AUSTRALIA - OLYMPICS 2012: Australia's athletes model a new opening ceremony uniform for London 2012

Record ID: 330711

  • Title: AUSTRALIA - OLYMPICS 2012: Australia's athletes model a new opening ceremony uniform for London 2012
  • Date: 4th May 2012
  • Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (MAY 03, 2012) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) LIBBY TRICKETT, OLYMPIC SWIMMER WALKING ONTO STAGE NEXT TO NICK GREEN, AUSTRALIAN TEAM CHEF DE MISSION/NAOMI FLOOD WALKING ON LIBBY TRICKETT, NAOMI FLOOD (CANOE/KAYAK) AND KYNAN MALEY (CANOE/KAYAK) STANDING NEXT TO NICK GREEN PHOTOGRAPHERS TRICKETT AND FLOOD TEAM MEMBERS WEARING THE OPENING CEREMONY UNIFORM (L TO R) LIBBY TRICKETT, NAOMI FLOOD (CANOE/KAYAK), KYNAN MALEY (CANOE/KAYAK), LAUREN JACKSON (BASKETBALL), ADAM GIBSON (BASKETBALL) MEDIA WITH SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE IN THE BACKGROUND LIBBY TRICKETT SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIBBY TRICKETT, TRIPLE OLYMPIC CHAMPION SWIMMER SAYING: "It's tough because I don't know necessarily that I'm going to race. I'm going to train as hard as I can to get myself in the best possible position to get on that relay team because I want to represent my country, I want to swim for Australia and hopefully do the best job that we can for the three other girls on the team." ADAM GIBSON WEARING THE UNIFORM BADGE ON JACKET WITH OLYMPIC RINGS (SOUNDBITE) (English) NICK GREEN, AUSTRALIAN TEAM CHEF DE MISSION SAYING: "We're actually in very good shape. Our athletes are just fine tuning their preparation. We've got a strong team, over 400 athletes we'll send to the Olympic games in London. Some sports are still going through their final selection process. We've got a strong team and we've got a team of some surprises, some individual absolutely talent (sic) but we've got some athletes who are really coming through at the moment in their preparation who I think are going to surprise a lot of people when they get to London." VARIOUS OF TEAM MEMBERS POSING FOR THE MEDIA (BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT) KYNAN MALEY (CANOE/KAYAK), LAUREN JACKSON (BASKETBALL), ADAM GIBSON (BASKETBALL) FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT LIBBY TRICKETT (SWIMMING), NAOMI FLOOD (CANOE/KAYAK), SARAH TAIT (ROWING), MURRAY STEWART (CANOE/KAYAK)
  • Embargoed: 19th May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Australia
  • Country: Australia
  • Topics: Fashion,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA7O82DKKWKBQF3WWG1P8Q8A1FA
  • Story Text: Australia's Olympic team revealed a new uniform for the opening ceremony at the London games on Thursday (May 3), a return to the country's traditional sporting colours of green and gold.
    Triple Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Libby Trickett helped design the outfits and was among the models on the catwalk in Sydney, although she wont be taking part in the opening ceremony because it is scheduled to last for several hours and she is competing the following day.
    Trickett missed out on an individual berth for London and although she has qualified for the 100 freestyle relay team her place is not yet confirmed.
    "It's tough because I don't know necessarily that I'm going to race. I'm going to train as hard as I can to get myself in the best possible position to get on that relay team because I want to represent my country, I want to swim for Australia and hopefully do the best job that we can for the three other girls on the team," she said.
    More than 400 athletes will travel to London and preparations are going well, according to Chef de Mission, Nick Green.
    "We've got a strong team and we've got a team of some surprises, some individual absolutely talent (sic) but we've got some athletes who are really coming through at the moment in their preparation who I think are going to surprise a lot of people when they get to London," said Green, himself a former double gold medal winning Olympic rower.
    Also modelling the uniform were canoeists Naomi Flood, Kynan Maley and Murray Stewart, basketball team members Lauren Jackson and Adam Gibson and rower Sarah Tait.
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