Australia has now provisionally earned 231 quota spots across 22 sports.

Table Tennis – Teams secure Tokyo quota

The Australian men and women both secured team Table Tennis quota spots for Tokyo 2020, winning the ITTF Oceania Qualification Tournament in Victoria.

With each tie consisting of a doubles and two singles matches, the men’s squad of Heming Hu, David Powell, Yan Xin, Kane Townsend, Xavier Dixon went undefeated, beating New Zealand 3-0 in the final after overcoming Fiji and Papua New Guinea by the same margin.

Michelle Bromley, Jian Fang Lay and Melissa Tapper wrapped up a convincing win in the women’s tournament, defeating Fiji 3-0 in the final.

The victory earns three men’s and three women’s Tokyo 2020 quota spots, ensuring two spots per gender in the singles tournament at Tokyo 2020 as well as the three-person teams event.

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Surfing – Steph Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons earn quota spots

Surfers Steph Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons have earned provisional quota spots for Tokyo 2020, finishing the 2019 World Surf League season ranked in the top eight needed to secure a quota spot.

Seven-time world champion Gilmore finished 2019 on a high, winning the season finale in Maui to end the year ranked fourth, with Fitzgibbons close behind in fifth.

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Attention now turns to the men’s final event of the year at Pipeline starting today, with Owen Wright, Julian Wilson, Ryan Callinan and more all within striking range of the crucial top 10 finish to secure a quota spot.

Sailing – World Champ bronze for Nacra sailors

Rio 2016 silver medallists Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin were back on the global podium, securing bronze at the Nacra, 49er and 49er FX World Championships in Auckland.

Despite a tough final day of racing, the pair had done enough in earlier days to secure their podium position in the Nacra fleet.

Brothers Will and Sam Phillips finished as the top ranked Australians in 49er class, in 15th, while Amelia Stabback and Caitlin Elks were top ranked 49er FX sailors, finishing in 26th.

Australian results at the 2018 World Championships has already secured the Tokyo 2020 quota spots for Nacra and 49er FX. With the 15th finish in Auckland short of the result needed to earn a quota spot, the 49er crews will next look to the 2020 World Championships in Geelong in February for another chance to earn a Tokyo quota spot for Australia.

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Cycling – Track World Cup podiums and Glaetzer returns

The track cycling team finished the New Zealand World Cup leg with a haul of one gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Georgia Baker and Alexandra Manly won the women’s Madison in dominant fashion, winning the double point final sprint to cap their gold medal performance.

Both men’s and women’s team pursuit won silver, Cam Meyer took silver in the Omnium and teamed up with Kell O’Brien to also claim Madison silver, Steph Morton won double bronze in the sprint and keirin and just weeks after his thyroid cancer diagnosis and treatment, Matt Glaetzer was back on the track winning bronze in the keirin.

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With Brisbane hosting the next round of the World Cup this weekend, the team will be looking to keep their podium form going at their home event.

BMX – Oceania champs double gold for Freestylers

Australia’s world-class Freestyle BMX riders showed their skills for the home crowd, with Logan Martin and Natalya Diehm taking gold.

Just a month after going 1-2 at the World Championships, Logan Martin and Brandon Loupos were again unstoppable. In a reversal of the World Championship results, Martin earned the gold medal with Loupos in silver and Jake Wallwork third.

Diehm, who launched into elite contention with a sixth at last month’s World Championships, secured the Oceania gold to continue her great end to 2019.

Boxing – Athletes one step closer to Tokyo

Boxing Australia’s national pre-selection trials for the Tokyo 2020 Asia-Oceania Qualification Tournament in April were held in Melbourne, with the winners of each Olympic weight class pushing their case to represent Australia at the qualifiers.

Kristy Harris, Skye Nicolson, Anja Stridsman, Kaye Scott, Caitlin Parker, Alex Winwood, Charlie Senior, Harry Garside, Jason Mallia, Paulo Aokuso, Brandon Rees, Kirra Ruston and Justis Huni took out their divisions, with official selection to represent Australia at the qualifying tournament in Wuhan, China to come from Boxing Australia at a later date.

Moguls - Britt Cox wins bronze at World Cup Opener

Three-time Olympian Britt Cox opened her 2019 season with a bang, taking bronze at the FIS World Cup Women’s Moguls event in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday.

Scoring 78.29 in her final run, Cox was able to improve her fourth-place from qualifying to finish on the podium, her 16th World Cup medal.

Fellow Aussie Jakara Anthony also made the final, finishing fifth.

Rugby – Final day challenges too much for Aussie Sevens in Dubai

Unbeaten first days for both men’s and women’s teams gave way to challenging finals at Dubai Rugby Sevens, as the women finished fourth and men knocked out in the quarter-final stages.

After cruising through the group and quarter-final stages, the Aussie women were taken down by Canada 26-12 in the semi-final before losing to USA in the bronze medal playoff 24-7.

Strong pool play including a win against 2019 2nd place getter USA showed great promise for the Aussie men, but a close-fought loss against Samoa 19-14 in the quarters ended their campaign.

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Taekwondo – Khalil and Marton in TKD Final Tournament

Safwan Khalil and Jack Marton competed in the year-ending World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final, which features only the top16 athletes per weight class.

Khalil went down to Ireland’s Jack Woolley to miss out on the 58kg quarter-finals, with Marton going down to world number three Nikita Rafalovich of Uzbekistan in the 80kg division.