Bermuda's team for the Atlanta Olympics, which get underway in just over two weeks, was formally registered with the Games organising committee over the weekend.

And there was no place for either swimmer Stephen Fahy or middle distance runners Jennifer Fisher and Terrance Armstrong who had all hoped to make last ditch bids at the qualifying standard.

However, it was still unclear yesterday whether changes could be made to the Island team with Bermuda Olympic Association secretary-general John Hoskins remarking: "Anything's possible.'' Chef de Mission Phil Guishard travelled to Atlanta on the weekend where he registered a team of nine Bermuda competitors -- triple jumper Brian Wellman, sprinters Devon Bean and Troy Douglas, sailors Peter Bromby, Lee White, Paula Lewin and Malcolm Smith, cyclist Elliot Hubbard and equestrienne Suzie Dunkley.

A second equestrienne, MJ Tumbridge who had been pencilled in for the three-day event, was forced to pull out last week following an injury to her horse, Bermuda's Gold.

Swimmer Fahy, who last week failed by just 45 one hundredths of a second to qualify in the 100 metres butterfly at a meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is currently with a Bermuda squad competing at the Caribbean Island age group championships in Puerto Rico.

But even should he attain the qualifying time it wasn't known last night whether he could be added to the team.

"Swimming's a little bit different from track and field in that we don't have any competitors already qualified,'' explained Hoskins. "Under exceptional circumstances it might be possible to register him at this stage. But we haven't done it before.

"I think to change the team now might present some major problems. But anything's possible in this world.'' Fisher was due to compete in a meet in British Columbia, Canada over the weekend while Armstrong has travelled to Europe in an effort to find stronger competition. But last reports indicated that both runners were still some way short of the Olympic standard -- Fisher in the 800 metres and Armstrong in the 1500 metres.

Meanwhile, the Island's four Olympic sailors -- Bromby, White, Lewin and Smith -- are already at the Games sailing venue in Savannah, Georgia, where they are making final preparations. They will be joined today by trainer Nick Jones who said yesterday he hoped to put them through their paces in the gym as well as out on the water over the next two weeks.

National sailing coach Chuck Millican is scheduled to leave the Island on Friday to travel first with a Bermuda team to the World Youth Sailing Championships in Newport, Rhode Island and then onto Savannah.

Cyclist Elliot Hubbard is also currently in the US and is expected to compete in at least two events in the Baltimore area before heading to Atlanta. And horse rider Suzie Dunkley, based in Belgium, will leave for Atlanta with her horse, Elliot, next week. She's scheduled to take part in the dressage only.

Triple jumper Wellman and 200 metre runner Troy Douglas are both presently competing in Europe while sprinter Devon Bean, who qualified in the 100 metres, last week returned to Long Beach, California, where he attends college, to receive treatment on a calf injury.

He remained optimistic he would be fully fit for his first Olympic Games.

Brian Wellman Paula Lewin Elliot Hubbard Malcolm Smith Lee White Devon Bean Troy Douglas Peter Bromby