"When golf was put back on the Olympic program seven years ago, the [International Golf Federation] promised that all their best players would be there.

Most importantly we had 18 fourth- and fifth-placed finishes in our benchmark event. "Part of that [IOC] evaluation process is the participation of the best players. That's something for the IOC to look at," Chiller said. All I know is that our four, Scott [Hend], Marcus [Fraser], Su Oh and Minjee Lee, can't wait to put on the green and gold and play for Australia. Way to finish out your Olympic Games! "Yes, we're going to rely on swimming, we always do," Chiller said. "We finished our benchmark event last year ranked seventh, with 13 gold medals and 37 overall. "Georgina Robinson is the chief rugby reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.Rio Olympics 2016: Australia aiming for 16 gold medals, says Kitty ChillerAmbitious: Australian chef de mission Kitty Chiller speaks during the Australian Olympic Games rugby sevens team announcement at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney on Thursday. Australia are targeting a top-five finish in the Rio Olympics medal count, but that will require doubling the number of gold medals won in London in 2012. Final: Friday 12 August (22:42 BST) At 36 Sir Bradley Wiggins has done it all - four Olympic gold medals, a multiple world champion, Tour de France winner, holder of the Hour record. Australia's Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller says a target of more than double the gold medals won at the London Games is ambitious but achievable in Rio. "As always, a strong swimming team heads to Rio, while cycling, sailing and rowing are also expected to perform well.But Australia's newest Olympians, the women's rugby sevens squad, could be the first source of good news from Rio.They are ranked No.1 in the world as the reigning world series champions, and are favourites to win gold in one of the first events on the calendar after the Olympics starts on August 5. "Australia will field their biggest-ever team in Brazil. I genuinely believe we can do it," she said. Team USA's "Final Five" women's gymnastics team closed out its 2016 Rio Olympics in dominant fashion Tuesday, as Simone Biles and Aly Raisman took gold and silver, respectively, in the floor exercise.For Biles, it was her fourth gold and fifth medal overall of the 2016 Games, while Raisman won her sixth career Olympic medal by securing the silver.While Biles' pursuit of five gold medals in Brazil hit a snag with a slip-up on the balance beam that resulted in a bronze, ESPN Stats & Info put her overall Rio performance into perspective:Simone Biles wins #gold, becoming the 5th woman (& 1st from #USA) to win 4 gymnastics golds at a single #Olympics https://t.co/uzS6XlmTz5Biles arguably established herself as the greatest gymnast of all time by winning her fifth medal, and according to USA Gymnastics, she matched some of the United States' best performers ever:Biles guaranteed her 5th medal now - tying @NastiaLiukin @shannonmiller96 & @marylouretton for most gym medals in single games for USA.The reigning Olympic all-around champion's winning margin of nearly a half-point over Raisman was huge, especially considering the fact that Raisman won floor exercise gold in London four years ago.Four-time Olympic medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson applauded Biles for her history-making effort:INCREDIBLE ROUTINE BY SIMONE!

A day after Horton won Australia’s first gold of the Rio Games by beating Yang in the men’s 400m freestyle final, Yang has fired a mental barb ahead of their re-match in the men’s 1500m event. The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and commonly known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. "We know from history that the number of medals swimming wins in the first week is normally around a third of what we can expect to win overall. Team USA's "Final Five" women's gymnastics team closed out its 2016 Rio Olympics in dominant fashion Tuesday, as Simone Biles and Aly Raisman took gold and … Not necessarily, and that's why there's a big push that we do need to get those one or two other medals from other sports across the board. Team GB's Welsh athletes have ended their time at Rio 2016 with a record four gold medals and the largest overall Olympic medal haul ever won by Welsh competitors. Biles’ four-year run from 2013 to Rio was unprecedented in the sport, as she followed up three world all-around titles with the Olympic gold medal. #amazingLost in Team USA's dominance was the fact that Amy Tinkler made some history of her own by becoming the first British women's gymnast to ever medal in the floor exercise at the Olympics.For the U.S., the Final Five of Laurie Hernandez (16 years old), Madison Kocian (19), Biles (19), Gabby Douglas (20) and national team coordinator since 2001, will be stepping down. That is double the haul from London, when Australian athletes won eight gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze for a total of 35 medals to finish eighth on the overall ladder behind top-five finishers the US, China, Great Britain, Russia and South Korea.Chiller, who appeared in Sydney on Thursday to name the women's and men's rugby sevens squads, conceded it was a "huge" mountain to climb. With many countries still finalising their numbers and Russia under a doping cloud, Chiller predicted Australia would be among the five largest teams in Rio behind China, the US, France and Great Britain. "For a variety of factors they are not there, but we respect personal decisions, we don't force anyone to go to the Olympic games. "For any country to double the number of gold in one [four-year period] is a huge ask. Chiller also weighed into the controversy surrounding golf's inclusion in the Olympics program, after a number of high-profile withdrawals.Jason Day, Jordan Speith, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson have all pulled out, prompting International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to reiterate on Wednesday that the IOC would be re-evaluating the sport's place in the Olympics. Great Britain's Mo Farah won his fourth Olympic gold as he became only the second man to retain the 5,000m and 10,000m titles. Almost as prolific as Phelps in Rio were compatriots Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles, who both won five medals, four of them gold.Ledecky starred in the pool, landing a 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle treble and posting respective world records of 3:56.46 and 8.04.79 in the second and third of those events. Yes girl! Chiller said Australia's 410-strong team had to win "15, maybe even 16" gold medals among a total medal haul of about 45 to reach the goal of a top-five finish in the overall medal count. @Simone_Biles #teamusa https://t.co/403IyuaUbcWhile much of the focus was on Biles' fourth gold, Raisman's silver helped clinch Team USA's best-ever showing at a single Olympics in women's gymnastics:Aly Raisman wins #silver in the floor exercise, giving Team #USA 9 medals in women's gymnastics, including 4 #gold - both are team recordsThose six Olympic medals for @Aly_Raisman put her second only to @shannonmiller96Shannon Miller, with seven Olympic medals, is still tops in that regard, and she had nothing but praise for the two leaders of perhaps the most talented women's gymnastics team of all time:Simone: Gold, Raisman: Silver for US.

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