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South Gippsland athletes Keefer Wilson, Eleanor Patterson, Aislin Jones and Beau Vernon will be representing Australia in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Congratulations to Gippsland South stars heading to the 2024 Paris Olympics! Keefer Wilson, Eleanor Patterson, Aislin Jones, and Beau Vernon will compete in skateboarding, high jump, skeet shooting, and wheelchair rugby.
Congratulations to the Gippsland South stars who will be representing Australia in the 2024 Paris Olympics over the coming weeks. For those keen to support and watch our superstars on the big screen you can tune in on Win Tv (Ch9) or the streaming platform Stan on the following dates and times.
South Gippsland stars and their sports: Top, left to right: Keefer Wilson - men's skateboarding, Aislin Jones - skeet shooting, bottom: left to right: Eleanor Patterson - women's high jump and Beau Vernon - mixed wheelchair rugby
Gippsland athletes compete
Nyora's Keefer Wilson will kick off his Olympics in the prelims of men's skateboarding park on 7 August at 8.30pm, and all going well we will also be able to watch him in the finals at 1.30am 8 August. Off the back of her World Championship title in 2022, Leongatha's Eleanor Patterson will start her third Olympics on 2 August at 6.15pm in the women's high jump qualification with the finals being held on 5 August at 3.50am.
Leongatha's skeet shooter Aislin Jones will see her second Olympic appearance with qualification day 1 on 3 August at 5pm, with qualification day 2 starting 4 August at 5.30pm ahead of the skeet women's final at 11.30pm.
Former Leongatha premiership coach Beau Vernon will take to the floor for mixed wheelchair rugby in the Paralympics against Great Britain on 29 August at 11.30am before taking on France on 30 August at 7.30 pm and Denmark on 31 August at 1.30pm. The mixed wheelchair rugby finals will then commence on 1 September. Best of luck to all of these incredible athletes who have already done Gippsland South extremely proud!
Pictures from GippSport Facebook page.
Source: http://gippsland.com/
Published by: news@gippsland.com
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