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The first
Australian athletics competing in the Commonwealth Games have arrived
at Manchester Airport - and they are fired up and going for gold!
Australia is
expected to take home a large haul of medals and among the athletes
who arrived today were 1998 Commonwealth Games silver medal-winning
heptathlete, Jane Jamieson and 400-metre hurdles hopeful Jana Pittman
and she is really excited about competing in the new stadium.
"We've heard
great raps about the new stadium," she said. "The English always
put on a great competition and it's great competing in that atmosphere."
And she was
in confident mood about Australia's likely medals tally. "I think
we've got a really good chance," she said. "We're a young team and
I think we're definitely going to bring home some medals.
"The Commonwealth
Games are a big step for me but I'm looking forward to running against
my heroes, who I watched four years ago in Kuala Lumpur."
Manchester Airport
is an official sponsor of the XVII Commonwealth Games.
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