42 Aussie swimmers headed to Beijing
March 29, 2008
On a night that once again saw a world record broken the Australian swim team to compete at the Beijing Olympics was announced.
42 swimmers were selected. In order to make the team competitors were required to finish first or second in a final as well as go under the A qualifying time.
The Australian Olympic swim team comprises 22 women and 20 men. Ten coaches will also make the trip to Beijing.
The average age of the team is 21.26. The oldest team member is father of two, Adam Pine. He is 32 years and 30 days. Contrasting this is Emily Seebohm who at 15 years and 297 days is the youngest on the team.
Grant Hackett is the team captain. Hackett will be chasing history by trying to become the first swimmer to win three consecutive 1500m gold medals. Hackett stopped his long time rival, Keiran Perkins from achieving that feat when he won the gold medal in Sydney in 2000.
The unluckiest swimmer perhaps is Adam Lucas. He came in second in both medley events however missed the team as he did not meet the qualifying standard.
Grant Hackett, Adam Pine, Ashley Callus and Leisel Jones will all be making their third appearance at an Olympic Games when they represent Australia as part of the Australian swimming team for Beijing.
A list of the Australian Swim team for Beijing is on the Swimming Australia website. The status of Nick D’Arcy is in doubt, see Australian swimmer Nick D’Arcy charged with assault.
Update: 18 April it was announced that Nick D’Arcy was dropped from the swim team to go to Beijing in August.
Olympic torch due to arrive in Beijing today
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