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Footballers, sevens guns and athletes from judo, equestrian and hockey have been added into the Australian Olympic team for Tokyo. See who made the late call-up.

Timing is everything in sport but this is crazy!

Around a week out from the start of the delayed Tokyo Olympics 16 athletes have received a late call-up - and 10 of them are from NSW.

The addition of the newcomers sees the Australian team bulge out to 488 with the additional athletes joining the equestrian, judo and Rugby Sevens teams along with the Hockeyroos, Matildas and Olyroos.

After Nick Kyrgios dropped out of the tennis competition, there are now 261 women and 227 men, making it the second largest Australian team ever behind the Sydney Olympic line-up.

Here are the newest members of the Australian and Olympic team.

Bruno Fornaroli being tackled by Cameron Devlin in the A-League.

CAMERON DEVLIN, OLYROOS

A young gun playing for the Newcastle Jets as a midfielder.

Just 23, he is now heading to Tokyo.

Devlin played his junior football with the Sutherland Sharks, Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC in the National Premier League.

Now he will be pulling on an Australian uniform as Olyroo.

Nathan Katz reacts to defeat against Imad Bassou of Morocco in the 66kg Elimination round in Rio.

NATHAN KATZ, JUDO

Nathan Katz has been included onto the judo team for the Olympics thanks to a continental roll down quota.

Katz is 26 and this will be his second Games after he competed in Rio alongside his brother Josh.

The Northmead athlete has plenty of family support with his father Robert a coach and his mother Kerry also a top level athlete who competed at the Seoul Olympics where judo was a demonstration sport.

Western Sydney Wanderers W-League player Courtney Nevin will be playing beside some of the biggets names in the game.

COURTNEY NEVIN, MATILDAS

Has joined one of the most famous sporting teams in the world at just 19 for an Olympic campaign.

Nevin will line-up in Tokyo as a Matilda alongside the likes of Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord.

Hailing from Mulgrave, she plays for Western Sydney Wanderers in the W-League and will be making her debut in Games Tokyo.’

The young fullback has progressed through the ranks, playing in both the Australian under 17 and under 20 teams after starting her career with the Oakville Ravens in Blacktown and playing for Sydney Olympic and the Blacktown Spartans in the NPL.

A graduate of Westfield Sports high school whose father built her a goal net in the backyard.

The Olyroos are one of the first teams in action at the Olympics.

JORDAN HOLMES, OLYROOS

The 24-year-old has been added into the Australia his way through the Australian pathways, playing in both the under 20 and under 23 Australian teams.

Holmes, who attended school in Menai, played for both Rockdale City Suns and Sydney United in the NSW youth Premier League.

He was also a talented baseball, representing Cronulla Sutherland, Sydney and NSW in his teens.

Marco Tilio celebrating scoring a goal with Sydney FC teammate Rhyan Grant.

MARCO TILIO, OLYROOS

A young forward from Hurstville who spent his youth career with Sydney Olympic and then Sydney FC.

He made his professional debut in the Champions League as a 17-year-old in 2019 and played for Sydney FC in his first A-League game at just 18.

He now plays for Melbourne City in the A-League.

Stuart Tinney is now going to the Olympics.

STUART TINNEY, EQUESTRIAN

Stuart Tinney is the oldest and most experienced of the late call-ups.

He competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2016 Olympics.

Now the 56-year-old will join the eventing team in Tokyo.

Tinney hails from Maraylya and won a team gold at the Sydney Olympians and as bronze in Rio.

He is replacing Chris Burton whose horse is injured.

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MADISON FITZPATRICK, HOCKEYROOS

A 24-year-old hockey player from Cabarita Beach who will now play alongside her sister Savannah in the Hockeyroos in Japan.

“My sister and I have had such a journey with our careers and being able to do this together is so exciting. Words can’t describe the emotions”

Madison Fitzpatrick playing against Argentina.

GRETA HAYES, HOCKEYROO

Is joining Fitzpatrick at her first Olympics with one of the most successful teams in Australian sport in the Olympic arena - the Hockeyroos.

Also 24, she will make her Games debut in Tokyo.

She hails from the Sydney University club and Maroubra and made her debut for Australia at the 2018 Champions Trophy.

Some of the NSW athkletes who have been added into the team.

ALYSSA LEFAU-FAKASILEA, RUGBY SEVENS

Has already played for Australia as a Wallaroo.

Born in Auckland she is now residing in Randwick after joining forces with the Australian Rugby Sevens squad in Sydney in the lead-up to the Olympics.

A former netballer in New Zealand, she was attracted to Rugby Sevens for its physicality.

The niece of Will Skelton, she is considered one of the rising stars of women’s rugby in both formats of the game.’

Hailing from Frenchs Forest she will make her Olympic debut at age 20.

Lewis Holland on the burst against New Zealand during the Oceania Sevens Challenge in June.

LEWIS HOLLAND, RUGBY SEVENS

He’s one of the most experienced players in the country.

The Randwick footballer, 28, also played at the Rio Olympics.

After the original postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, Holland returned to the 15s game and played for the Rebels in the Super Rugby comp.

Hails from Queanbeyan originally but now lives in Sydney.

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