One hundred days out from the event, five marathon runners have been added to the Australian team selected to compete at the 2009 IAAF world championships in Berlin from August 15-23.Beijing Olympian Lisa Weightman (Vic) has been given the nod by selectors and will make her world championships debut. In addition, Martin Dent (ACT), Andrew Letherby (Vic), Mark Tucker (Vic) and Scott Westcott (NSW) have been selected to represent Australia at the IAAF World Marathon Cup, to be held in conjunction with the marathon at the world championships.
Their inclusion increases the size of the Australian team to 44 members, with further ‘in stadium’ selections to be made ahead of the final selectors’ meeting on July 19. Selectors have also given in-form Victorian distance runner Collis Birmingham the option of competing in the 5,000m or 10,000m in Berlin. Birmingham, who had already secured his place in the Australian team for the 5,000m, put his hand up for 10,000m selection with his Australian record breaking performance of 27:29.73 in California last month.
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