Australia is sending its largest overseas Commonwealth team ever to Birmingham, with more than 400 athletes set to compete across 20 sports.
at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Patterson’s first attempt clearance of 2.02m equalled the Australian record.She became just the third Australian after Kelsey Lee-Barber and Sally Pearson to win world champs gold in the past decade. Don’t rule out Olyslagers, a silver medallist in Tokyo.The champ is back. Chalmers is the reigning champion in the 200m freestyle but has ditched that to compete in the 100m freestyle, plus the 50m and 100m butterfly events he’s added to his program.
She’s Australia’s most decorated Paralympian, with 17 medals, and will hang up the goggles after Birmingham, 16 years after her first international meet. Cole was diagnosed with cancer as a two-year-old and had her right leg amputated.Sam Mooy Lina Lei and Qian Yang, in their separate singles events, managed to pull off the feat within an hour of each other. They’re big gold medal chances.6) Matt Levy
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