Now and then: Aussie Olympians share flashback photos in journey to Rio
WWOS staff
With the Rio Olympics underway, Australian athletes have shared touching images from their youth, thanking their family and friends for their support on the Road to Rio.
Australia's first gold medal in the 400m freestyle final, this now 20-year-old was ranked number 1 in the world in the lead-up to Rio, and met his idol Grant Hackett as a child... (Twitter/DolphinsAUS)
Click through to see which Aussie athletes you can pick from their baby photos.
Mack Horton. (AFP)
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An Aussie who plays on the world stage as a midfielder for German club 1. FFC Frankfurt whose “story began in Newcastle”… (Instagram)
Emily Van Egmond. (AAP)
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Australia's male BMX duo has been tearing up the track together for a long time.
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Now Anthony Dean (left) and Sam Willoughby get to share the incredible experience of Rio together. "15 years apart..Couple kids with dreams," Dean wrote on Instagram.
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A backstroke swimmer who was a water baby from the beginning… (Instagram)
Belinda Hocking. (AAP)
A modern pentathlete who went to London in 2012, she was the youngest to compete at an Olympic selection event in 2007… (Instagram)
Chloe Esposito (AAP)
