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MELBOURNE， June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Olympic team has received a much-needed boost， after a raft of withdrawals by high-profile athletes， with NBA champion Matthew Delly' Dellavedova announcing on Thursday he will compete in Rio.


The Australian Olympic locker room has lost some its most important firepower heading into the August Games， with world No.1 golfer Jason Day and defending 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson announcing their withdrawals from Rio this week.


Day joins another Aussie golfer， Marc Leishman， as two athletes to pull out over fears from the Zika virus. Highly rated golfer Adam Scott also announced he would not compete in Rio because he feels the pinnacle of golf is the four majors each year， not the Olympics.


Pearson has had to pull out due to a hamstring injury， while Australia's top two male tennis stars， Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic， made themselves unavailable for Rio selection earlier this year. Kyrgios publicly clashed with Australia's Olympic Committee chief Kitty Chiller before his announcement.


However， Dellavedova announced on Thursday that the Zika virus， high crime threats and an undermanned Australian squad won't stop him from committing to the Australian Boomers' basketball campaign.


After a week-long celebration with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the US， the NBA championship-winning point guard returned home to Melbourne this week and told an Australian radio station he was ready for Rio.


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