69 Austrian athletes to compete at London Olympics

 VIENNA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian Olympic Committee (OOC) has nominated¹ 69 athletes to take part in the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games, the APA reported on Friday.

This will make it the smallest team since the 1976 Montreal Games where 64 Austrian athletes took part, while in Beijing in 2008 the total was 70.

OOC President Karl Stoss said on Friday he hoped for three medals at the Games, the same tally² as during the Beijing Games where Austria took one silver and two bronze medals.

"Statistically³ we have won an average of three medals over the last 10 Olympic Games. It would be nice if we could keep that average," he said.

Contrary to the selection⁴ process prior to previous Olympics campaigns, the OOC has this time decided⁵ to allow all athletes with the international right to take part in the Games the chance to.

"The international limits are very tough. If one is able to meet them, they should also be able to take part in the Olympics, we should be generous there," Stoss said.

Olympic flag-bearer for the opening ceremony on July 27 will be swimmer Markus Rogan, a two-time Olympic medallist who Stoss quoted as "being very excited."The athletes will be sworn in by Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg on July 16 before making their way to the Olympic village in Stratford, London.

1 nominated   

adj.被提名的，被任命的 动词nominate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She has been nominated for the presidency. 她已经获得了董事长职位的提名。
• The movie was nominated for an Oscar. 这部电影获奥斯卡金像奖提名。

2 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

3 statistically   

ad.根据统计数据来看，从统计学的观点来看

参考例句：

• The sample of building permits is larger and therefore, statistically satisfying. 建筑许可数的样本比较大，所以统计数据更令人满意。
• The results of each test would have to be statistically independent. 每次试验的结果在统计上必须是独立的。

4 selection   

n.选择，挑选，精选品，可选择的东西

参考例句：

• We left the selection of the team to the captain.我们把挑选队员的工作交给了队长。
• The shop has a fine selection of cheeses.那家商店有各种精美乳酪可供选购。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。