BEIJING 2008

Bree Cole

Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist - tandem dive

One Olympic selection trial down...2 to go

Apr 16 9:13am

Starting Friday and finishing on Sunday was the Diving Olympic Trials, which were held down in Hobart. It was a very stressful, cut throat and drama filled weekend. Friday morning Sharleen Stratton and I competed in the Women's 3m Synchronised event. We w Read more...

Brenton Rickard

Australian Record Holder for 100m Breaststroke, genuine medal contender

Back to the grind after a week of chaos

Apr 29 11:46am

After an exciting and (for the sport) a well publicised couple of weeks, life is starting to get back to normal.The trials ended very well for me, with some fast swims and the joy of being named on my first ever Olympic team. My final two events (the 200m Read more...

Eamon Sullivan

Lenovo ambassador and World Record holder in 50m Freestyle

PBs, records and Olympic qualification!

Apr 15 5:27pm

Well the long and nervous wait is finally over... I qualified for my second Olympics! It is something that I felt I would never achieve once in my life, let alone twice. I am so happy and excited for the year ahead, I feel a lot more deserving this time a Read more...

Jared Graves

Jared Graves Olympic blog

The race of my life...

Apr 28 5:31pm

After the recent World Cup in Adelaide, most of the field moved on to our national champs to be held on the same track as the world cup.My goal for the World Cup was to make it on to the podium, and while I did manage to make the top 8 the final didn't qu Read more...

Jo Fargus

Potential Olympian

Olympic swim trials just around the corner

Mar 5 1:26pm

Hey everyone! It has been a while since my last blog and a lot has happened in the interim. Well, firstly I hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year period and managed to stick to their new years resolutions! Personally, I don't tend to make Read more...

Naazmi Johnston

Australia’s premier Rhythmic Gymnast

Beijing Test Event

Dec 12 9:58am

I have been quite busy since the World Championships in October. My coach wrote out a rough training program for the next couple of months thinking that my next competition was in February. This meant that we decided to take Read more...

Sam Simpson

The only Australian Male Gymnast going to Beijing

Sam Simpson - Gymnast

Oct 24 6:38pm

Hello my name is Sam Simpson and I'm a gymnast. Here's a little background on myself and my Olympic qualification. I started gym when I was three years old at a local club and moved to the high performance centre at the age of 6. Competed my first states Read more...