Day 3 of the Youth Olympic Games will kick start with athletics at the Bishan Stadium. The first athletes in action in the morning’s qualification session are Brandon Starc (high jump), Liz Parnov (pole vault), Michelle Jenneke (100m hurdles), Demii Maher-Smith (long jump) and Nick Hough (110m hurdles).

Australia will be looking to make a good start in its athletics campaign which will see 17 athletes compete over six days. Read more here>>>

After finishing first in their respective heats, the Aussie rowers will be looking for strong results in the semi-finals on Day 3 of competition.

The women’s crew of Emma Basher and Olympic Aldersey and the men’s crew of David Watts and Matthew Cochran will be looking for a top two finish in the 1000m race to ensure they make the finals and draw a favourable lane.

The four athletes undertook a light training session at Marina Bay Reservoir and will be looking to fire up on the water and lock in a finals berth.

The men’s hockey gets underway in what promises to be a lively match, with Australia’s future Kookaburras coming up against the home team Singapore.

“We’ve been working pretty hard on getting them used to the competition style and they’ve been out on the pitch a few times,” coach Melissa Hall said. “They had a good practice match against Belgium and learned a lot from that experience.”

Coming up against Singapore in the opening night of hockey competition will be tough but exciting task for the Aussies and the match should be great for spectators.

“Having the home crowd is definitely an advantage for the Singapore side,” Hall said. “But the Aussie boys are so excited to represent their country for the first time so once they get past their nerves and anxiety they can just settle into the game.”
 
For the Australian swimmers, Day 3 will present the team with more chances to medal and advance further in the competition.

Should all Australia’s swimmers go through, the evening session promises to be another frantic night at the Singapore Sports Schools for anyone wearing green and gold.

Australia’s first swimmer will be Zoe Johnson in the 50m butterfly at which is sure to be quick and will set the pace for a day of sprinting.

Max Ackermann is back in the pool for the 50m freestyle. He will be looking to go faster than on Sunday where he narrowly missed the cut for the final of the 100m backstroke.

Everywhere man Kenneth To will be back in action. The Sydney swimmer is gradually moving through his massive schedule and will be encouraged by his silver medal in the 200IM. To will be seen in the blue riband event – the 50m freestyle and the 4 x 100m men’s freestyle relay.

In the longest race of any Australian swimmer for Day 3, dual Youth Olympic Games medallist Madi Wilson will tackle the 200m backstroke at 10.04am. Wilson was instrumental in pulling her team to gold during last night’s 4 x 100m medley relay last night, after a surprise disqualification of the leading Chinese team.

The final event featuring Australian swimmers will be the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle, featuring Justin James, Ackermann, To and gold medallist Nicholas Schafer.

In the wrestling, Jayden Lawrence and Haris Fazlic will begin their Olympic journey today at the International Convention Centre.
Lawrence will compete in the 54kg division and Fazlic in the 63kg division. Both wrestlers begin competition at 12pm.

Australia’s girls basketball team will look to remain undefeated after beating France 21-15 when they take on Japan in their third of four preliminary matches at Singapore’s Scape Youth Space.

Following a day 2 practice race, sailors Madison Kennedy and Mark Spearman will take to the seas of Singapore’s east coast as they compete in their first ever international competition in the Byte CII class.

The Australians arrived early to prepare themselves for Singapore’s trying conditions and are well prepared to tackle the first two of 16 races at Singapore’s National Sailing Centre.  Read more here>>>

Michael Baker and Kirsten Dellar will get their Singapore 2010 campaign underway when they compete in the men’s and women’s mountain bike at Tampines Bike Park.

The race will be the first of three disciplines that Dellar, a BMX specialist, will compete in while Baker will back up in the men’s road race on Sunday.