Rowing – 2021 squad announced

Rowing Australia announced their squads and crews for the 2021 Australian Rowing Team, along with the crews that will contest the final Olympic qualifying regattas later this year.

While Rowing Australia won’t be sending athletes to compete at the 2021 World Rowing Championships, they are planning on sending four crews to the final Olympic Qualification Regatta from 1 – 17 May in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Australia has already secured eight boats for this year’s Tokyo Olympics and will look to qualify both the Lightweight Men’s and Women’s Double Sculls at the event.

See the full squad HERE

Winter Sports

Australia’s first Winter Olympic Champion, aerial skier Alisa Camplin-Warner AM, was announced as the Deputy Chef de Mission of Australia’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Team.

Ms Camplin-Warner, was Performance Manager for the Australian Team at the PyeongChang Winter Games in 2018 and has previously been Chef de Mission for the Australian Team at the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games.

"It’s an absolute honour to be named as Deputy Chef de Mission for Beijing 2022 - you can never take these very special appointments for granted!” Ms Camplin-Warner said.

"Beijing 2022 will bring forward different opportunities for our team, and after living in Hong Kong for the last few years, I have a great sense of the cultural and environmental landscape we will be operating in.

"I can’t wait to help our athletes, coaches and officials with preparations to maximise our performances at the games.”

See more HERE

Australia’s top freestyle skiers and snowboarders are all in action this week, with World Championships titles on the line.

Nine athletes have been named to the Australian team that will participate in the 2021 FIS Moguls and Aerials World Championships. Current FIS World Cup leaders aerialist Laura Peel and mogul skier Matt Graham will headline the team of five women and four men who will compete in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 8-11 March.

Three-time reigning snowboard halfpipe world champion Scotty James will headline the eight-strong Australia snowboard and freeski team competing at the 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado (USA) from the 10 - 16 of March, after the original host Zhangjiakuo, China, had to withdraw earlier this season.

Keep an eye out for World Cup winner Tess Coady and Olympian Emily Arthur, while Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic freestyle skiers Ami Harrigan and Mia Rennie are making their World Championships debut, alongside and 15-year-old snowboarding prodigy Valentino Guseli. 

The live streaming of all events kicks off at 8am AEDT on Monday 8 March with the men’s mogul. Follow all the live action at https://www.snow.org.au/live/ 

See the full freestyle skiing team HERE and the snowboard and freeski team HERE

Athletics

The NSW State Championships featured qualifiers, records and state titles as the domestic season continued to gather momentum.

Tokyo hopeful Rohan Browning took the 100m title in his fifth-fastest ever time of 10.20, and women’s favourite Monique Quirk won the gold in a personal best of 11.50.

While over in Queensland, Buenos Aires Youth Olympian Joshua Cowley was a highlight at the Cathy Freeman Shield, jumping 7.96m (+1.9) in the men’s long jump – a 13cm PB that has him knocking on the door of the elusive eight-metre mark - a feat that would cement his status as one of Australia’s premier athletes in the event.

See all Athletics weekend results HERE