“Three more Australian track and field athletes are Oregon bound, with Tokyo Olympic bronze medallists Kelsey-Lee Barber and Ash Moloney, as well as World Athletics Indoor Championships silver medallist Eleanor Patterson named as the newest additions to the Australian team heading to the World Athletics Championships this July.

Barber (javelin throw), Moloney (decathlon) and Patterson (high jump) will join the 13 other athletes selected following the Australian Track and Field Championships last fortnight.

As the reigning world champion from the Doha 2019 edition of the championships, Barber receives the wild card entry to Oregon. It was in Doha that Barber recorded her personal best throw of 67.70m, becoming the first woman from the Southern Hemisphere to win a gold medal in the javelin throw at the World Championships.”

Read the full story on the Athletics Australia website HERE

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