Over the previous 5 days of the Olympic Athletics motion in Paris. Australia has taken dwelling 3 medals. All three medals have been gained by former Little Athletes, two of whom sit within the Little Athletics Australia Corridor of Fame.
It began on Thursday 1st of August on day 1 of competitors. The place former little athlete and Little Athletics Australia Corridor of Fame Inductee Jemima Montag (Caulfield Little Athletics VIC) got here out striding. To complete third within the Girls’s 20km Race Stroll, setting a brand new Space Report and taking dwelling Australia’s first Monitor & Area medal.
On day 5 the fifth of August, it was within the Girls’s Excessive Bounce ultimate have been two former regional little athletes made historical past, being the primary Australian duo to win Olympic medals in the identical Athletics occasion since 1968.
Nicola Olyslagers (Gosford Little Athletics NSW) and Little Athletics Australia Corridor of Famer completed second leaping 2.00m to take dwelling the silver, and Eleanor Patterson (Leongatha Little Athletics VIC) ending in equal third place, with a season greatest bounce of 1.95m.
Congratulations Jemima, Nicola and Eleanor.
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