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Winter Olympics: CrossFit star Tia-Clair Toomey will not compete in Beijing bobsleigh, despite qualifying

  • Australian selection committee decides not to pick five-time ‘Fittest Woman on Earth’, opting for driver with higher ranking
  • Former Commonwealth Games medallist and summer Olympian had qualified with teammate Ashleigh Warner, but selection was not official

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Tia-Clair Toomey has been left hanging by the Australian selection committee. Photo: CrossFit Games

CrossFit star Tia-Clair Toomey will not compete in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, despite qualifying for the bobsleigh event, after the Australian selection committee picked a driver with a higher ranking.

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Toomey announced “we did it” on Instagram last week after qualifying with teammate Ashleigh Warner. However, the selection was not official.

The Australian Olympic Team have since posted on Instagram: “Meet our #Beijing2022 Bobsleigh team – Bree Walker and Kiara Reddingius.”

Australia qualified for two bobsleigh events.

 

“The pair will make their Olympic debut in the two-woman event and Walker will contest the Monobob in its Olympic debut,” the Instagram post said.

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