few local television sets switched on.

Kellie is the niece of Ballarat resident Margaret Wapshott and grand-daughter of Daylesford resident Annie

O'Brien - and there are plenty of other relatives who are also bursting with pride.

Mrs Wapshott said her niece, 27, was thrilled to be selected - especially after a hamstring injury last year and a

bout of glandular fever during the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics.

"Sheer determination has got Kellie through," she said.

"She is very strong and very committed. And we are all just over the moon."

Mrs Wapshott said Kellie, who is based at Canberra's Australian Institute of Sport, had been studying osteopathy

while training and had recently graduated with honours.

"She's a very clever girl but also very quiet. She doesn't like all the attention to be on her - she would rather

someone just said quietly `well done Kellie'."

Mrs Wapshott said Kellie often visited Daylesford, where her parents grew up, for family get-togethers.

And while Kellie's parents, who now live at Wantirna, are both heading over to China in August for the big event,

Mrs Wapshott and Mrs O'Brien will have to content themselves with watching her compete on the box - maybe.

"I've entered a few travel competitions just in case," Mrs Wapshott said.

"You never know."