(click for higher res)Adnews.com.au says:
Visa signs Mitchell for Olympics campaign
Visa has signed Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell as one of its sports ambassadors for its London 2012 Olympics campaign, "Go World", to be unveiled 24 November. Mitchell joins American swimmer Michaehelps and New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams.
LATER THAT DAY...
Lauren's official Facebook page has put up a comprehensive update on the campaign, including a press release and some STUNNING shots from the advertisement. Checkit!
“The Olympic Games begin and end with the athletes and we’re excited to have Lauren join Visa as our first Australian Olympic ambassador,” said Vipin Kalra, Visa’s Country Manager, Australia. “Lauren is a true inspiration to thousands of young gymnasts around the country and we are proud to be supporting Lauren in what will be one of the greatest sporting challenges of her life.”
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Just saw a 5-7 min piece on Lauren on Foxsports News... no sound on the tv I was watching though. It appeared she was at Castle Hill (spied one of the coaches in the background) but I have no idea what the interview was about. They haven't put it on the net yet either...
That's great! If anyone finds a link to the Foxsports piece, I would be very grateful if they could post it here.
FoxSports News pece here
http://www.foxsports.com.au/Other+Sports/mitchell-aims-for-london-gold/video-e6frf56c-1226198180257?subcat=1225864542548&site=FoxSports
Hi guys
Having a bit of trouble signing in to edit the blog at the moment, so I highly suggest hitting up the official Lauren Mitchell page at Facebook. They've put up STUNNING shots from the Visa ad. Can't wait to see it in full!
i think J. Weiber is a better gymnast than Mitchell will ever be.
weiber may be a "better" gymnast but loz is inspirational. australias first ever womens gymnastics world champion. if you have a problem with her being on the ad just have a chat to visa and ask why they didnt pick weiber .. or read the articles on it. it explains quite well why they picked lauren. im so happy first of all to see an aussie in the ad, and second of all to see an aussie GYMNAST! i mean seriously, how often will that ever happen in a worldwide campaign.
Brown and Monckton are off to Tokyo World Cup!
http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/english/events/2011/wc/participants.html
Anon at 1:33am,
and there are plenty of gymnasts who have been(and will be) better than Weiber.
Well done Loz...you're getting the recognition you so deserve!
Re: Lauren Mitchell video
The location was somewhere near the airport (?), but definitely not at Castle Hill. Tis some of their IDP kids and coaches, though.
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