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Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Kim Mickle has claimed second place in the women's javelin with a throw of 63.80m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, USA.

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Australian men's water polo coach Elvis Fatovic has announced a squad of 15 players for the Aussie Sharks' FINA World Championship campaign in June and July.

The nine members of the EnergyAustralia Swim team competing in Berlin have wrapped up proceedings at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM) and will be returning home with a total of 11 individual medals.

The West Coast Fever has fallen to a one-goal defeat against the Central Pulse in a nail-biter in Wellington.

Western Australian Institute of Sport athletes Glencora Ralph and Zoe Arancini have been selected in the Australian women's squad for next month's World League Finals campaign in China.

WAIS sailor Matt Wearn has won a silver medal at the 2013 Delta Lloyd Regatta in the Netherlands capping a successful European world cup season for the 17 year-old.

Western Australian Institute of Sport javelin thrower Kim Mickle has thrown a season's best of 63.93m in her first international competition for 2013, finishing third at the IAAF Diamond League meet in New York. In her first of two competitions during an 11 day spell in the US, Mickle produced an impressive series of throws to take third place amongst a world class field of athletes that included Olympic silver medallist Christina Obergfoll and current world champion Mariya Abakumova. Mickle produced a first round throw of 61.09m before taking the competition lead at the halfway point with a season's best throw of 63.93m on her third attempt. Obergfoll leapfrogged Mickle in the fourth round, after the German registered a throw of 65.33m that would be enough for the Big Apple victory. Mickle added a third 60m plus attempt in the sixth and final round after recorded 63.22m, but she was pushed into third after the Russian Abakumova sent a final throw of 64.25m for second place. The Diamond League next moves to Eugene, Oregon where Mickle will again be in action. Mickle's 63.93m effort was a third A-Qualifier for this year's World Championships in Moscow (10-18 August), with the 28 year-old currently one of Australian athletics' form competitors ahead of this year's showpiece event.

WAIS athlete and 2012 London Paralympian Katherine Downie has been awarded the Swimming WA, Multiclass Swimmer of the Year.

Hockey Australia has announced the Jillaroos squad for next month's tour to Japan. The U21 women's team will play four matches against Japan 'A' in preparation for the Junior World Cup at the end of July.