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Jason Begg Smith Jason Begg-Smith – Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Australia’s sixteenth Winter Olympics will be in 2006, at Turin, Italy. 40 athletes will represent Australia, 9 more than the previous record in 1960 and almost double the size of recent teams. 10 of the 15 sports will be contested by Australians. Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. … Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. … Flag ratio: 1:2 The Australian Flag at full mast. … NOC symbol of Australia This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. … A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. … Turin (Italian: ; Piedmontese: Turin) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. …

The squad was announced on January 25, 2006, with the proviso that a few positions were subject to legal appeals and FIS points publication. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. … 2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. … The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. …

For the first time, Australia set a goal of winning a medal. [1] In freestyle skiing, medal hopes include aerial skiers Alisa Camplin, Jacqui Cooper, and Lydia Ierodiaconou. Favourite Dale Begg-Smith won gold in moguls skiing. [2] Torah Bright was rated as a medal chance in snowboarding half-pipe,[2] but came fifth. Damon Hayler was rated as a medal chance in snowboarding[3] but came seventh. Michelle Steele, who less than two years ago was a beach flag sprinter, was seen as a medal possibility in skeleton[4], but inexperience with the intimidating and technical track [5] contributed to her coming 13th. As only 8 teams compete in men’s short track speed skating relay, Australia had a good chance of getting a medal in the event, [6] but they did not make it into the A final.

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