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Theyll arrive late and have to borrow a boat and oars but the Australia womens eight are up for the challenge of their call up to replace the banned Russian crew.The eight - Fiona Albert, Olympia Aldersey, Molly Goodman, Alexandra Hagan, Jessica Morrison, Lucy Stephan, Charlotte Sutherland, Meaghan Volker and cox Sarah Banting - had been hanging out for the good news they received overnight.We all called in to a hotline and the head of rowing Australia said Its happening girls, pack your bags you are going to Rio, said Hagan on Wednesday.We all kind of screamed and cried and I cant quite remember what happened, but here we are, unbelievable.All of the crew except 2012 Olympian Hagan will be making their Games debuts in Rio after the world rowing body ousted the Russian crew because one of them - Anastasia Karabelshchikova - had a doping history.In all 22 of the 28-strong Russian rowing squad was ruled out.The Australian eight had disbanded after missing out by just one second when their third placing at the qualifying regatta of death in Switzerland in late May left them as first reserve for Rio.They only reassembled in Melbourne at the weekend after the possibility of a Rio call arose with Russians facing expulsion following the damning WADA report into their countrys systemic doping.Fortunately they had been keeping fit in various ways including marathon training, cross country skiing and footy.Hagan, from Perth, said they tried to stay calm until before the call came but now the scramble was on to prepare for Rio.There was something underlying (about the Russians) but it was really only in the last few weeks that we thought it was a possibility, she said.Its not an ideal preparation but at the same time its pretty exciting, Hagan said.They will arrive on August 5, just three days before their first heat and, with their boat sent home from Switzerland, will have to race in an unfamiliar boat using borrowed oars.Banting said at least they felt mentally fresh and they took confidence from their near-miss at qualifying.When we get over there the racings going to be tough but were prepared for that and were hoping that we can still touch on the fine racing that we know weve got the potential for, Banting said.Bantings family are changing a holiday to be in Rio while Hagans mother recently cancelled her Rio accommodation, believing the crew wouldnt compete. 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Progress has been made this year with regular top ten finishes at recent races, but the team is still a long way off the podium and needs to make a big step under next years regulation changes to start challenging for wins again.Nevertheless, Alonso says his belief the team will return to the front is stronger than it was at the same point last year.The trust was always there but sometimes last year it was just hope, there was just too much hope and you want to see the results at one point, he said. You want to touch the result at one point and now that we start feeling that I think that everyone is more excited, everyone is more motivated and everyone wants to arrive in Australia next year already now. This is a very good feeling.I think we really need this progress, to see it, because last year we have a lot of trust in the project, this year in the beginning we have a lot of trust, no one had any doubts that McLaren-Honda will win sooner or later but to see us now competing with some of the teams that it was unthinkable some months ago, even SSpa finishing in front of one Williams, one Ferrari, it was really needed I think for the team.dddddddddddd Everyone in the factory and everyone in the team now see this progress after the hard work and now its extra motivation for everyone because we all know that we just need that last step.Alonso says the first win will be a huge achievement for the team, but warned there was still a huge amount of hard work needed to achieve it.I think the first win with this project will be quite a big thing for any of us. I dont know if I will have that chance, or if Stoffel [Vandoorne] will have that chance or whatever, but when that day arrives everyone that was involved in this project from day one, from the very beginning, from zero, from being 10 seconds away in winter testing last year, 5.8 seconds in Australia last year, and things like that, when arrive that first win it will be a massive achievement and hopefully we will feel very proud.To make that real we need to work very hard for the next months and we need to accelerate the process, because in Formula One no one waits forever. Things change quickly, new regulations are coming for next year, and maybe new regulations are coming after two years so you really need to speed up everything you do in Formula One because there is no time to relax. ' ' '