{"id":143,"date":"2012-06-07T13:38:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/?p=143"},"modified":"2012-06-07T13:38:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:38:26","slug":"australian-paralympic-committee-select-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/news\/australian-paralympic-committee-select-team","title":{"rendered":"Australian Paralympic Committee select team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_144\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/oz-para.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\" wp-image-144  \" title=\"Australian Paralympic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/oz-para.jpg\" alt=\"Australian Paralympic\" width=\"531\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/oz-para.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/oz-para-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Paralympic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Australian Paralympic Committee has today confirmed the selection of 36 athletes to compete at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Announced by Chef de Mission <strong>Jason Hellwig<\/strong> as part of a Competition Education and Training Camp being held in Brisbane (Qld) this week, the announcement follows the approval of nominations by the Athletics Australia and the selection of these athletes by the Australian Paralympic Committee Board of Directors as set out in the Athletics Australia Nomination Criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Hellwig said: The team we&#8217;ve announced today is a credit to the work of Andrew Faichney and the team at Athletics Australia, it&#8217;s arguably the strongest on record and one that we have great optimism about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Australian Paralympic Committee has done all that it can to ensure the best possible environment for athletes selected, it&#8217;s our aim to bring thirteen different sports under one team umbrella and we are on track to do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To all those we&#8217;ve announced today I say congratulations. Your work to date has been a credit to you and your support neyworks and we are excited about how you will represent your country once we arrive in London.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Faichney<\/strong>, the Paralympic Preparation Program Manager at Athletics Australia, added: \u201cCongratulations to all the athletes selected today, you should be very proud of your achievements to date and I look forward to sharing the journey with you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis team is an extremely strong group and I know you will all represent your sport, and Australia, exceptionally well come the start of the Games in London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evan O\u2019Hanlon<\/strong>, who is the 100m and 200m reigning Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder for athletes with cerebral palsy (class: T38), is one athlete that has his London start confirmed after today\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hanlon said: \u201cThe official selection today means that we are one step closer to the big show, and that\u2019s really exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery four years athletes look to peak at the right time and deliver at the Paralympic Games and at this stage I\u2019m on track to do that. My squad, and no doubt the whole team, is in a pretty similar situation and there will be a few surprises from the Australians so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve decided that I\u2019m only running the 100m and 200m in London. The program doesn\u2019t allow for me to finish off with the 400m like I had hoped and that\u2019s a little disappointing. Realistically though the short sprints are my two main events and I want to come home with two gold medals and two world records just like I did from Beijing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 Paralympic Games will be held in London (GBR) between August 29 and September 9, with athletics competition commencing on day two of competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Paralympic Committee has today confirmed the selection of the following thirty-six athletes:<br \/>\n<strong>Angela Ballard\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jake Lappin<br \/>\nCarlee Beattie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary Little<br \/>\nGeorgia Beikoff\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rheed McCracken<br \/>\nDamien Bowen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Richard Nicholson<br \/>\nKelly Cartwright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Evan O\u2019Hanlon<br \/>\nMatthew Cameron\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Simon Patmore<br \/>\nRichard 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