Twitter Australia’s head of sport gives his picks for the athletes to follow at the Rio Olympics

Source: News Corp Australia Network:

July 30, 2016 at 23:20

ANY fan of sport is aware Twitter is a great a place to follow your favourite athletes.

With the Olympics just around the corner, the social media platform is expecting our Aussie heroes to dish up goods tastier than Heston Blumenthal’s Verjus in Egg.

While they may not have the profile of the UFC’s Connor McGregor or Jarryd Hayne, our Olympic legends can give us behind-the-scenes access to everything Rio.

When it comes to the athletes you should be following, none know better than Twitter Australia’s longest standing employee and Head of Sports Partnerships Jonno Simpson.

News.com.au had a chat with Jonno and here are is his five accounts to follow during the Olympics.

As the NBA is a sporting brand that has embraced the power of Twitter from the top down, two of our local ballers are at the top of the list.

Playing for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, Andrew Bogut is well seasoned in Twitter.

With 278,000 followers, he has developed a reputation as an honest and prolific tweeter.

Caught this mug staring at me at the servo! @Poweradeau #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/TnRwwgrfvd
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 24, 2016

While on the basketball players, San Antonio Spurs’ Patty Mills is another NBA superstar representing Australia on court and on Twitter.

With 243,000 followers, you can expect him to be busy during the games.

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