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Official Australian Teams
will be sent to most of the major competitions in Europe this season
(details included below). Senior Team members will be training and
competing in small groups at various locations throughout the
winter, including Austria, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and
Norway. These groups will only come together for the major
competitions. The Junior Team will be based in Sweden from December,
in preparation for the World Junior Championships in Solleftea in
February. The qualification standards for each of these events are
set by Skiing Australia based on FIS points.
The general competition goals for most of the major events is
achieve results in the top half of the field. The exception is the
World Junior Championships, where the aim is to get results in the
top 30.
2003
World Championships - Val Di Fiemme, Italy, February 18 - March 1
2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Assistant Coach: TBA
Wax Technician: Angelo Corradini (Italy)
Athletes: Paul Murray, Katherine Calder, Duane Butcher*, Andrew
Mock*, Robert Curtis*, Matt O'Rourke* (*These athletes are still to
reach the qualification standards)
2002-2003 World Cup Sprint
Dec 15 - World Cup 1km Sprint Freestyle - Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dec 19 - World Cup 1km Sprint Freestyle - Linz, Austria
Mar 6 - World Cup 1.5km Sprint Classic - Oslo, Norway
Mar 20 - World Cup 1.5km Sprint Freestyle - Borlange, Sweden
Coach/Manager: Finn Marsland
Athletes: Paul Murray
Other team members may join the WC Sprint team during the season.
2003 World
Junior Championships - Solleftea, Sweden, February 2-9 2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Assistant Coaches: Nick Almoukov, Allison McArdle
Athletes: Esther Bottomley, Ben Sim, Daniel van der Ploeg, Nick
Grimmer, Sally Cunningham
2003 OPA U23 Championships - Valdidentro, Italy, February 13-16 2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Athletes: Katherine Calder, Andrew Mock, Matt O'Rourke, Duane
Butcher,
Andrew Circosta, Nick Grimmer
2003 World
University Winter Games - Tarvisio, Italy, January 16-26, 2003
Management: Australian University Sport
Wax Technician: Matt O'Rourke (TBC)
Athletes: Katherine Calder, Andrew Mock, Andrew Circosta, Tim
Retchford
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