Wyndham athletes Amy Cashin and Joseph Deng are headed to the Paris Olympics.
The Australian athletics team finalised its squad for the Games last week with 55 athletes named to compete a team of 75.
Cashin, who claimed her second national title in the women’s steeplehcase earlier this year, will keep in her second Games.
She made her Australian senior debut at the Tokyo Games running her second fastest time at that stage of her career.
The Western Athletics star is based in America.
Talking to Star Weekly earlier this year, Cashin spoke about how she was looking forward to possibly going to a second Olympics.
“Tokyo was a whirlwind as I feel like it happened so quickly from when I qualified to when we raced,” she said.
“I feel like I learned a lot from it that I could utilise this year. My experience at two world champs and the Comm Games also would help me to be better prepared and thus I would hope that I could perform better than Tokyo.
“It would also be super special as I could have family and friends come this year, who unfortunately were unable to come to Tokyo due to the pandemic.”
Deng has been named in his first Olympic team.
The Truganina resident will compete in the men’s 800 metres.
He recaptured the national record in the 800 metres in late 2023 having previously set it five years before.
Deng, who is currently in Africa, said he’s excited that he’ll be part of the track and field team.
