Rio Olympics 2016: Lleyton Hewitt, Simon Gerrans withdraw from Australian team

By Andrew Webster - the Sydney Morning Herald
Updated July 17 2016 - 2:38pm, first published 2:30pm
OUT: Simon Gerrans and Lleyton Hewitt are both out of Rio 2016. Photos (l-r): Rupert Guinness, Jesse Marlow
OUT: Simon Gerrans and Lleyton Hewitt are both out of Rio 2016. Photos (l-r): Rupert Guinness, Jesse Marlow

Australia's Olympic hopes have received a double blow with cyclist Simon Gerrans officially ruled out of Rio with a broken collarbone and Lleyton Hewitt's withdrawal as coach of the men's tennis team for "personal reasons".

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