The trio join World Championships silver medallist Chelsea Gubecka, the first athlete selected for the Australian Olympic Team for Paris last year, with Australia matching hosts France as the only two countries to secure all four quota marathon swimming positions for the Paris Olympics.

The four athletes will contest the 10km marathon swim in the iconic River Seine, 124 years after Olympic swimming was held in the river at the Paris 1900 Olympics.

All three athletes qualified Olympic quotas for Australia at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, with Moesha narrowly missing the women’s podium in fourth, while Nicholas and Kyle finished the men’s event in fifth and ninth respectively.

With only a handful of international 10km races under her belt, pool-convert Moesha has already shown she is a force to be reckoned with on the international open water circuit. Nicholas is a five-time national champion and six-time medallist on the World Cup stage, while Kyle showed his competitive instincts out-touching Italy to win gold for Australia as the anchor leg of the mixed 4x1500m relay at February’s World Championships.

Australian Olympic Team Chef de Mission Anna Meares congratulated the athletes on their selection.

“Congratulations to Moesha, Nicholas and Kyle on earning your spot in the Australian Olympic Team for Paris,” Ms Meares said. “To be selected to your first Olympic Team is a special moment and a testament to the years of hard work and perseverance you have each dedicated to your sport.

“Qualifying the full complement of four athletes to the Olympic Games for the first time is a great achievement. It is a great reflection on the four athletes, but also the highlights the incredible depth of talent we have here in Australia and the strength of the Dolphins’ program.

“To the athletes’ families, friends and supporters, and the team at Swimming Australia, thank you for the important role you have played in their Olympic journeys."

Gold Coast local Moesha will join fellow Queenslander Chelsea Gubecka on the River Seine, the first time Australia will field two female competitors since its inclusion in the Olympic Games in 2008.

The 26-year-old said she couldn’t believe she was going to be competing at her first Olympic Games in Paris.

“It wasn’t until I said to my mum, I am getting a QANTAS ticket to Paris, that it actually started to feel real,” Moesha said. “Open water swimming is such a humbling sport, and the environment is always different. There are so many tactics, and it really does challenge you.

“I just can’t wait to represent the Dolphins, but also to experience the village, be amongst other Aussie athletes and be a part of that camaraderie and Aussie pride.”

Noosa’s Nicholas Sloman said today’s selection is the realisation of an eleven-year goal in the making.

“It’s still sinking in that I have been selected to the Australian Olympic Team,” Nick said, “I am so honoured.”

“To get this boarding pass to Paris, it’s really for the people like my coach John Rodgers who stood by me and my teammates who continued to push me. I just want to thank so many people. It was not an easy road, but so worthwhile.”

Twenty-two-year-old Kyle Lee reflected on the special moment the teammates shared in Doha.

“When Nick and I finished that 10km race in Doha, we were counting the number of guys around us in the water and it was really special to share that moment with him,” Kyle said.

“It’s just so special that as a team we have filled the four quota spots. The whole program has worked so hard, we’re all pretty excited and just generally thrilled at how open water swimming has grown so much.”

Dolphins head coach Rohan Taylor welcomed today’s announcement.

“To have the Dolphins join the likes of France as the only countries to have the full complement in Paris just shows how far we’ve come and the success of our Open Water program.

“I am so thrilled for Moe, Nick and Kyle who have worked so hard from all corners of Australia - and the world - to make their Olympic dream come true. There is now a maturity to our group that has turned potential into opportunity.

“They’ve refined their craft and really grown as a group. Like the entire Dolphins team, these four are really about making each other better and I can’t wait to see what they do in Paris.”