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ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA TEAM ADVISORY
Athletics Australia advises the following additional selections to the 2005 Australian World Championships team (to contest the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland from the 6-14 August):
• Jarred Tallent- 20km walk : Jarred walked an A qualifier of 1:22:53 in Cixi (China) on 23 April and has been added to the powerful walk team of Nathan Deakes and Luke Adams.
• Nathan Deakes - 50km walk: Nathan walked an A qualifier in Melbourne last Sunday 1st May to be our only qualifier at 50 km. Nathan goes into both the 50km and 20km as a real gold medal chance.
• Scott Wescott - Marathon: Scott ran an A qualifier of 2:11:36 at Bepu in February and has been named in his first World Championships team.
Tallent and Westcott join a talented team which includes a defending World Champion, a former World Cross Country Champion, two Olympic bronze medallists, a former world champion and the world’s newest member of the six metre pole vault club.
World 400m hurdles Champion Jana Pittman will aim to defend her world title in Helsinki and will join current world number one walker Jane Saville, fellow Olympic bronze medallist Nathan Deakes, World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson and world class pole vaulter and Olympic finalist Paul Burgess, as Australia’s best medal hopes.
Other top chances include Olympic finalists Justin Anlezark and Craig Mottram.
Final track and field selections will be named in early June, after the qualifying periods close. (10,000m & Combined Events – 5 June; all other in-stadium events – 30 May)
Australian Team @ 5th May 2005:
MEN
100m - Joshua Ross (N)
200m - Daniel Batman
400m - Clinton Hill* (N)
5000m - Craig Mottram (V)
20km Walk - Nathan Deakes (V), Luke Adams (N), Jarred Tallent (V)
50km Walk - Nathan Deakes (V)
Marathon -Scott Wescott (N)
Pole Vault - Paul Burgess (W), Steve Hooker (V), Dmitri Markov (S)
Shot Put - Justin Anlezark** (Q)
4x100m Relay - Batman, Patrick Johnson (A), Kris Neofytou*** (N), Ross, Matt Shirvington (N) [one athlete may be added]
WOMEN
200m -Lauren Hewitt (V)
1500m - Sarah Jamieson (V)
5000m - Benita Johnson (V)
400m Hurdles - Jana Pittman^ (N)
20km Walk - Jane Saville (N), Cheryl Webb (N)
Heptathlon - Kylie Wheeler (W)
* selected subject to achieving one B standard by close of entries (25 July 2005)
** selected subject to achieving two B standards by close of entries (25 July 2005)
*** selected subject to a fitness test
^ defending champion
NB:
In the marathon, Benita Johnson and Lee Troop have posted A qualifiers, however Johnson is focusing on another event, while Troop is unavailable due to injury.
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