Sport: Support Our Olympians!
Twenty-one Sydney University athletes are preparing to compete in the Beijing Olympic Games. The University's line-up has now been finalised with the selection of four members of the men's water polo team, and Sarah Stewart for the women's wheelchair basketball team.
The squad of 21 athletes is the University's biggest-ever representation at an Olympics, one more than in 2000. All but one will wear the green and gold of Australia - the odd man out is swimmer Carl Probert who represents Fiji.While the athletes command most of the attention, a large supporting cast of University staff and students are involved in Olympic-related events.
Vice-Chancellor, Dr Michael Spence, is very supportive of the University's participation: "Sydney is a great institution and it is a measure of our commitment to excellence that we can send so many elite athletes to the Beijing Olympic Games 2008. On behalf of the University, may I wish you every success."