Tsukahara will not compete Worlds

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2011 AUSTRALIAN Mens Artistic World Championships Team
Joshua Jefferis – AIS/QAS
Sam Offord – AIS/SASI
Thomas Pichler – AIS/QAS
Prashanth Sellathurai – AIS/NSWIS
Luke Wadsworth – AIS/VIS
Luke Wiwatowski – AIS/QAS

Travelling Reserve
Sam Simpson – AIS/QAS

Gymnastics Australia

Here’s a story in the Japanese press from before the announcement:

Veteran gymnast Naoya Tsukahara, still awaiting word regarding his plan to change citizenship to represent Australia at the World Championships, headed Down Under on Sept. 7 hoping for some good news.

I can only pray now,” Tsukahara said recently, while in Japan to take part in the All-Japan Senior Championships for competitors who have finished high school or college. …

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Naoya Tsukahara competed 1996, 2000 and 2004 (gold) for Japan. His father, of course, is Mitsuo Tsukahara.

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