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About the Olympic situation in Australia
Large-scale and ambitious-this is the first impression left by the Australian Olympic delegation. Four days ago, an Australian delegation consisting of 482 athletes and other relevant personnel was born with the announcement by Olympic Committee President John Cortes that the last batch of athletes were qualified for the Athens Olympic Games. This delegation is also the largest sports delegation sent by Australia so far, except for the Olympic Games held in Australia.
Can Australia be as "crazy" as it was four years ago without being the host? Never underestimate the Australian team that has Thorpe and is willing to spend money.
The Australian delegation once again set a national record: they will participate in all 28 major events of the Olympic Games except handball, second only to the United States and host Greece in terms of participating events. Among them, equestrian Andrew Hoy and sailboat colin bell Schell will represent Australia in the Olympic Games for the sixth time.
In terms of capital investment, Australians are not weak. It is reported that the total budget for the Australian delegation to participate in the Athens Olympic Games will reach 79 million US dollars (including 34 million US dollars from sponsors), even exceeding the 58 million US dollars of Americans! Although Cortes said in a low-key way that the top five in the medal table is the goal that Australia should strive to achieve, it can be seen that they are ready to do a big job in Athens.
Australia is not a dazzling name in the history of the Olympic Games. However, with the success of the Sydney Olympic Games four years ago, Australians jumped to the forefront of world sports. At the most successful Olympic Games in that history, the Australian delegation won the best result of 16 gold, 25 silver 17 bronze in one fell swoop, ranking fourth in the medal list, replacing Germany as a sports power.
Australian Olympic Committee officials said that they firmly believe that their athletes can win more than 50 medals in Athens. This confidence does not come from the unique advantages of the host country, but from the excellent performance of their athletes in international competitions in the past two years.
According to the data of major international competitions from 200/kloc-0 to 2003, Australians ranked fifth in the annual medal list (after the United States, Russian Federation, China and German). Its strong events such as swimming, diving, rowing, cycling and track and field have always maintained a fairly stable overall strength. It is noteworthy that with the help of two coaches from China, Tong Hui and Wang Tongxiang, the Australian diving project has also made great progress in recent years, and achieved a good result of 1 gold and silver in the 2003 World Championships, which is by no means good news for the China Legion.
Ambition is striking, but Australians also have their own troubles. After the Sydney Olympic Games, with the retirement of some national team players, the failure of high-level sports talents has become the main factor restricting Australia's better performance. Therefore, there are a large number of new players in the Australian Olympic team this time. The performance of these young athletes will directly affect the Olympic prospects of the whole delegation. Perhaps by 2008, Australia will truly become a force to be reckoned with.
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