I've been with him since I was six. For him to have trained me as a junior and taken me through my career and to gold medals has been amazing, |
If he swims around the times he's been doing for the last couple of seasons, I think he will be pretty well unbeatable, |
If I let it drag on it could get worse and worse and it could eventually become a major problem. |
If it can't be detected in blood or urine, we have to think of other avenues to catch people. If it means searching for it at customs, we should do that. |
It is flawed slightly and needs some tweaking so if someone is injured or sick, they still have a chance of staking a claim. Generally, I've never had problems with our criteria as it's cut-throat and you must perform on the day. But there should be something discretionary to allow athletes, in special circumstances, the chance to be in the program. |
It just didn't feel good or quite right, it did not feel like I got on my stroke, |
It was a shame that Ian and Michael weren't there in the final but I really wasn't thinking about that too much, |
It was feeling a bit tough out there tonight. A tough swim. It has been a big programme, and I'm happy with the results I got. |
It's very hard to sacrifice a meet, especially when it's in your own country and I love competing in the Commonwealth Games, |
My body felt extremely tired, ... I've got five or six gears in me, but I was crunching to get into second without a clutch. It was a tough day. |
The injury is still very much at a minor stage and it should be fixed up quickly. I will be back in the water in no time but unfortunately I am going to have to miss the Commonwealth Games. |
We understand the stage we're in and some people just don't understand we're a small country. We don't have the college system that the US has got. They have so many swimmers but I don't think the low will stay for too long. |
When I was asked who I'd like to nominate, he was the first person who came to mind, |
Yeah certainly getting swimmer of the meet and all that sort of stuff, and you still have the (Michael) Phelps's, the (Michael) Crockers and (Aaron) Peirsols, and all those great competitors and it is just honour to have something like that, |