Australian first as four athletes secure Olympic berths at World Aquatics Championships
Australia has achieved an Olympics first by booking all four available spots for the 10km open water events at Paris 2024.
While 25-year-old Chelsea Gubecka had already qualified, her Dolphins teammates managed to nab the other three spots with their World Aquatics Championships performances in Doha.
Moesha Johnson will join Gubecka in the women's field after finishing fourth in the Doha race.
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Johnson led the pack with only about 150 metres to go but was ultimately run down by three rivals, although managed to touch the wall fourth.
Nicholas Sloman and Kyle Lee booked their spots in the men's field by finishing fifth and ninth in Doha respectively.
Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands and Moesha Johnson of Australia celebrate after the 10km World Aquatics Championships event. Getty
Their selections have to still be ratified by the Australian Olympic Committee but it's expected they will all make their Olympic debuts.
"I know what it's like to miss out after Tokyo so there was no way I was going to let this chance pass," Sloman, 26, said after the race.
"It hurt, particularly when the pace picked up in that final lap, but I knew I had to stay in touch with leaders."
While Sloman finished towards the front of the field his teammate Lee, 21, had to fight to hold onto ninth spot and qualify for Paris 2024.
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The young gun recorded a time of one hour, 48 minutes and 31 seconds.
"I just can't believe it, I stuck to our plan and I guess it worked," Lee said.
Swimming Australia high performance director Greg Shaw was ecstatic to nab all four available spots on the team.
"Nic and Kyle today showed how open water is a race of opportunities and the power of decision making, this is a really tight group and shared intelligence of this group just keeps growing," Shaw said.