Athletics team named for Beijing Olympics

World 400m hurdles champion Jana Rawlinson and star distance runner Craig Mottram are top medal hopes in a 25-strong track and field Olympic team named today.

Pole vaulter Steve Hooker and controversial 400m runner John Steffensen are other notables in the squad for Beijing announced by Athletics Australia.

World 400m hurdles champion Jana Rawlinson, distance runner Craig Mottram, pole vaulter Steve Hooker and controversial 400m runner John Steffensen were notable names included in the team for the Games in August.

The team is:

MEN:
400m: Joel Milburn (21, NSW), John Steffensen (25, WA), Sean Wroe (23, Vic)
800m: Lachlan Renshaw (21, NSW)
5000m: Craig Mottram (27, Vic)
4x400m: Joel Milburn (NSW), John Steffensen (WA), Sean Wroe (Vic) Dylan Grant (19, Qld), Clinton Hill (27, ACT)
20km walk: Luke Adams (31, NSW), Jared Tallent (23, Vic)
50km walk: Nathan Deakes (30, Vic), Adam Rutter (21, NSW), Jared Tallent (Vic)
Pole vault: Steven Hooker (25, WA)
Shot put: Scott Martin (25, Vic)
Javelin: Jarrod Bannister (23, Qld)

WOMEN
400m: Tamsyn Lewis (29, Vic)
800m: Tamsyn Lewis (Vic), Madeleine Pape (23, Vic)
100m hurdles: Sally McLellan (21, Qld)
400m hurdles: Jana Rawlinson (25, NSW)
3000m steeplechase: Donna MacFarlane (30, Tas)
20km walk: Kellie Wapshott (26, Vic), Claire Woods (26, SA)
Pole vault: Alana Boyd (23, Qld)
Long jump: Bronwyn Thompson (30, Qld)
Discus: Dani Samuels (19, NSW)
Heptathlon: Kylie Wheeler (28, WA)