Chris Jongewaard, and sprinter Patrick Johnson.
A decision is expected later today on mountain biker Jongewaard, who is facing hit-and-run and drink-driving offences relating to an accident near Adelaide last year which left fellow cyclist Matthew Rex with severe head injuries.
A decision on Darby will be known overnight after a hearing in Monaco by the world governing body for modern pentathlon, while Johnson's case remains in Court of Arbitration for sport.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24039385-5014107,00.html

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Timmah

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The full Australian Olympic team has been announced - all 433 of them. Only two spots remain in doubt - mountain biker Chris Jongewaard and modern pentathlete Angie Darby - due to appeals.
Australia has qualified in 26 of the 28 sports on the Olympic program. Australia has not qualified in baseball, men’s and women’s handball, men’s and women’s indoor volleyball and women’s football.


2008 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM

ARCHERY
MEN: Matthew Gray: Individual, Team. Sky Kim: Individual, Team. Michael Naray: Individual, Team.
WOMEN: Lexie Feeney: Individual. Jane Waller: Individual.

ATHLETICS
Youcef Abdi: 3000m Steeplechase – Men. Luke Adams: 20km Road Walk – Men. Justin Anlezark: Shot Put – Men. Jarrod Bannister: Javelin Throw – Men. Collis Birmingham: 5000m – Men. Alana Boyd: Pole Vault – Women. Paul Burgess: Pole Vault – Men. Lisa Corrigan: 1500m – Women. Nathan Deakes: 50km Road Walk – Men. Chris Erickson: 20km Road Walk – Men. Dylan Grant: 4 x 400m Relay – Men. Benn Harradine: Discus Throw – Men. Clinton Hill: 4 x 400m Relay – Men. Steve Hooker: Pole Vault – Men. Sarah Jamieson: 1500m – Women. Benita Johnson: Marathon – Women. Mitchell Kealey: 1500m – Men. Fabrice Lapierre: Long Jump – Men. Tamsyn Lewis: 400m – Women, 800m – Women. Donna MacFarlane: 3000m Steeplechase – Women. Scott Martin: Shot Put – Men. Sally McLellan: 100m Hurdles – Women. Joel Milburn: 4 x 400m Relay – Men, 400m – Men. Victoria Mitchell: 3000m Steeplechase – Women. Craig Mottram: 5000m – Men. Mark Ormrod: 4 x 400m Relay – Men. Madeleine Pape: 800m – Women. Lach Renshaw: 800m – Men. Adam Rutter: 50km Road Walk – Men. Dani Samuels: Discus Throw – Women. Jane Saville: 20km Road Walk – Women. Kate Smyth: Marathon – Women. John Steffensen: 4 x 400m Relay – Men, 400m – Men. Jared Tallent: 20km Road Walk – Men. 50km Road Walk – Men. Bronwyn Thompson: Long Jump – Women. Lee Troop: Marathon – Men. Kellie Wapshott: 20km Road Walk – Women. Lisa Jane Weightman: Marathon – Women. Kylie Wheeler: Heptathlon – Women. Claire Woods: 20km Road Walk – Women. Sean Wroe: 4 x 400m Relay – Men, 400m – Men.
Men’s 4 x 400m relay subject to IAAF confirmation on 23 July 2008.

BADMINTON
MEN: Stuart Gomez: Singles. Ross Smith: Doubles. Glenn Warfe: Doubles
WOMEN: Erin Carroll: Singles. Tania Luiz: Doubles. Eugenia Tanaka: Doubles.

BASKETBALL
MEN: David Andersen, Chris Anstey, David Barlow, Andrew Bogut, CJ Bruton, Joe Ingles, Patrick Mills, Brad Newley, Matthew Nielsen, Shawn Redhage, Glen Saville, Mark Worthington.
WOMEN: Suzy Batkovic, Tully Bevilaqua, Rohanee Cox, Hollie Grima, Lauren Jackson, Erin Phillips, Emma Randall, Jenni Screen, Belinda Snell, Laura Summerton, Penny Taylor, Kristi Harrower.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
WOMEN: Tamsin Barnett, Nat Cook.
MEN: Andrew Schacht, Joshua Slack.
Subject to FIVB confirmation on 21 July 2008.

BOXING
Dan Beahan: + 91kg (super heavyweight) Luke Boyd: 51 – 54kg (bantamweight). Paul Fleming: 54 – 57kg (featherweight). Jarrod Fletcher: 69 -75kg (middleweight). Todd Kidd: 60 – 64kg (light-welterweight). Anthony Little: 57 – 60kg (lightweight). Gerard O’Mahony: 64 – 69kg (welterweight). Brad Pitt: 81 – 91kg (heavyweight). Stephen Sutherland: 48 – 51kg (flyweight).

CANOE/KAYAK
FLATWATER: Jacob Clear: K-2 500m – Men. Hannah Davis: K-2 – 500m – Women, K-4 – 500m – Women. Lyndsie Fogarty: K-2 – 500m – Women, K-4 – 500m – Women. Torsten Lachmann: C-1 1000m – Men, C-1 500m – Men. Chantal Meek: K-1 500m – Women, K-4 – 500m – Women. Clint Robinson: K-2 500m – Men, K-4 1000m – Men. Lisa Oldenhof: K-4 – 500m – Women. Tony Schumacher: K-4 1000m – Men. Dave Smith: K-4 1000m – Men. Tate Smith: K-4 1000m – Men. Ken Wallace: K-1 1000m – Men, K-1 500m – Men.
SLALOM: Robin Bell: C-1 – Men. Mark Bellofiore: C-2 – Men. Warwick Draper: K-1 – Men. Jacqueline Lawrence: K-1 – Women. Lachlan Milne: C-2 – Men.

CYCLING
BMX: Tanya Bailey: Individual – Women. Nicole Callisto: Individual – Women. Jared Graves: Individual – Men. Kamakazi: Individual – Men. Luke Madill: Individual – Men.
MOUNTAIN BIKE: *Daniel McConnell: Cross Country – Men. Dellys Starr: Cross Country – Women.
ROAD: Kate Bates, Sara Carrigan, Cadel Evans, Simon Gerrans, Matt Lloyd, Stuart O’Grady, Michael Rogers, Oenone Wood.
TRACK: Ryan Bayley, Jack Bobridge, Graeme Brown, Dan Ellis, Mark French, Mark Jamieson, Shane Kelly, Brett Lancaster, Kate Mactier, Brad McGee, Anna Meares, Cameron Meyer, Luke Roberts.
*Subject to appeal by Chris Jongewaard

DIVING
Briony Cole: Synchronised Diving 10m Platform – Women, Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard – Women. Alexandra Croak: 10m Platform – Women. Mathew Helm: 10m Platform – Men, Synchronised Diving 10m Platform – Men. Matthew Mitcham: 10m Platform – Men, 3m Springboard – Men. Chantelle Newbery: 3m Springboard – Women. Robert Newbery: 3m Springboard – Men, Synchronised Diving 10m Platform – Men, Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard – Men. Scott Robertson: Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard – Men. Sharleen Stratton: 3m Springboard – Women, Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard – Women. Melissa Wu: 10m Platform – Women, Synchronised Diving 10m Platform – Women.

EQUESTRIAN
DRESSAGE: Hayley Beresford: Individual, Team. Kristy Oatley: Individual, Team. Heath Ryan: Individual, Team.
EVENTING: Clayton Fredericks: Individual, Team. Lucinda Fredericks: Individual, Team. Sonja Johnson: Individual, Team. Megan Jones: Individual, Team. Shane Rose: Individual, Team.
JUMPING: Edwina Alexander: Individual, Team. Laurie Lever: Individual, Team. Peter McMahon: Individual, Team. Matthew Williams: Individual, Team.

FENCING
FOIL: Jo Halls, Individual
EPEE: Amber Parkinson, Individual

FOOTBALL
MEN: Mark Bridge, David Carney, Billy Celeski, Adam Federici, Neil Kilkenny, Adrian Leijer, Trent McClenahan, Mark Milligan, Stuart Musialik, Jade North, Nikita Rukavytsya, Kristian Sarkies, Matthew Spiranovic, Archie Thompson, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, James Troisi, Tando Velaphi, Ruben Zadkovich

GYMNASTICS
ARTISTIC – WOMEN: Georgia Bonora: Individual All-Around, Team Competition. Ashleigh Brennan: Individual All-Around, Team Competition. Daria Joura: Individual All-Around, Team Competition. Lauren Mitchell: Individual All-Around, Team Competition. Shona Morgan: Individual All-Around, Team Competition. Olivia Vivian: Individual All-Around, Team Competition
ARTISTIC – MEN: Sam Simpson: Individual All-Around – Men.
RHYTHMIC: Naazmi Johnston: Individual All-Around – Women
TRAMPOLINE: Ben Wilden: Individual – Men.

HOCKEY
MEN: Des Abbott, Travis Brooks, Kiel Brown, Liam De Young, Luke Doerner, Jamie Dwyer, Bevan George, David Guest, Rob Hammond, Fergus Kavanagh, Mark Knowles, Stephen Lambert, Eli Matheson, Eddie Ockenden, Grant Schubert, Matt Wells.
WOMEN: Nicole Arrold, Teneal Attard, Madonna Blyth, Casey Eastham, Emily Halliday, Kate Hollywood, Nikki Hudson, Rachel Imison, Fiona Johnson, Angela Lambert, Kobie McGurk, Hope Munro, Megan Rivers, Kim Walker, Melanie Wells, Sarah Young.

JUDO
MEN: Mark Anthony: 73 – 81kg (half-middleweight). Steven Brown: 60 – 66kg (half-lightweight). Matt Celotti: 90 – 100kg (half-heavyweight). Matthew D’Aquino: – 60kg (extra-lightweight). Dennis Iverson: 66 – 73kg (lightweight). Daniel Kelly: 81 – 90kg (middleweight). Semir Pepic: + 100kg (heavyweight)
WOMEN: Catherine Arlove: 57 – 63kg (half-middleweight). Tiffany Day: – 48kg (extra-lightweight). Stephanie Grant: 70 – 78kg (half-heavyweight). Maria Pekli: 52 – 57kg (lightweight). Kristie-Anne Ryder: 48 – 52kg (half-lightweight). Janelle Shepherd: + 78kg (heavyweight)

MODERN PENTATHLON
WOMEN: *Angie Darby: Individual
* Subject to appeal by the Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation

ROWING
MEN: EIGHT: Jeremy Stevenson, James Chapman, Thomas Laurich, Samuel Loch, Marty Rabjohns, Stephen Stewart, James Tomkins, Sam Conrad, David Dennis. QUADRUPLE SCULL: Daniel Noonan, James McRae, Christopher Morgan, Brendan Long. FOUR: Francis Hegerty, Matt Ryan, James Marburg, Cameron McKenzie-McHarg. LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR: Rod Chisholm, Anthony Edwards, Ben Cureton, Todd Skipworth. PAIR: Duncan Free, Drew Ginn. DOUBLE SCULL: Scott Brennan, David Crawshay. LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULL: Samuel Beltz, Tom Gibson. SINGLE SCULL: Peter Hardcastle.
WOMEN: EIGHT: Natalie Bale, Sarah Heard, Sally Kehoe, Brooke Pratley. Elizabeth Kell. Kate Hornsey, Pauline Frasca, Elizabeth Patrick, Sarah Tait. QUADRUPLE SCULL: Amber Bradley, Amy Ives, Zoe Uphill, Kerry Hore. LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULL: Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston. DOUBLE SCULL: Catriona Sens, Sonia Mills. PAIR: Sarah Cook, Kim Crow. SINGLE SCULL: Pippa Savage.

SAILING
MEN: TORNADO: Glenn Ashby, Darren Bundock. 49ER: Ben Austin, Nathan Outteridge. FINN: Anthony Nossiter. STAR: Iain Murray, Andrew Palfrey. 470: Malcolm Page, Nathan Wilmot. LASER: Tom Slingsby.
WOMEN: LASER RADIAL: Sarah Blanck. RS:X WINDSURFER: Jessica Crisp: YNGLING: Angela Farrell, Karyn Gojnich, Krystal Weir. 470: Tessa Parkinson, Elise Rechichi.

SHOOTING
MEN: George Barton: Skeet. Ben Burge: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle – 3 Positions,
50m Rifle – Prone. Michael Diamond: Trap. Craig Henwood: Trap. Matthew Inabinet: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle – 3 Positions. Russell Mark: Double Trap. David Moore: 10m Air Pistol, 50m Pistol. Warren Potent: 50m Rifle – Prone. Bruce Quick: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. Paul Rahman: Skeet. Daniel Repacholi: 10m Air Pistol, 50m Pistol.
WOMEN: Dina Aspandiyarova: 10m Air Pistol, 25m Pistol. Sue McCready: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle – 3 Positions. Natalia Rahman: Skeet. Stacy Roiall: Trap. Robyn Van Nus: 10m Air Rifle, 50m Rifle – 3 Positions. Lalita Yauhleuskaya: 10m Air Pistol, 25m Pistol

SOFTBALL
WOMEN: Jodie Bowering, Kylie Cronk, Kelly Hardie, Tanya Harding, Sandra Lewis, Simmone Morrow, Tracey Mosley, Stacey Porter, Melanie Roche, Justine Smethurst, Danielle Stewart, Natalie Titcume, Natalie Ward, Belinda Wright, Kerry Wyborn

SWIMMING
Angie Bainbridge: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Bronte Barratt: 200m Freestyle – Women, 400m Freestyle – Women. Grant Brits: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Men, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Men. Leith Brodie: 200m Individual Medley – Men. Ashley Callus: 50m Freestyle – Men. Cate Campbell: 100m Freestyle – Women, 50m Freestyle – Women. Alicia Coutts: 200m Individual Medley – Women. Lara Davenport: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Ashley Delaney: 100m Backstroke – Men, 200m Backstroke – Men. Sophie Edington: 100m Backstroke – Women. Nicholas Ffrost: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Men, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Men. Sally Foster: 200m Breaststroke – Women. Felicity Galvez: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Melissa Gorman: 10km Marathon Swimming – Women, 800m Freestyle – Women. Grant Hackett: 1500m Freestyle – Men, 400m Freestyle – Men. Samantha Hamill: 200m Butterfly – Women, 400m Individual Medley – Women. Belinda Hocking: 200m Backstroke – Women. Ky Hurst: 10km Marathon Swimming – Men. Leisel Jones: 100m Breaststroke – Women, 200m Breaststroke – Women. Andrew Lauterstein: 100m Butterfly – Men. Linda MacKenzie: 200m Freestyle – Women, 400m Freestyle – Women. Alice Mills: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Kenrick Monk: 200m Freestyle – Men. Patrick Murphy: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Men, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Men. Meagen Nay: 200m Backstroke – Women. Travis Nederpelt: 200m Butterfly – Men, 400m Individual Medley – Men. Kirk Palmer: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Men, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Men. Kylie Palmer: 800m Freestyle – Women. Adam Pine: 100m Butterfly – Men. Shayne Reese: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Stephanie Rice: 200m Individual Medley – Women, 400m Individal Medley – Women. Brenton Rickard: 100m Breaststroke – Men, 200m Breaststroke – Men. Jessicah Schipper: 100m Butterfly – Women, 200m Butterfly – Women. Melanie Schlanger: 4 x 100m Freestyle – Women, 4 x 200m Freestyle – Women. Emily Seebohm: 100m Backstroke – Women. Christian Sprenger: 100m Breaststroke – Men, 200m Breaststroke – Men. Nicholas Sprenger: 200m Freestyle – Men. Craig Stevens: 1500m Freestyle – Men, 400m Freestyle – Men. Hayden Stoeckel: 100m Backstroke – Men, 200m Backstroke – Men. Eamon Sullivan: 100m Freestyle Men, 50m Freestyle – Men. Matt Targett: 100m Freestyle – Men. Lisbeth Trickett: 100m Butterfly – Women, 100m Freestyle – Women, 50m Freestyle – Women. Tarnee White: 100m Breaststroke – Women.

SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
WOMEN: Eloise Amberger: Team. Coral Bentley: Team. Sarah Bombell: Team. Tamika Domrow: Team. Myriam Glez: Duet, Team. Erika Leal-Ramirez: Duet, Team. Tarren Otte: Team. Samantha Reid: Team. Bethany Walsh: Team.

TABLE TENNIS
MEN: Kyle Davis: Singles, Team. William Henzell: Singles, Team. Dave Zalcberg: Singles, Team
WOMEN: Jian Fang Lay: Singles, Team. Miao Miao: Singles, Team. Stephanie Sang: Singles, Team.

TAEKWONDO
MEN: Ryan Carneli: – 58kg. Burak Hasan: 58 – 68kg .
WOMEN: Carmen Marton: + 67kg. Tina Morgan: 57 – 67kg

TENNIS
MEN: Chris Guccione: Doubles, Singles. Paul Hanley: Doubles. Lleyton Hewitt: Doubles, Singles. Jordan Kerr: Doubles.
WOMEN: Casey Dellacqua: Doubles, Singles. Alicia Molik: Doubles, Singles. Samantha Stosur: Doubles, Singles. Rennae Stubbs: Doubles

TRIATHLON
MEN: Courtney Atkinson, Brad Kahlefeldt.
WOMEN: Erin Densham, Emma Moffatt, Emma Snowsill.

WATER POLO
MEN: Jamie Beadsworth, Richie Campbell, Pietro Figlioli, Trent Franklin, Rhys Howden, Robert Maitland, Anthony Martin, Sam McGregor, Timothy Neesham, James Stanton, Rafael Sterk, Thomas Whalan, Gavin Woods.
WOMEN: Gemma Beadsworth, Nikita Cuffe, Suzie Fraser, Taniele Gofers, Kate Gynther, Amy Hetzel, Bronwen Knox, Emma Knox, Alicia McCormack, Melissa Rippon, Rebecca Rippon, Jenna Santoromito, Mia Santoromito

WEIGHTLIFTING
MEN: Damon Kelly: + 105kg.
WOMEN: Deborah Lovely: + 75kg.

WRESTLING
FREESTYLE: Ali Abdo: 74kg. Sandeep Kumar: 84kg. Kyla Bremner: 48kg
GRECO-ROMAN: Hassan Shahsavan: 74kg


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ozbash

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expect medals from NZ in all water events, track, marital arts :) , a couple of atheletic events and we'll have the nicest uniform, best looking flag bearer and of course, the Chinese will love us.

and, we dont take drugs.
 
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