Ross to run in Olympic relay

Joshua Ross of Woy Woy has been selected for the London Olympics in the sport of athletics in the 4x100 metre men's relay

Ross has been on the national team for five years and is coached by Piero Saccetta.

The indigenous sprinter is a six-time national champion and, at 31, is the oldest member of the 4x100 metre relay team.

Ross also clocked the fastest time out of the quartet in qualifying for the Games.

He almost scored an individual 100-metre berth with a blistering Olympic A qualifier of 10.16 in May, but the time was deemed illegal due to a +2.9 tailwind.

He completed a comeback of sorts just to qualify for London.

An Olympic quarter-finalist in 2004, Ross missed the Beijing Games and began chasing a dream to become the first Australian to play wide receiver in the NFL in America.

He rates as the third fastest Australian of all time, after Matt Shirvington and Patrick Johnson.

His personal best is 10.08 which he set in 2007.

He won the Stawell gift in 2003 and also in 2005 off the scratch mark, making him just the third person to win the event twice.

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