Queensland’s top 80 Olympic and Paralympic stars for Brisbane 2032
With the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games and Paralympic Games around the corner, we peer into the crystal ball of rising talent to reveal a list of Queensland’s possible Games’ competitors. See the full list.
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Queensland is full of standout sporting talent and as the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games edge closer our experts have revealed which 80 athletes could be representing Australia on the world stage.
From Far North Queensland, Mackay, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Wide Bay and everywhere in between here’s a look at some of Queensland’s best rising talent.
A number of the track and field athletes featured will next month compete at the 2022 Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships from December 9-11 in Adelaide.
Sunshine Coast
Addison Houslip - Athletics
Houslip, a Sunshine Coast Triathlon Academy participant, impressed once again in 2022 with a number of triathlon and middle distance running achievements, The 13-year-old was the Queensland Cross Country winner 2021 and 2022, female winner Sunshine Coast Marathon 5km event, winner 2021 All Schools Triathlon, fifth place 2022 Queensland Schools Triathlon (the top performing finisher of the younger 2009 age group in the muti-age group event).
Peyton Craig - Athletics
Craig is the Australian Athletics National under 20 1500m and 3000m champion. He is an Australian under 20 representative at Junior World Athletics as well as competing at the Junior World Triathlon and placing eighth. “A large goal and aspiration of mine would be to compete at the 2024 Olympics for both athletics and triathlon,” he said. “I would then like to continue my career on and compete at the home Olympic Games in Brisbane 2032 and win a gold medal.”
Brooklyn Robertson - Gymnastics
The talented 15-year-old has stepped into senior level trampolining and almost qualified for Nationals at her first qualifier. She consistently places at competitions and is ready to qualify for Nationals 2023. Robertson is hoping to achieve her goal of qualifying and placing at Nationals in 2023 and beyond.
Fletcher Clark - Athletics
At the 2022 State Championships Clark picked up gold in the under 10 400m, long jump and silver in the under 10 high jump. At the regional champs he was awarded gold in the under 10 60m hurdles, 200m, long jump, silver in the 400m and bronze in high jump. Clark said he hoped to compete at the 2032 Olympics for Australia in the Men’s Decathlon event.
Alastair MacKellar - Cycling
In 2022 MacKellar, a talented road cyclist, achieved the first stage GP International Torres Vedras, second stage Tour of Portugal. He is a six time Australian Road Champion, two time Oceania Track Champion, four time Podium Australian Road Championships and an Australian Representative at the 2022 Road World Championships in Belgium.
Josh Shanahan - Athletics
The St Teresa’s Catholic College student and member of Race Pace Coaching burst onto the scene in 2022 at the state and national level. “The last 12 months have been huge as I ran a time of 8.43 in the under-18s 3000m event at nationals and I also competed in the State Cross Country Championships (fifth), state 1500m (fourth), state 3000m (fourth), Oceanic Championships (fourth) and most recently I had the Queensland 5km Road Championships running a personal best time of 15.12 (fifth),” he said.
Harrison Weil - Athletics
In 2022 Weil, a member of the University of the Sunshine Coast Athletics Club, was crowned National and Oceania Long Jump Champion, second in Triple Jump and Oceania Championships.
Johnathan Little - Weightlifting
Nambour strong man Johnathan Little, 13, has set a breathtaking 17 powerlifting records in Australia since February for the under 52kg division. The young athlete, who weighs 45.5kg, has squatted 100kg, bench pressed 50ks, and deadlifted 105kg. His mum and talented powerlifter, Janelle Chamberlin, said her son had a gift.
Grace Brimelow - Para Athletics
Brimelow won the National PTS 3 category of Triathlon in 2022 and is the State Champion in the Schools Aquathlon for Multiclass 13-19 years. In 2022 Grace won gold medals at Nationals Swimming Championships 50m and 400m Freestyle and silver in the 100m and 200m Freestyle Multiclass. Grace made two Open Multiclass finals in the Open National Championships and was State Champion in Cross Country in Multiclass 13-19 years.
John Sterio - Gymnastics
A former 2022 Ninja Warrior finalist has been crowned the state champion in his chosen events of trampolining and DMT. Sterio said he was keen to qualify for Nationals 2023.
Ayla Hipwell - Weightlifting
Warana powerlifter Ayla Hipwell, 11, might have a small frame but is outrageously strong, setting three powerlifting records for her weight class at the event in June. Ms Hipwell, weighing only 32kg, set records for the heaviest squat at 40kg, dead lift at 65kg and bench press at 25kg. Ms Hipwell, a keen sprinter and the daughter of Muscle Hut’s owner, was raised in the gym, but took powerlifting seriously earlier this year. The young gun said she has big dreams in the sport too. “Maybe set a world record. It would take some time, but I think I can do it,” she said.
Amber Livingston - Athletics
The talented nine-year-old picked up four gold medals at the 2022 Little Athletics State Championships which included the 70m, 100m, 200m, long jump and finishing fourth in shot-put. “I’d like to keep doing athletics and doing well,” she said. “I hope to be like Charlotte Caslick and play Rugby 7s for Australia and it would be great to make the team for the 2032 Olympics.”
Alexa Leary - Para Swimming
Leary was a champion triathlete competing at an international level for Australia before a serious accident place her in a induced coma. One year on she has returned to the sporting arena in form of swimming and has aims of representing Australia at the Paralympics. “It’s great to be back in the pool, I’m doing mainly freestyle, I can do a little bit of backstroke but my arm isn’t the best so it’s very hard, I can’t do butterfly and I hate breaststroke,” she said. “I’m going to push myself as I want to win gold for Australia at the Paralympics.”
Anna Wilkinson - Athletics
Earlier this year, Anna competed at the Queensland Athletics Championships, where she placed third in the 100m, second in the 200m and first in 400m. Two weeks later she competed at the Queensland Little Athletics State Championships, placing second in the 100m, first in the 200m and first in 400m. In winning the 400m she managed to break a long standing Maroochy record. She was part of the U14 girls 4x100m relay team who won bronze and she then backed up to win a national silver medal in the final of the 400m.
Ryan Engle - Para Athletics
In 2022 Engle’s major achievements at the Australian Track and Field championships include a gold medal in the U17 men‘s para long jump, a silver medal in the U17 men’s para 100m, a silver medal in the U17 men’s para 200m, a silver medal in the U17 men’s para discus and he set a new Australian record for U17 men’s para F46 discus 1kg (34.77m) at Olympic Park in Sydney. Engle said he hoped to represent Australia at the Paralympics in 100m and long jump (T47/F46 specific events para pathway).
Stanley Jarrott - Swimming
Jarrott strives to be the best and was the Australian under-13 champion in the 2km ocean swim, and the Queensland State 12-years 800m freestyle champion.
Sophia Tagg - Athletics
Tagg was a bronze medallist in the U16 hammer throw at 2022 Australian Track and Field Championships. She has won Queensland Athletics and Queensland All Schools State Championships for past three consecutive championships in hammer throw.
Declan Trezise - Cycling
Toowoomba cyclist from the ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast team is a road and track high achiever who, in 2020, was crowned under 19 criterium and road race national champion.
Isabelle Carnes - Cycling
The teenager this year claimed the individual time trial national championship after a brilliant performance. The Hermit Park State School alumni is from the ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast team.
Far North Queensland
Hannah Edwards – Athletics
The freshly-minted Athletics North Queensland female athlete of the year has proved among the most resilient and consistent competitors in track and field. Edwards, 16, excels at throws, and in 2022 claimed the Queensland U18s titles for hammer and discus, silver medals at national level, and a silver and bronze (for hammer and discus respectively) at the Oceania Championships. She has another year left in Cairns but plans to move to Brisbane for university as she charts her path to the Brisbane Olympics in 2032.
Ike Martinez - Swimming
The elite multi-discipline swimmer blitzed pools across the Far North before a move to Brisbane – and he’s taken his game to another level since shifting his base south. The former Trinity Anglican School student and TAS Swimming star was on par with superfish Ian Thorpe’s outstanding teenage times in butterfly, and the now Rackley Centenary swimmer is even faster now. He won the 400m and 800m freestyle double and 100m-200m butterfly double at the Pan Pacs earlier this year, and if he sticks with it could be among the absolute best by 2032.
Sienna Goulding - Cycling
She’ll barely be 20 by the time the Brisbane Olympics rolls around but Sienna Goulding has her sights set on wearing the green and gold well beyond 2032. Goulding is among the outstanding young cyclists from Cairns who have shown immense promise on two wheels. She currently holds three Queensland track cycling records and will compete at her first national junior trials in 2023.
Chloe Buckley - Cycling
A road cyclist showing plenty of promise, 13-year-old Buckley made a splash after finishing on the podium at the junior road nationals in September. A member of the Queensland state squad, Buckley has shown off her talents in both track and road competitions.
Joel Mundie – Para Swimming
Mundie may well be an elder statesman of the Australian swimming team should he maintain his performances in the pool over the next decade. He made his Commonwealth Games debut as a 17-year-old in 2022, finishing sixth in the 50m freestyle S7 final, and there’s no doubt Mundie will learn from the experience as he strives for Paris in 2024.
Bridgit Murphy - Table Tennis
Ranked ninth in under-15 girls in Australia at the National Championships and part of the bronze medal winning under-15 girls team at this year’s tournament. Murphy is from Cairns and has vigorous competition with Adeepa. She is described as being “excellent in pressure situations” and prefers team success than individual accolades.
Adeepa Keerthiratne - Table Tennis
A national junior squad member and gold medal winner in the under-13 doubles at the 2022 Nationals Championships. Keerthiratne hails from Cairns, but it is tough to break into the ranks from the regional areas, so high praise to him for his commitment to breaking in.
The Wadley family – Sailing
A family of young siblings taking over the sailing world, the Wadley’s all have made a name for themselves in their years of competitive sailing after practising for many years on Lake Tinaroo. In his career, Travis has scored titles including under-13 Open Bic world champion, and competed at the Australian Open and NZ Open in Queenstown. Kristen has won multiple world championships and national championships at junior levels and won the 2018 Women’s Laser 4.7 Australian and Oceania Championship. She is a qualified sailing instructor and a member of the Queensland Academy of Sport. Dominating the O’pen Skiff sailing class, Breanne has won state titles including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Like her older sister, Breanne is a qualified sailing instructor assistant and teaches others within the region.
Emily Mills – Gymnastics
The first Atherton gymnast to reach Level 10, Mills is among the best young gymnastics in the state. The 16-year-old competed against gymnasts nearly 10 years her senior at the Australian Gymnastics Championships earlier this year, finishing seventh. She won the Tablelands Junior Sports Award in 2022.
Ben Wenzel - Wheelchair Tennis
The 15-year-old has fast become one of the junior tennis talents to watch. Wenzel, who trains at Grit Tennis in Trinity Beach, north of Cairns, regularly dominates junior competitions and has proved he can mix it with the best senior athletes, making semi finals in several events this year. He was part of the Australian junior wheelchair team which won the World Team Cup in Vilamoura, Portugal this year, and recently won Tennis Queensland‘s Junior Athlete with a Disability award.
Rockhampton/Gladstone
Taryn Roberts - Swimming
The young superfish continues to enhance her reputation as one of the country’s best. Her appearance at the Australian Olympic trials at just 15 has many pundits tipping her as one of the sport’s next big things. She contested five events there in 2021, her best finish seventh in the 1500m, one of her pet events alongside the 400m IM. She is now preparing to represent the Queensland swim team at the Japan Invitational and the Japan Open in Tokyo in late November, early December.
Ben Tweedy - Basketball
The 16-year-old point guard is ranked in the top five players in the state for his age. The young gun last year scored a two-year basketball scholarship with The Southport School on the Gold Coast where he will lead the open team in the renowned GPS schools competition. Ben’s greatest attribute is his on-court IQ - he has the ability to not only score himself but to create for his teammates. He’s an inspirational player who makes those around him better.
Amy Woods - Hockey
A fullback with lots of determination, Amy possesses a great tackling technique and has the ability to throw penetrating passes. The young gun made her A-grade debut with Wanderers in 2021, playing a leading role in their premiership win in the Rockhampton competition. She was selected in the Queensland under-13 squad and is a member of the Capricornia under-19 team.
Gold Coast
Flynn Southam - Swimming
Tweed based Southam has long been touted as the next big thing in Australian swimming. In an amazing year, when the Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar freestyler wasn‘t shooting for top marks, he was pocketing Commonwealth Games gold. With three top podium finishes, first in the men’s 100m and 200m relays and then in the mixed 100m relay, Southam gave fans a taste of what might lie ahead. As a junior, some of Southam’s times bettered those set by Olympic champions Kyle Chalmers and Ian Thorpe at the same age.
Gideon Burnes - Swimming
The Hillcrest Christian College student has already proven himself as one of Australia’s best young swimmers. In 2022, the grade 11 student has achieved a new Queensland and South Australian record in the male under 16s 100m breastroke (LC: 1.03.27) and a new South Australian record in the male under 16s 50m breaststroke (LC: 29.38). Burnes was selected to represented the Queensland junior Olympic development squad.
Milla Jansen - Swimming
Jansen, 15, capitalised on her tireless training regimen in the lead up to the Swimming Gold Coast Championships in March, 2022 with her actions leading to glowing praise about her Olympic Games prospects. Claiming the 15 years 100m freestyle mantle in just 56.09 seconds, the 200m freestyle gong in 2.03.32, 50m in 25.97 and the backstroke 100m in 1.04.09 has Mooney gushing over her future in the sport. All four of her results set new records for the competition.
Georgie Roper - Swimming
Griffith University student Georgie Roper also proved as one to watch with her performances at the Gold Coast Championships. Roper won and set new record times for the girls under 16s 200m freestyle, 400m medley, 200m medley and 400m freestyle.
Kendra Fitzpatrick - Hockey
Whenever talk turns to hockey in the Tweed, the Fitzpatrick name is never far away. With Casuarina sisters Savannah and Madison having already followed their father Scott onto the international stage, it only seems a matter of time before younger sister Kendra joins the party. Already an under-21 Queensland representative, the midfielder’s quest for Hockeyroos honours has seen her head abroad to join Madison in the respected Dutch League.
Kira Bourke - Lawn Bowls
Originally from Victoria, Kira shifted to the warmer greens of Club Tweed in 2019 - the same year she was crowned Australian Under-18 Girls Singles champion. With new coaches and greater exposure to high-level tournaments, Bourke made it back-to-back under-18s titles before once again taking her game to another level. Still only 20, the Tweed Heads Ospreys rep recently confirmed her rising status with selection in the Australian Emerging Jackaroos squad.
Keira Powell - Lawn Bowls
At 15, and having bowled for the past four years, Powell is the antithesis of lawn bowling’s old-school image. Another Victorian to prosper in the region’s friendly weather, she has flourished since joining Club Tweed’s junior program. And after impressing at the recent Queensland junior championships, her career took another step forward with selection in the 2022 Queensland Junior Development Squad.
Macey France - Athletics
A genuine all around athlete, 13-year-old Macey France finished third for NSW in the under-14s long jump at the Australian Athletics Championships. She then backed up for Queensland at the Australian Little Athletics Championships, claiming long jump silver and relay bronze. Recently in Sydney, the Tweed Little Athletics rep won the long jump at the NSW All School Championships.
Lyla Williams - Athletics
An under-16 race walker, Williams heads to Adelaide next month for the Australian All Schools championships. Under the guidance of respected Gold Coast based coach Robyn Wales, Williams has had a breakout 2022 that to date includes victories in the Queensland Road Walking Championships (5km), QRWC track and club (road) championships and Queensland track and field State Championships (3km).
Brisbane
Amaya Mearns - Athletics
A Queensland in track and field representative, her recent results at the state championships included a two seconds in 200m (25.60s) and long jump (4.87m), third in 100m (12.60s, PB) and third in triple jump (10.68m, PB).
Zara Hagan – Athletics
Zara is the reigning National Champion in the under 15 100m. Her recent performance at the Queensland Athletics State Championship winning the under 16 100m and 200m events, holds her in good stead to defend her title at this month’s Australian Track & Field Championships. Much like her sister Rhani, Zara is a talented Touch Footballer and was named in the Queensland under 15 Merit Team following the Queensland School Sport State Championships in 2021.
Taylor Goodwin - Athletics
Goodwin, a John Paul College student, will represent Queensland at the Australian track and field championships after collecting gold medals in both 800m and 1500m events.
Gabrielle Schmidt - Athletics
Schmidt is a leading distance runner for her age group and competed at the national championships in Sydney.
Charlize Goody - Athletics
Year 11 Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School student Charlize Goody competed in five events at the Queensland Athletics Championships and came away with five medals. She was awarded first in Javelin, Discus and Shotput, second in Hammer and third in 100m hurdles. She will travel to Adelaide in December to compete in the four throw events. Earlier this year, Charlize competed in the Pacific Mini Games in Saipan, coming first in the discus. She also competed in the Australian North Queensland Championships, where she scored 9 medals, including three gold, five silver and a bronze, and set a new NQ record in the U18 Shotput. This year, Charlize also broke the Met West record for Javelin.
Lee Martin - Athletics
Martin, a Marist College Ashgrove student, is a top five ranked national javelin and shot put enthusiast.
Caleb Law - Athletics
Coached by Andrew Iselin out of Mayne Harriers, the Morayfield SHS alumni is a sprint talent out of the box with explosive power mid race the likes of which is rarely seen in a junior.
Torrie Lewis - Athletics
The Gerrard Keating-coached year 12 student from St Peters Lutheran College is Queensland’s best 100m female sprint prospect since Sally Pearson and is running under 20 times not seen since the great Raylene Boyle in the 1970s and early 1980s. She runs the 100m in 11.33 seconds and is also a white hot 200m exponent. She missed the world juniors through injury.
Jude Thomas - Athletics
Thomas may be little known to the general Queensland sporting public, but within Athletics Queensland he is known as one of Australia’s most exciting 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m prospects. From Peter Reeves’ co-ordinated Nanci running group, the St Edmund’s College old boy has as big a motor going around.
Ayysha Koloi and Kate Rosman - Diving
Remember the names of Alysha Koloi, a Cavendish Road SHS alumni, and Kate Rosman. The 20-year-olds are both 3m springboard and synchro pair exponents who missed the Commonwealth Games by just one point.
Sophie Malcolm - Rowing
Rowing Queensland have a strong cohort of rising young Queensland rookies but none are better that BSHS’s Sophie Malcolm (Centenary Rowing Club) as a single sculler, lightweight double scull and quadruple scull gold medal winner. Malcolm also joined her sister Jessica in also winning the national championship under 21 double scull earlier this year. Malcolm is also an outstanding cross country runner who helped BSHS win the QGSSSA aggregate trophy at its championship.
Tom Tucker - Cycling
The BMX racing specialist and Moreton shire schoolboy is a nine-time world champion who has been recognised as an Aus Cycling Emerging Athlete.
Ruby Harris, Jade Smith, Michael Doan and David Hubbard - Hockey
Awesome foursome from the Eastern Suburbs Club, renowned strikers Ruby Harris and Jade Smith (women), midfield’s Michael Doan and defender David Hubbard, were all members of the respective women’s and men’s junior national squads. Smith, a Moreton Bay College alumni, is also a renowned leader while Harris, a St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School old girl, is a razor sharp striker.
Liam Hart - Hockey
The Padua College old boy has been a hockey prodigy, coming through the junior representative teams and climbing to play for the Australian under 21s and is now a member of the junior men’s squad alongside Bulimba Bulls’ Jayden Atkinson and Gladstone original Will Mathison. The Pine Rivers St Andrews striker is the nephew of hockey great Mark Hagar, but the sport has his parents, Helen and Greg, to thank for introducing him to the hockey.
Angela and Jack Yu - Badminton
John Paul College siblings Angela Yu and Jack Yu (Year Twelve 2022) have already risen. The school students were selected to represent Australia in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham for badminton, and were young enough to take their careers well into the 2020s.
Kai Taylor - Swimming
Representing Australia A at the US National Championships, the son of swimming champion Hayley Lewis finished seventh (1:47.50, PB) in the men’s 200m Freestyle final.
Thomas Hauck - Swimming
The All Saints junior is an athlete every swimming coach would love to have in his stable, a workhorse going places.
Jamie Perkins - Swimming
A Sunshine Coast junior, Perkins is now in the bosom of the St Peters Western squad under Dean Boxall’s watch.
Hannah Casey - Swimming
From the old school of triple Olympic gold medallist Meg Harris (Mt St Michael), the towering Casey is the latest freestyle sprint youth sensation from the state.
Jaclyn Barclay - Swimming
Another St Peters Western prospect, Barclay keeps upping the ante the more race experience she gets.
Toowoomba
Sienna Deurloo - Swimming
The only ‘open water’ Toowoomba has are the dams that supply the Garden City’s water but that hasn’t stopped Sienna Deurloo from making a splash in one of swimming’s toughest disciplines. Deurloo has certainly made her mark in the pool, but her best work over the last few years is in the Open Water. The 16-year-old has won multiple Queensland 5km Open Water titles and is regularly selected in the Queensland Open Water Swim Team. If Deurloo continues to develop at the rate she is you can expect her to represent Australia in the (10km) Marathon Swim at a future Olympics.
Sophie Daley - Weightlifting
The young weightlifter is a force to be reckoned with. After winning under-15 gold and under-17 silver at the Queensland Championships she went on to shine at the national level. Daley finished with U15 gold, U17 silver and U20 bronze at the Australian Weightlifting Championships. Her performances at the national level earned her a place in the Australian Weightlifting Federation High Performance Youth Squad and she will also attend the Australian Institute of Sport High Performance Pathway training camp. Daley is one to watch.
Tatum Stewart - Hockey
Toowoomba continues to produce top tier hockey talent. Countless Queensland and Australian hockey legends first played the game in the Garden City and Tatum Stewart is the latest star on the rise. Stewart has made countless Toowoomba and Queensland representative, but most recently she was named in the Australian Under-21 Women’s squad for the Oceania Junior World Qualifiers in December. The swift footed and dynamic attacker could easily be Toowoomba‘s next Hockeyroos star.
Jai Gordon - Athletics
Gordon is just few quick steps away from an Olympic games spot. Earlier this year Gordon won 100m Under-20 men‘s gold at the national athletics championships and finished fourth in the open men’s event at the same meet. Gordon‘s 10.28 finish at the national titles was a big improvement on the 10.34 personal best he ran at the Melbourne Track Classic not long before the titles in Sydney. Having been named in the Australian Open Men‘s 4x 100m relay squad, Gordon is surely not far away from an Olympic run.
Wide Bay
Jonty Murdoch - Athletics
Bundaberg athlete Jonty Murdoch is a rising star in many sports, including shot put and javelin. He won gold in the 2021 Little Athletics Coles Spring Carnival in a number of events, including the Boys Under-15 Javelin, where he set a Queensland best performance of 55.36 metres. This beat out the previous best from 2014, at 53.71 metres.
Troy Carlson - Swimming
Gympie teen swimming champion Troy Carlson has an impressive number of accolades under his belt. In 2021, he won the chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics when he won gold was named as the sixth fastest Australian swimmer in the 2021 Australian Multi-Class, Australian Age and Australian Swimming Championships. The former Sunshine Coast Grammar student was also named national champion at the 2019 Australian Age Championships in South Australia.
Connor Innis - Hockey
Gympie hockey star Connor Innis has a bright future ahead of him, after he was selected to compete in the Australian Under 18 national championships. This put the 18-year-old in the running to compete at a national tournament in Cairns. In February, Connor was selected as a shadow player for the men’s team.
Mackay
Mikayla Webb - Athletics
At only 15-years-old her skill and knack to improve on the track has proven her as a star on the rise.
Toby Rule - Athletics
Rule, a 2000m steeplechase, 3000m and 15000m champion is continuing to perform and has the ambition to make it to the elite level.
Hayley Colless - Athletics
At 13-years-old Colless, a majestic and magnificent hurdler, has plenty of improvement and knowledge to come before she’s knocking down the door for Australian selection.
Ayla Moon - Athletics
Moon, 10, is a gun across multiple track and field events. Between sprints and middle distance running Moon is definitely one to watch.
Tahlia McGilvery - Athletics
The talented 10-year-old sprinter has plenty of achievements and accolades in front of her already impressing spectorars and judges at the junior level.
Aidan and Connor Parish - BMX
Brothers Aidan and Connor both competed for Australia at the world championships in 2022 with Connor, 16, being crowned a North Queensland sports excellence award winner.
Cycling
Mathew and Peter Schatkowski, Eli Thomsett and Scott Bennett are all young stars on the rise.
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