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The Australian Olympic Committee has named Aoife Coughlan and Katharina Haecker as the two judokas on to Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo.
With Judo founded in Japan, the two fighters will return to the spiritual birthplace of the sport, and will compete in Nippon Budokan – the same venue Judo made its Olympic debut in 1964.
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Rio Olympian Haecker returns for her second
The Australian Olympic Committee has named a five strong Australian Olympic Skateboarding Team for Tokyo, becoming the first Australian Olympic skaters as the sport makes its debut in Tokyo.
Poppy Starr Olsen, Keegan Palmer and Kieran
The Australian Olympic Committee has announced the four-person Golf Team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with Rio Olympian Minjee Lee named for her second Games, and Hannah Green, Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith to make their Olympic debut.
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The golfers secured their spots for Tokyo with their world ranking, with Lee (14), Green (15),
The 13-strong Australian Olympic Men’s Water Polo Team for Tokyo has been announced by the Australian Olympic Committee, featuring two four-time Olympians.
Rhys Howden and Richie Campbell both equal the Australian Olympic Water Polo record making their fourth Olympic Team, Aidan Roach, Joel Dennerley and Aaron Younger return for their third Games, George Ford makes his second Team while seven players make their Olympic debut. Full squad list in table below
The team boasts strong family connections, with
The Australian Olympic Committee has selected the 18-strong women’s football squad to the Australian Olympic Team.
Captained by Sam Kerr, the Matildas squad boasts 12 returning Rio Olympians for their second Games and six set to make their Olympic debut in Tokyo.
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Falling to a heartbreaking penalty shootout loss to
The Australian Olympic Equestrian Team for Tokyo has been finalised, with Edwina Tops-Alexander, Jamie Kermond and Katie Laurie selected by the Australian Olympic Committee.
Today’s selection of the three jumpers completes
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs, announces today that it has teamed up with four-time Olympian and three-time entrepreneur, Melissa Wu, continuing its partnership with the Australian Olympic Team as the official Website Builder Partner for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
GoDaddy has a long and proud history of
The Australian Olympic Committee has selected Kai Edwards to his debut Olympics in the 10km Open Water Swim.
Today’s selection comes after the 22-year-old locked in qualification with a fifth place finish at the final Olympic Qualifying event in Setubal, Portugal last week.
Edwards joins teammate Kareena Lee, who was
The Australian Olympic Committee has named Australia’s biggest ever Olympic tennis team, with the 11 athletes eclipsing the 10-strong teams from Sydney 2000 and Rio 2016, and Sam Stosur becoming the first Australian tennis player to make five Olympics.
World number one Ash Barty and World number 15 Alex de Minaur headline the eight Olympic debutants on the team, with Rio Olympians John Millman and John Peers returning for their second Games.
Stosur and Barty are joined by Ajla Tomljanovic
The Australian Olympic Committee has welcomed global technical sailing and watersports apparel brand Zhik as an Official Supplier to the Australian Olympic Team. The announcement follows the company’s recent appointment as an Official Apparel Partner of Australian Sailing for the third consecutive Olympiad.
From its founding in 2003, Zhik has worked closely