Lofty goal for Olympic gymnasts despite loss of star

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The Australian women's artistic gymnastics team has set an ambitious goal of making the final at the Paris Olympics despite losing injured superstar Georgia Godwin. Video via AAP.

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00:00This will be the largest Australian Olympic gymnastics team ever.

00:03The 13-strong team surpasses the previous high of 12 that went to the Tokyo 1964 Games.

00:10With 11 women, it's the most female gymnasts we've ever sent, surpassing the nine in Tokyo.

00:16The team features two returning Olympians and nine athletes making their Olympic debut.

00:21One of those debutants has their own Olympic history. When he competes,

00:26he will become the youngest male trampoline Olympian from any country in Olympic history.

00:33I don't really have the words to describe it. Literally everything I've dreamed of is

00:38finally happening. I don't know what it is, but I'm just obsessed with it.

00:41Just jumping high and learning new flips. It's a great community in it.

00:46I'm obsessed with it. You have to be a little obsessed.

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