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Australian Olympic hopefuls for PyeongChang 2018

September 14, 2017 · by Australian Biathlon

There is a series of great articles by the Australian Olympic Committee, on hopefuls to watch for the Olympic Winter Games in February 2018, at PyeongChang, KOR!

Damon Morton and Jill Colebourn were the winners of the Men (Morton) and Women (Colebourn) Open events at the Australian Biathlon Championships 2017, held last month at Mount Hotham, site of the only biathlon range in Australia.

Find out all the athletes that are in contention to represent Australia at: www.pyeongchang2018.com.au

Damon Morton (20, Marlo, VIC)

Young gun Damon Morton is looking to follow in the footsteps of his father Cameron by wearing the green and gold for Australia at the Winter Olympic Games.

Morton has spent time in Livigno, ITA, training and competing and having lined up in a number of IBU Junior Cup and IBU Cup events, he made his senior World Championships debut in where he finished 87th in the 10km sprint.

Morton competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games, alongside sister Darcie Morton, Jill Colebourn and Jeremy Flanagan. He claimed 13th in 10km sprint, 13th in 12.5km pursuit and then finished 8th in the mixed relay.

Jill Colebourn (22, Sydney, NSW)

Jill Colebourn is the first in her family to do biathlon, having started in moguls and cross country skiing.

Jill has spent time in Livigno, ITA, and was part of Australia’s first-ever mixed relay team at the Winter University Games in 2017. She also participated in the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

Jill takes us out on the biathlon course, at: http://pyeongchang2018.olympics.com.au/media/66B76490-83DF-11E7-8CE4D2D19610CFF9

11th medal for Australia at Winter Olympics

February 15, 2014 · by Australian Biathlon

TEAM: Australia has now won 11 Olympic winter medals and has had an athlete on the podium at six consecutive Games.

Australia winning medals at the Olympic Winter Games dates back to Lillehammer in 1994 and that famous Short Track Speed Skating 5000m relay bronze to Steven Bradbury, Kieran Hansen, Andrew Murtha and Richard Nizielski.

Zali Steggall then showed the world that Australians can ski, with Slalom bronze at Nagano 1998.

In 2002 the gold rush began and gained global media attention. Bradbury won Australia’s first gold with an unforgettable ‘last man standing’ in a dramatic 1000m Short Track final at Salt Lake City. Days later Alisa Camplin spun her way to Aerials gold, and in to the hearts of the nation.

At Torino 2006, Dale Begg-Smith blitzed the Moguls competition and Camplin again delivered on the biggest stage with Aerials bronze.

Vancouver 2010 was Australia’s first Olympic Team of gender equality (20 men/ 20 women) and our most successful. In a Halfpipe just outside Vancouver Torah Bright won Australia’s first Snowboard gold and Lydia Lassila bounced back from a horrible injury at the 2006 Olympics to win the Aerials gold. Begg-Smith also won silver on the Moguls hill near where he learnt to ski.

At the Sochi 2014 Games on Day 5, Bright again delivered an exceptional run of tricks in the Halfpipe to win silver and get Australian on the medal table for the sixth consecutive Games. Bright now joins Dale Begg-Smith as Australia’s most successful winter Olympian with a gold and silver medal.

Bright’s fellow golden girl from Vancouver, Lydia Lassila, thrilled the nation when she won bronze in the women’s Aerial Skiing on Day 7 of the Sochi Games. Lassila attempted a quad twisting triple somersault with a degree of difficulty (DD) of 4.425, executed brilliantly in the air but slapped the landing and fell to the side for a score of 72.12 points to secure the bronze. It was the first time the trick was ever done by a woman, and Lassila became the first mother to win a Winter Olympic medal for Australia.

Australia’s Olympic Winter Medal Tally currently stands at:

Gold – 5

Silver – 2

Bronze – 4

AOC | sochi2014.olympics.com.au

Tenth medal for Australia at Winter Olympics

February 13, 2014 · by Australian Biathlon

Australia has now won 10 Olympic winter medals and has had an athlete on the podium at six consecutive Games.