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Weekend Watch - 4 March 2016

 

Weekend Watch - 4 March 2016

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Weekend Watch - 4 March 2016
The road to Rio continues this week as the Aussie women's football team look to qualify for the Games and the athletics hits Melbourne.

Olá amigos,

A abundância de atletas Australianos continuar na estrada para o Rio em um fim de semana repleto de acção (Plenty of Australian athletes continue on the road to Rio in an action packed weekend)!

Sport: Football
Event: Rio 2016 Qualification Tournament - Japan
Start time: Friday vs South Korea (9:35pm AEDT - 7Mate), Monday vs North Korea (9:35pm AEDT - 7Mate)
AUS athletes competing: Lydia Williams (gk), Ashleigh Sykes, Caitlin Cooper, Clare Polkinghorne, Laura Alleway, Chloe Logarzo, Steph Catley, Elise Kellond-Knight, Caitlin.Foord, Emily van Egmond, Lisa De Vanna, Casey Dumont (gk), Tameka.Butt, Alanna Kennedy, Emily Gielnik, Michelle Heyman, Kyah Simon, Mackenzie Arnold (gk), Katrina Gorry, Ellie Carpenter

Sport: Track Cycling
Event: World Championships (London, GB)
Schedule: Friday – Sunday 6
AUS Athletes: Patrick Constable, Matthew Glaetzer, Nathan Hart, Jacob Schmid, Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares, Stephanie Morton, Rebecca Wiasak, Ashlee Ankudinoff, Amy Cure, Annette Edmondson, Gerogia Baker, Luke Davison, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Porter, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Samuel Welsford
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/anna-meares-grabs-silver-in-keirin

Event: Australian Open / Nomination Trial, Samford Valley QLD
Schedule: Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 March
AUS Athletes: Taylor Worth, Ryan Tyack, Alec Potts, Matt Gray, Semra Lingard, Deonne Bridger, Elisa Barnard

Sport: Athletics
Event:  IAAF World Challenge - Melbourne, Victoria
Schedule: Saturday 5 March
AUS Athletes: Dani Samuels, Eleanor Patterson, Alana Boyd, Ben St Lawrence, Ryan Gregson, Alex Rowe and many more.
Follow: Broadcast LIVE & FREE online from 5:00pm at the Athletics Australia websitehttp://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/iaaf-world-challenge-hits-melbourne 

Sport: Triathlon
Event: ITU World Triathlon Series, - Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Schedule: Saturday Elite Men 8:06pm, Elite Women 11:06pm
AUS Athletes: Ashleigh Gentle, Charlotte McShane, Gillian Backhouse, Erin Densham, Emma Jackson, Natalie van Coevorden, Ryan Bailie, Jake Birtwhistle, Ryan Fisher and Courtney Atkinson

Sport: Triathlon
Event: OTU Sprint Triathlon Oceania Cup - Wollongong, NSW
Schedule: Saturday Elite Men 3:10pm (AEST)
AUS Athletes: Aaron Royle
 http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/abu-dhabi-and-wollongong-provide-kick-starts-for-games-nominations

Sport: Shooting
Event: Australia Cup 2 (Rio 2016 selection event)
Start time: Friday - Sunday
AUS athletes include: Paul Adams, Laetisha Scanlan, Catherine Skinner, Adam Vella, Michael Diamond, Lalita Yauhleskaya, Daniel Repacholi

Sport: Rugby Sevens
Event: World Series Round 5 - Las Vegas, USA
Start time: Saturday - vs Scotland, 1.08pm AEDT, vs Japan, 4.04pm AEDT, Sunday vs England, 8.46am AEDT (finals later on Sunday)
AUS athletes include: Henry Hutchison, Tom Kingston, Sam Myers, Boyd Killingworth, Tom Lucas, Con Foley, Cameron Clark, Greg Jeloudev, Ed Jenkins, Allan Fa'alava'au, Quade Cooper, Pat McCutcheon
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/mccutcheon-set-for-return-at-vegas-sevens