http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news Latest News Feed Australian sailors Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page have extended their lead on day four of the 2012 470 World Championship in Barcelona, Spain. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/belcher-and-page-extend-lead Thu, 17 May 2012 02:38:00 GMT Australian Olympic triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt will be discharged from a San Diego Hospital tomorrow after extensive tests have cleared him of tuberculosis. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/kahlefeldt-to-be-released-from-hospital Thu, 17 May 2012 02:25:00 GMT The 2012 London Olympians have been officially sent off in style at last night’s 2012 Appeal Farewell Dinner held at the Sydney Convention Centre. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/olympians-shine-at-team-farewell Thu, 17 May 2012 02:19:00 GMT Athletics Australia can today confirm that the following athletes have been identified for nomination to the Australian Olympic Committee in June, subject to them meeting ongoing form and fitness requirements, to compete at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the men’s and women’s marathon, as well as the men’s 20km walk. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/nominees-for-marathon-men-s-20km-walk-identified Wed, 16 May 2012 23:55:00 GMT The men’s 4x400m relay team has moved one step closer to confirming a lane in London after clocking 3:01.58 for second at the Colorful Daegu Meet in Daegu (KOR) overnight. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/men-s-4x400m-team-bounds-up-rankings Wed, 16 May 2012 23:38:00 GMT Four Australian riders who were due to compete at the Badminton Horse Trials will start at this weekend’s Saumur CCI3* (FRA) in a bid to impress selectors ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games team selection. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/eventers-ready-to-impress-in-france Wed, 16 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT After suffering two defeats to the Germans in the London Invitational Tournament, the Kookaburras earned some measure of revenge when they beat the world’s second-ranked side 3-0 in their own backyard. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/kookaburras-exert-revenge-on-germany Wed, 16 May 2012 05:52:00 GMT An emerging Volleyball Team Australia Men’s team will go into battle against world ranked number seven Serbia in a tough pool of eight teams from Europe, South America and Asia when the Aussies go hunting a place in this year’s London Olympics in Japan next month. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/men-s-volleyball-team-look-to-qualify Wed, 16 May 2012 00:05:00 GMT Lleyton Hewitt and Ashleigh Barty have been awarded wildcards into the main draw of the French Open. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/hewitt-scores-french-wildcard Tue, 15 May 2012 23:53:00 GMT Strong winds in Fort Lauderdale did not stop the Aussies at the USA Diving Grand Prix. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/broben-flies-again-in-fort-lauderdale Tue, 15 May 2012 01:06:00 GMT The Australian Opals have tipped off their London campaign at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, with champion Lauren Jackson joining the squad of star basketballers for the first time in two years, for a week-long training camp. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/opals-gather-for-olympic-camp Mon, 14 May 2012 23:10:00 GMT London bound Olympic triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has been isolated in a San Diego hospital with symptoms that could be tuberculosis. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/kahlefeldt-in-san-diego-hospital Mon, 14 May 2012 03:41:00 GMT Modern pentathlete Chloe Esposito has shone at her debut World Championship, finishing eighth in a world-class field in Rome, Italy. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/esposito-nails-top-ten-finish Mon, 14 May 2012 00:35:00 GMT Australian Flame Jared Tallent (Vic) has this evening clocked a season best 3:40:32 to win the bronze medal in the men’s 50km walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/tallent-wins-50km-bronze-at-world-race-walking-cup Sun, 13 May 2012 23:59:00 GMT BMX stars Sam Willoughby and Caroline Buchanan won silver medals at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in the Netherlands and the result took Buchanan to the top of the world rankings. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/dutch-silver-delivers-gold Sun, 13 May 2012 23:38:00 GMT Australian sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have made history with their gold medal at the 2012 49er World Championship in Zadar, Croatia. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/outteridge-and-jensen-create-history Sun, 13 May 2012 23:29:00 GMT The race for places on Australia’s Olympic men’s triathlon team will continue to go right down the wire after a frenetic second round of the Dextro Energy ITU World Triathlon Championship Series in San Diego today. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/olympic-places-go-down-to-the-wire Sun, 13 May 2012 11:15:00 GMT Shot putter Dale Stevenson (Vic), javelin thrower Kathryn Mitchell (Vic) and walker Chris Erickson (Vic) have joined Steve Hooker (WA) and Ryan Gregson (NSW) on the Olympic qualifiers list this weekend after performances. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/stevenson-mitchell-and-erickson-join-qualifiers-list Sun, 13 May 2012 09:29:00 GMT Australia’s Erin Densham has finished second in the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon in San Diego in another bold selection bid for the 2012 London Olympics. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/densham-hopes-silver-is-enough Sat, 12 May 2012 08:40:00 GMT A third Olympic Games is closer to a reality for reigning champion Steve Hooker (WA) after the 29-year-old sailed over 5.72m in Perth (WA) on Friday night, while Ryan Gregson (NSW) recorded his first Athletics Australia qualifier for London 2012 across 1500m at the Samsung Diamond League in Doha (QAT). http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/hooker-and-gregson-get-a-qualifiers Fri, 11 May 2012 21:16:00 GMT Australian Ryan Gregson will have a fleet of Kenyans for company when he takes aim at the Olympic 1500m qualifying mark in the opening round of the Diamond League in Qatar. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/gregson-and-hooker-chase-qualifiers Fri, 11 May 2012 06:04:00 GMT A major blow for the Australian women's hockey team with Jade Warrender out of the Olympics, after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament at training in Perth this week. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/warrender-out-of-olympics-with-knee-injury Fri, 11 May 2012 04:05:00 GMT With London 2012 very much in their sights, Australia’s premier beach volleyballers Becchara Palmer and Louise Bawden and Natalie Cook and Tasmsin Hinchley have continued their march through to the top 16 at the prestigious Beijing Grand Slam on the Swatch World Tour 2012. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/beach-women-advance-to-top-16 Thu, 10 May 2012 23:54:00 GMT The Aussie Stingers completed their London lead up tour with a whitewash over Japan. The men’s team matched that with an undefeated run through the FINA World League Preliminary rounds. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/polo-stars-perfect-in-asia Thu, 10 May 2012 23:34:00 GMT The surprise packet of the 2012 season, Chloe Esposito has won group A at the Women’s qualification at the 2012 Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Rome. http://london2012.olympics.com.au/news/esposito-beats-big-guns-in-worlds-qualification Thu, 10 May 2012 23:09:00 GMT