Olá amigos,
É um fim de semana em massa para a abundância de atletas australianos como olham para empurrar para a seleção ou construir forma à frente do Rio (It's a massive weekend for plenty of Aussie athletes as they look to push for selection or build form ahead of Rio).
Our athletics stars are in Shanghai for the Diamond League, our triathletes will put their best foot forward for Rio selection in Japan and our men's sevens team are in Paris.
Sport: Equestrian - Dressage
Event: Olympic Nomination Trial 1 (Odense, Denmark)
Start Time: Friday 5pm (local time) and on Saturday from 3pm (local time)
AUS athletes competing: Sue Hearn (Remmington), Mary Hanna (Boogie Woogie), Kelly Layne (Udon), Brett Parbery (DP Weltmieser) on Saturday - Kristy Oatley (Du Soleil), Maree Tomkinson (Diamantina), Mary Hanna (Umbro)
Live streaming and results available through the event website here>>>
Sport: Sailing
Event: Finn Gold Cup (Gaeta, Italy)
Start Time: Friday medal race
AUS athletes competing: Jake Lilley and Oliver Tweddell
Sport: Athletics
Event: Shanghai Diamond League (Shanghai, China)
Start Time: Saturday 7pm AEST
AUS athletes competing: Dani Samuels (discus), Zoe Buckman (1500m), Fabrice Lapierre (long jump), Madeline Hills (3000m steeplechase), Hamish Peacock (javelin)
Sport: Rugby Sevens
Event: Paris Sevens (Paris, France)
Start Time: Saturday - v Brazil 5.34am AEST, v England 9.04pm, Sunday - v South Africa 12.15pm (Finals Sunday night-Monday morning)
AUS athletes competing: Henry Hutchison, Tom Kingston, Sam Myers, Josh Holmes, James Stannard, Con Foley, Cameron Clark, Jesse Parahi, Ed Jenkins, Allan Fa'alava'au, Nick Cummins, Pat McCutcheon
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/five-changes-for-paris-sevens
Sport: Triathlon
Event: World Triathlon Series #4 (Yokohama, Japan)
Start Time: Saturday - Women's - 11:06am, Men's - 1:36pm
AUS athletes competing: Ryan Fisher, Jacob Birthwhistle, Emma Moffat, Ashleigh Gentle, Charlotte McShane, Emma Jackson, Erin Denshan, Gillian Backhouse
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/yokohama-is-final-chance-for-aussie-triathletes
Sport: Water polo
Event: World League Intercontinental Tournament (Yokohama, Japan)
Start Time: Friday- China, Saturday - Kazakhstan, Sunday - Finals
AUS athletes competing: James Stanton-French, Richie Campbell, George Ford, Johnno Cotterill, Nathan Power, Jarrod Gilchrist, Aidan Roach, Tyler Martin, Joel Swift, Mitchell Emery, Rhys Howden, Lachlan Edwards, Joel Dennerley
Sport: Judo
Event: Almaty Grand Prix (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Start Time: Friday-Sunday
AUS athletes competing: Chloe Rayner, Sebastian Temesi, Diego Barreto, Duke Didier, Nicolas Berard
Sport: Cycling - Road
Event: Giro d'Italia (Italy)
Start Time: Friday May 6 - Sunday May 29
AUS athletes competing: Simon Clarke, Nathan Hass, Heinrich Haussler, David Tanner, Leigh Howard, Rory Sutherland, Adam Hansen, Caleb Ewan, Michael Hepburn, Damien Howson, Jack Bobridge
Sport: Golf
Event: PGA Tour - The Players Championship (Florida, USA)
Start Time: Thursday - Monday
AUS athletes competing: Steven Bowditch, Jason Day, John Senden, Matt Jones
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/day-sizzles-in-opening-round-of-players-championship
Sport: Volleyball - Beach
Event: Antalya Open (Antalya,Turkey)
Start Time: Friday - Sunday
AUS athletes competing: Chris McHugh/Isaac Kapa
