Aug 2, 2011 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hooker to lead Aussies at world champs
Defending champions Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels, as well as the in-form Sally Pearson and Mitchell Watt, head a 47-strong Australia party for this year's world track and field championships in Daegu, South Korea.
EXPANSIVE sporting facilities, state-of-the-art gym equipment and sophisticated training programs run by elite coaches are turning independent schools into breeding grounds for world champions and Olympians.
Boden hopes to hurdle Shanghai's class field for world champ start
CANBERRA hurdler Lauren Boden is hopeful the adrenaline of racing against a top quality field will help her seal a world championships spot in Shanghai tonight.