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Bernard Tomic will not make himself available to represent Australia at this summers Olympic Games in Brazil.The 23-year-old says he made the decision because of his busy playing schedule and my own personal circumstances.The world No 22 was recently warned by Australias Olympic Committee over his behaviour. At the Madrid Masters last week, at match point down to Italys Fabio Fognini, Tomic held his racket back-to-front to play the final point. Bernard Tomic effectively gave up match point against Fabio Fognini by attempting to return the ball with his rackets handle Despite being heavily criticised for this, he told an after match press conference: I dont care about that match point. Would you care if you were 23 and worth over $10 million?Instead of playing in Rio at the Olympics, Tomic will head to Mexico to contest a low-ranking event on the ATP Tour.The Germany-born player said in a statement: With a heavy sense of regret, I have made the difficult decision to not play with the Australian tennis team as they pursue an Olympic medal in Rio.I have always proudly represented my country in Davis Cup and given my all when wearing the green and gold but on the basis of my extremely busy playing schedule and my own personal circumstances, I am regrettably unable to commit to this years tournament.I make this decision based on what is best for my tennis career. Australias Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller says she wants in the team only people who want to be there On hearing the news, Australias Olympic chef de mission Kitty Chiller said: Its his choice. We dont force anyone to take part in the Olympic Games.We only want people in our team who want to be there and are prepared to abide by what that team means.Bernard was on notice, that hasnt changed, now that he has withdrawn makes it irrelevant.Australias Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt believes Tomic will not have taken the decision lightly. The two-time Grand Slam winner added: Scheduling can always be difficult in these circumstances.Bernie has always made himself available to play for Australia in the Davis Cup and he is very passionate about playing for his country.Also See:Serena OK after eating dog foodLopez pulls out of OlympicsWATCH: Troickis Rome meltdownNovak masters Murray in MadridJordan Luplow Jersey . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. 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"His juice; his aggression all night long.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The wind blew in from the west, sending the clay targets bobbing and bouncing through the air.In case that wasnt enough, the microphone used to pull the targets repeatedly malfunctioned, causing clays to shoot out randomly or not at all.Catherine Skinner had just enough patience -- and a bit of anger -- to ride out the difficulties and earn a gold medal in her first Olympics.The Australian survived a shoot-off in womens trap to get into the final round and hit 12 of 15 targets in the gold medal match to beat New Zealands Natalie Rooney on Sunday.It made me a bit more angry instead of being nervous and locking up, Skinner said of the difficulties. It made me just want to see and smash.Skinner hit 67 of 75 targets in qualifying, tying her with Canadas Cynthia Meyer. Both women hit their first shots in the shoot-off, but Skinner hit and Meyer missed, sending the Australian into the final six.Skinner navigated the gusting wind well in the semifinals, hitting 14 of 15 targets to earn a spot in the gold-medal match. Rooney won a shoot-off with American Corey Cogdell-Unrein after tying for second to set up the finals showdown.Skinner started slow, missing two of her first four shots in the gold medal match, but hit seven straight as Rooney twice missed consecutive shots.dddddddddddd Skinner missed her 12th shot, but could still clinch gold by hitting her final three shots.She did, making Rooneys final shot moot, and threw her head back after taking home gold in her first Olympics.I cant really say there was emotion; it was kind of like a shock, Skinner said. Even now, I cant really believe I have this (medal) in my hand.Cogdell-Unrein qualified fourth in her third Olympics, but opened the semifinals with a miss. She recovered by hitting her final nine shots, only to miss in the shoot-off with Rooney.Cogdell-Urein met Spains Fatima Galvez in the bronze medal match and again was faced with a shoot-off after both shooters hit 13 of 15 targets. Cogdell-Unrein hit her shot and Galvez missed, giving Cogdell-Unrein a bronze to match the one she earned at the 2008 Beijing Games.Missing my first target out was definitely not a good feeling, Cogdell-Unrein said. But I knew if I smoothed out and do what I normally do, I could still continue to shoot a good final and thats what I did.Defending gold medalist Jessica Rossi of Italy hit 10 targets in the semifinals and finished sixth. ' ' '