Hi all,
Well finally it is actually official! I am off to the Olympic Games. I was very humbled to be pulled aside by Gary
West, my coach who sat me down to tell me the news officially. I have never been so excited about something
since I was told that I would be representing Australia for the first time at
the Junior World Championships 6years ago.
That is quite significant because between then and now I have been to
many wonderful events including the 2010 Commonwealth Games and whilst those
events were special there is something even more so about being told you will
be an Olympian.
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| Talking to the press! See last link below for video footage. |
Gary told us all (sprint group including
Anna Meares, Shane Perkins, Matthew Glaetzer and Scott Sunderland) that we are
now in a select group of people who can acknowledge and claim that they are
indeed an Olympian. That is a pretty
special achievement and I am super proud.
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| The sprint group off to London (L-R) Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland, myself, Anna Meares and Matthew Glaetzer |
On Friday the 25th of June I got
the official letter from the AOC and also did my first ever press conference
with the aforementioned riders plus the stand alone Endurance rider left in
Australia Alex Edmondson. The rest of
the Endurance team are already overseas and they include Amy Cure, Josephine
Tomic, Annette Edmondson, Rohan Dennis, Glen O’Shea, Jack Bobridge and Michael Hepburn. Congratulations to all my team mates and I
look forward to sharing this experience with you all.
With the release of the team came a
flourish of articles and news items some of which can be found in the links
below.
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