Wednesday will be another big day for the Australian Youth Olympic Team in Singapore with athletes competing across ten sports.

The rowers are looking good to join swimming and triathlon as medal winning sports, archery and equestrian gets underway, and it is crunch time for our basketball girls.

In the morning, qualification continues in the pool and on the track and then more medals are up for grabs in the men’s 200m breaststroke, women’s 200m freestyle and men’s 4x100m medley relay that night. 

Six track and field competitors will make their YOG debut. Damien Birkinhead (shot put), Grant Gwynne (2000mSC), Kurt Jenner (long jump), Elliot Lang (javelin), Prabhjot Rai (shot put) and  Rick Whitehead (1000m). They all have the task of progressing to A Finals later in the week. 

Australia's sailors Madison Kennedy and Mark Spearman will be looking to push up the field in the Byte CII class when they take to the seas of Singapore's National Sailing Centre for three races.

Also on the water are the Australian rowers in the men’s and women’s pairs finals. Olympia Aldersey and Emma Basher qualified with the fastest time in the semi-finals so they are looking like a strong hope for a gold medal. David Watts and Matt Cochran won their semi-final and posted the fourth fastest time overall so the podium is firmly in their sights.

Close by the women's basketball team meet Italy in a must win match to progress through to the top eight for a chance at a medal.

Australian archers get their campaign off and running with Ben Nott and Alice Ingley competing in the men's and women's individual competition. They have been practicing hard for competition which begins at 11am at Kallang Field.

Liam Larkins competes in the men's 77kg weightlifting where he looks to take on the Eastern European and Chinese powerhouses at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

Jay McCarthy will look to secure a strong performance in the men's cycling time trial to put the Australian team back in medal contention after a tough first day.

The equestrian competition gets underway at the Singapore Turf Club with the team qualification event. Australia’s Tom McDermott, riding Hugo, will team up with riders from New Zealand, China, Oman and Hong Kong with the goal of progressing through to Friday’s final.

The men’s hockey face Ghana under lights from 6.30pm at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium. After a rain-delayed first day of competition, the young Kookaburras in waiting will be eager to get out and take on the West African nation in what will surely be an exciting match.

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