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Article: Para: Australia announces 35-person Paralympic swim team
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- April 22, 2008
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
04-22-2008
Para: Australia announces 35-person Paralympic swim team
By Crystal Ja
GOLD COAST, April 22 AAP - The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) has announced
a 35-person swimming team to contest the Beijing Games in September.
With eight current world record holders among them, the team is expected to help lead
Australia to another top-five finish at the Paralympics, which begin on September 6.
Swimming veteran Ben Austin, along with freestyle champion Alex Hadley, Daniel Bell
and Marayke Jonkers, will all be competing at their third Games.
Head coach Brendan Keogh said Australia would field a young, but experienced side,
capable of matching it ...