433-member squad for Aussies

Published July 19, 2008

SYDNEY, July 18: Australia will send its second-largest team of 433 athletes to an overseas Olympics for next month's Beijing Games, the Australian Olympic Committee said on Friday.

Only the 482-member team which represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Games ranks larger, while the country's biggest team was assembled for the home 2000 Sydney Games with 632 athletes, the AOC said.

Australia, with a population of 21 million, is aiming to finish among the top five nations on the medals standings after finishing fourth in Sydney and Athens.—AFP

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