The first six sailors for the 2012 Australian Olympic Team were selected on 10 January in Brisbane. More sailors will added through the year.
For the hundreds of athletes striving for gold at this year’s London Olympics – the countdown is now truly on. The Games are just six months away and, as an athlete, this is when the anticipation...
Crunch time is closing in on the Australian hopefuls aiming for London 2012. As training regimes reach fever pitch, we crunch the numbers on the journey to London in training miles
One of the unique aspects of the Olympic Games is the Athletes’ Village – a huge international melting pot of over 16,000 athletes from all the different sports and countries competing at the Games.
Although we came second at the NTC we were very proud of our efforts and I was privileged enough to receive the MVP award for the tournament- the hard work at Fight Club paid off...
We just finished the first leg of our travel in which we had 4 games against USA in San Diego, California. After 34 hours of travel from Perth we won the tournament. Next stop, Argentina!
How many training miles will you clock leading to #london2012 ? http://t.co/hlaCZunY yesterday
Aussies pumped about #london2012 village - a home away from home: http://t.co/YOE4LW9B yesterday
Aussie Chef de Mission Nick Green's 6 Months to Go message for #london2012 http://t.co/Ev3mNEOL yesterday
Happy Australia day!! Huge year for Australian sport! 3 days ago
Rogge said Innsbruck 2012 'exceeded expectations'. So did the Australian Team. 13 athletes, two medals and 8 top-10 results. Future bright! 6 days ago
Alex Fitch carrying the Australian flag in the #yog closing ceremony! http://t.co/TlAYsdNP 6 days ago
“It’s an amazing feeling to be one of the first selected athletes, a very different feeling to Beijing where we were one of the last. It’s a big relief and I’m feeling a lot less pressure – just knowing that I can focus my training on the Olympics over the next few months, and not on qualifying.” - Mel Gorman, Open Water swimmer selected for London on 22 December.