Strong contingent of Border athletes ready to compete at Tokyo 2020

Willett finished fifth on Olympic debut at Rio 2016 in double trap and narrowly missed out on a spot in the bronze medal shoot, before he made the transition to trap for the Tokyo Games.

He will hit the range on Wednesday for the first qualification phase before a shoot on Thursday morning to secure a spot in the final later that day.

Myrtleford's Ben Buckingham will compete at his first Olympics Games when he lines up in the heats of the men's 3000m steeplechase on Friday morning.

The top 15 from the heats reach the final to be run Monday night.

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Culcairn equestrian great Andrew Hoy will be the country's oldest Olympian at 62 when he lines up for his eighth Games.

Hoy will contest the individual jumping final in eventing on Monday and will hope to contribute to Australia's chances of a medal in the team eventing category.

Albury's Ellie Pashley rounds out a strong contingent of Border athletes in the women's marathon on Saturday, August 7.

Fellow Albury athlete Jocelyn Bartram was named emergency goalkeeper for the Hockeyroos, who have made an unbeaten start in Tokyo.

It's already been a golden start for the region with Albury-born swimmer Meg Harris part of Australia's winning 4x100m freestyle relay team on Sunday morning.

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