It's difficult to compare between eras. There is a huge difference now between goggles, swimsuits, pools, lane ropes, swim caps and the physiology involved in training. But it's fair to say our (women's) team is a very strong team. |
It's not a drama and he'll race a few times on the west coast of the US. He'll also do some altitude training in Colorado. |
It's not looking good, he hasn't been able to do much for months, he's just floating around. |
It's something I want to run past Ian and Tracey but Dave would be my recommendation. |
Our aim is the Olympic Games and we are looking to have our best possible team at the Olympic Games in 2008, so we will give the opportunities to those people in the lead-up to that. |
The freestyle relay starts on day one of competition, while the medley relay isn't decided until day six on the program. |
The rivalry that exists between Jodie, Libby and Alice will keep us going like we did with the boys in the early days. |
There is no deadline from Swimming Australia or the Commonwealth Games Association. |
They're not the sort of games we play. Swimming is a big sport in this country and people are interested in what Ian Thorpe is doing and whether he is swimming, and that's the reason it has been in all the papers. |
This is a huge loss to the team. |
This is an exciting blend of experience and youth and those swimmers on their first or second teams will greatly benefit from being on a team with so many Olympians and long serving team members. |
This job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love horses and some are interested in travel and tourism. But many are here because of the location in the mountains and the experience of moving to a western state. |
Tracey was straight up with me and said she asked Ian to swim a series of 50m drills at a certain pace that was close to race speed and he wasn't able to produce the goods. |
We always use the benchmark from previous meets as a challenge to us, so with the results this week it certainly looks that way. |
We don't want him running the risk of infecting any other member of the men's team and to give himself the best chance to recover. |