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In comes Thomas Neill, who turns 19 on Saturday, an early birthday present for one of Australia\u2019s rising freestyle stars who also gets a real bonus when he joins <strong>Jack<\/strong> <strong>McLoughlin<\/strong> as Australia\u2019s second 1500m freestyler.<\/p>\n<p>Neil will now have the 200 and 1500m freestyle as well as the 4x200m freestyle relay, while his Rackley team mate, Cooper, the surprise packet of the Australian Trials, gets an individual berth in the 100m backstroke.\u00a0Cooper, who left his beloved Bundaberg to attend school in Toowoomba before joining Rackley coach <strong>Damien Jones<\/strong> at Centenary Pool last December, was only just beaten by former world champion <strong>Mitch Larkin<\/strong> at the Trials.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s McEvoy who swam his way onto a third Olympic team from the swimming wilderness, qualifying for the 4x100m freestyle relay \u2013 only to see himself in the 50m and 100m freestyle after there were no swimmers who made qualifying in the 50m and with Temple withdrawing to concentrate on the 100 and 200m butterfly events and the relays.<\/p>\n<p>While Wilson, who\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/from-tears-to-cheers-for-matthew-wilson-named-on-the-35-strong-australian-team-for-tokyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heart-breaking images stole the hearts and souls of the swimming public<\/a> when he missed the automatic, was named on the team with compassionate grounds after the passing of his grandmother on the eve of the Australian Trials.\u00a0The former world record holder in the 200m will now content the 100 and 200m breaststroke and be eligible for the Australian relays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers Drop 200 Freestyle From Tokyo Programs; 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