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With the London 2012 Olympic Games only six months away, the Kookaburras are in Perth for a Four Nations tournament against the Netherlands, Argentina and Australia 'A' designed to begin preparations for London.

Australian women's national water polo head coach Greg McFadden has announced the 17 players that will continue final preparations for this year's London Olympic Games, dropping two players from the group that began the Olympic campaign last year.

Australia's best open water competitors will feature in this year's Australian Open Water Championships being held at the Champion Lakes Regatta Centre for the first time.

Yachting Australia has announced the 2012 Australian Youth Sailing Team to contest the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with the team featuring a mix of seasoned campaigners and newcomers set to race in Ireland this July.

Cycling Australia has included four WAIS-AIS athletes in the Cyclones team to contest the final round of the UCI Track World Cup Series being staged in London from 16 to 18 February.

West Coast Fever Head Coach Norma Plummer has named new recruit Catherine Cox as Captain ahead of their departure to a pre-season tournament in New Zealand at the end of the month.

With WAIS athletes only four weeks away from the first round of Olympic selection trials, the fourth regatta of the local regatta season will provide the paddlers an opportunity to consolidate their race plans and build on what has so far been a successful season.

Twenty-year-old WAIS athlete Blair Evans recently impressed at the South Australian State Championships at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. Her superb style saw her smash two SA All-comers records and record two A-qualifying times in the 200m and 400m freestyle events.

WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd set a new personal best at the Adelaide Track Classic recently after clearing 4.61m to record a third Olympic A-qualifier.

Local wheelchair racer, Madison De Rozario has joined fellow Australian Kurt Fearnley in an Australian-double at the annual Oz Day 10km wheelchair race around Sydney's historic Rocks district.