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Four players from the Great Britain team which finished ninth at the Athens Olympics will travel to Melbourne as part of England’s Hockey challenge. New Zealand has named its biggest Cycling team ever, and has thrown down the challenge that they only want to take gold home from Melbourne. By the time she climbed out of the new Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre pool, Jade Edmistone had smashed her own 50m Breaststroke record in her first race in the purpose built outdoor undercover pool. Thirty one-year-old Guernsey triathlete Damian Thacker heads to Melbourne in March to fulfil a four-year mission – to outrace his fellow Channel Islands competitors from Jersey. Craig Mottram has showed Commonwealth Games rivals what’s in store for them in March with a stellar performance in the two mile race at the Boston Indoor Games. Malaysian shuttler Mohd Hafiz Hashim has been denied a chance to defend his Commonwealth gold in Melbourne after Malaysian selectors opted for two singles and three doubles players to form their Games squad. The now familiar chants accompanying Australian Open Men’s sensation Marcos Baghdatis are likely to make their return in March, as the Cypriot tennis player awakens his country’s sporting aspirations ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Australian sprinter Matt Shirvington has announced his return to form by squeezing out a narrow victory against Australia’s best at the Athletics Australia Telstra A series in Canberra. The Cup will pit Australia against Commonwealth rivals New Zealand and Malaysia, and will give the teams a test run at the State Lawn Bowls Centre, the venue for the Games competition. Australian Hurdling star Jana Pittman could be considering a shot at double 400m gold in Melbourne following her return to grand prix racing in Canberra.
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