Australian swimmers arrive in Beijing for Olympics

Australian swimmers arrive in Beijing for Olympics

AUSTRALIA'S star swimmers including Grant Hackett, Stephanie Rice and Libby Trickett have arrived in Beijing for the final week before the Olympics. The team and its support crew touched down this afternoon after spending the past eight days on a training camp acclimatising to the warm and humid conditions in Kuala Lumpur.


Messages for the Aussie swimmers


The swimmers then headed straight to the Olympic village to collect their team uniforms.

Australia's swimmers, who are predicted to deliver a third of the Australian Olympic team's medals in



Beijing, are expected to have their first training session at the spectacular Watercube tomorrow.

The swimmers wound up their camp in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night with a flag presentation.

All 43 members of the team were presented with an Australian flag, which was a gift from the Commonwealth.