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Features Features Adlington. holder andOlympicChampion, Rebecca have clockedafastertimewasW orld Record her firstNationaltitle.Theonlyswimmerto the Olympicfinalin2008)whichclaimed Palmer’s CommonwealthRecord(setin This timewasjust0.02outsideK ylie best timeof8:22.87(59.78;2:03.31;4:10.85). when sheclockedan11secondpersonal Olympics inSydney,surprisedevenherself Goldman, oneofthestars2009Youth would haveprobablybeen...“Who?” Freestyle. Theanswertothatstatement second ontheworldrankingsfor800M Goldman fromAustraliawouldbesitting that afterthefirstsixmonthsof2010Katie If atthestartofyearsomeonewastosay Distance GOLDMAN’S SURPRISE:KatieGoesThe Australian Championships. provided withasnapshotofthe2010 Here SwimminginAustraliareadersare Schipper andBrentonRickard. Leisel Jones,StephanieRiceessicah Geoff Huegillandthecontinuedriseof accompanied bythesecondcomingof This emergenceofnewstarswas Fraser-Holmes. Katie Goldman,BlairEvansandThomas the emergenceofnewstarsinYolaneKukla, Sydney OlympicParkAquaticCentre,with This yearanotherchapterunfoldedatthe unforgettable tumblein2004? Olympic legendandwhocouldforgethis Thorpe gofromunbeatableschoolboyto with MichaelPhelpsin2007.WesawIan World RecordwhenLibbyTrickettduelled as wellaWorldRecordthatwasnot men’s teamin2000,afeastofWorldRecords air-guitar belting4x100MFreestyleRelay from LeiselJones,thetriumphof The poolpresentedadecadeofdominance Hanson MediaGroup Hanson Brook of Starsinwimmg’sGltterHistory ‘Pool ofDreams’UnearthsaNewCollectio With C Auianstral Championshps da This thro C of G Q 10 hamp hamp ames antas O y s venu l

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I amjustshockedatthetimeandthathave here really,reallywantingtomaketheteam. Goldman saidaftertherace."Ijustcame and Ijustcannotbelievedidthattime," "I havebeentrainingsohardforthisevent comer totheAustralian Swim Teamin Night twosawthe arrivalofexcitingnew- Big Time TEEN DREAM:‘Yo’Bounces Into can dothisforher.” thank herandthiswinmeansso muchthatI unfortunately shepassedaway. Iwantto “I washopingshecouldseethisracebut under mybelt. year; shewantedmetogetsomewins wanted metoracefastfortherestof “The lastthingshesaidtomewas D’Arcy said. grandma whopassedawayjustlastweek,” times butIwanttodedicatethisswimmy last fewyearsandtherehasbeenadark tried toholdon.Ithasbeentoughoverthe “It wasatoughrace.wentouthardand finishing 12thin1:57.15. at theWorldChampionshipsinMelbourne made thesemi-finalof200MButterfly His lastappearancewasin2007wherehe Team. as amemberoftheAustralianSwimming Stehr attheageofsix,representedAustralia started outunderhispresentCoachBrian It hasbeenthreeyearssincethemanwho Jayden Hadler(1:57.07). Butterflyers, ChrisWright(1:56.23)and Second andthirdwenttofellowQueensland year’s WorldChampionships. just outsidehispersonalbesttimesetatlast two bodylengthsandtouchedthewallonly D’Arcy ledfromstarttofinishwinningby Teams. Games andPanPacificChampionship secured aberthontheCommonwealth the 200MButterflyinatimeof1:54.61and swimming dothetalkingwhenhewon But heputthepastbehindhimandlethis have giventhesportaway. Championships Teams,NickD’Arcycould the 2008OlympicGamesand2009World Nick D’Arcy.Afterbeingdroppedfrom Another nightoneeye-catchercamefrom Win ToGrandma D’ARCY’S FLER:QuickNiDedcates improve. has beenamasterstrokeandshecanonly Likewise, Palmer’s move to John Rodgers’departureforCanada. Menzies provedtobeasoundoneafter Barratt’s movetotheAISunderTracey (4:05.50) to(4:06.36). Barratt inthewomen’s400MFreestyle followed-up with a second placing to With Palmerbackinswimofthings,she Stephan Widmer Bronte competitively for twoyearsnow.” into swimming and havebeendoingit got areallybadkneeinjury,Imoved “I didgymnasticsforfiveyearsthen I as shewavedtohermuminthe stands. for supportingmemum,”saidthe tearyteen such anawesomeCoach…thanks somuch “Thanks mumandthanksMickforbeing overwhelmed Kuklasaid. would gototheCommonwealthGames,”an “I amreallyshocked.didnoteventhink Olympian EmilySeebohm(26.47). Champion MariekeGuehrer(26.28)and caused ahugeupsetdefeating2009World The MichaelPalfery-trainedformergymnast wanting toswimapersonalbesttime. Championships withnoexpectations,just The Year10studentcameintothe Wales StateChampionshipsinFebruary. posted aquickertimeattheNewSouth Sweden’s ThereseAlshammar(25.60)who fastest intheworldthisyearbehind Her timewasalsorankedasthesecond Australian. recording thesecondfastesttimebyan breaking the26secondbarrierand off theblockstoswimanamazingrace, Championships thepowerfulteenexploded Swimming inherfirstAustralianOpen 25.92. the 50MButterflyinaworld-classtimeof everyone away,includingherself,winning The girlfromStPetersWesternblew Kukla. 14-year-old Queenslandschoolgirl,Yolane AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING my 100Mitisgreattowinthe50 M. now andalthoughIwasdisappointedwith one feltreallygood.Ihaveconfidenceback getting abitnervouswithmystarts butthat “I falsestartedinthe100Mfinalandwas national title. finish," saidKuklaafterwinninghersecond powered tothewalltryandgetagood “The last15metreshurtsomuchIjust without crying.” “promised tomakeitthroughherinterview received ahugecheerfromthecrowdasshe heard ofatthebeginningweek The girlthattheAustralianpublichadnever Relay positioninthe4x100M. selection inanindividualswimaswella former CoachTraceyMenziespaidoffwith that themovetotrainwithIanThorpe’s in the4x100MFreestyleRelayshowed Mills, the2004Olympicgoldmedallist medallist CateCampbell(25.15). Olympic andWorldChampionshipbronze Olympians AliceMills(25.13)andanailing Kukla stoppedtheclockat25.08,beating (this timelegally)inthe50MFreestyle. the meetwhensheexplodedoffblocks the 50MButterflywithanotherwinlaterin high schoolstudentbackedupherwinin But nottobedefeated,thebouncyBrisbane week forthebabyofAustralianTeam. first inthe100Mfinalwhatwasadramatic (for jumping the gun) after touching the wall life inthefastlaneaftershewasdisqualified But Kuklawastoalsoexperiencethelowsof 11

Features Features Australian teamrookies. Fraser) whoclocked1:07.45tojoin thelistof former AustralianPrimeMinister, Malcolm Samantha Marshall(thegrand-daughterof The silvermedalwenttorisingstar Nunawading. under CoachRohanTaylor’sinfluenceat winning timeof1:05.17andisthriving her 2008BeijingOlympicgoldmedal swimming, Joneswasnotthatfaroutside After taking2009offfromcompetitive the pastdecade. force attheAustralianChampionshipsfor Jones hasbeenthedominantBreaststroke of 1:05.79(31.09). crown andher22ndNationaltitleinatime up aremarkable10thAustralian100M Breaststroke swimmingwhenshechalked continued heramazingdominanceof There wasnostoppingLeiselJoneswho Dominance Queen CotinuesHerDecadeOf LEISEL LEADSAGAIN:Breaststroke years. youngest representativesinthelast20 and EmilySeebohmasoneofAustralia’s Kukla, whojoinsIanThorpe,LeiselJones I canfinishtheweekonagoodnote”said and friendsfortheirsupportIamsoglad a crazyweekandIwanttothankmyfamily “It issospecialtobeontheteamithasbeen 12 time of23.46defeating NSWIStraining Huegill wonhis15thAustraliantitleina Commonwealth Gamesteam. 50M Butterflyfinalandaplaceonhis third said 31-year-oldHuegillafterwinningthe fit andIswimbecauselovetoswim,” speechless, Igotbackinthepooltoget “It isawesome,cannotbelieveit,am ‘Biggest Loser’totheWinner’. Night threesawGeoffHuegillgofromthe Transformatio Complete BIGGEST WINNER:Skippy’s Wallace (2:28.67)finishingthird. (2:25.35) withyoungQueenslanderTessa training for,shefinishedaheadofKatsoulis In aneventJonesadmittedshewasnot Australian title. (36.94), 2:23.44(38.16))towinher21st of 2:23.44(31.97,1:08.35(36.38),1:45.29 Jones lateraddedthe200Mtitlewithatime (31.06), withKatsoulis(31.12)third. Southport QLDnewcomer,LeistonPickett She wasbacktoherbestwinningaheadof the women’s50MBreaststroke. Jones (30.87)wonher20thAustraliantitlein On the opening night of the Championships, Katsoulis (1:07.89)takingthebronze. Jones’ NunawadingtrainingpartnerSarah to qualifyforherfirstAustralianTeamwith The teenagerswamanotherpersonalbest AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING weight sessionI did–assimple as that.” that Ihadtogoeverytrainingand every the challengesthatIhadtoface,ifitmeant when Isteppedintothisarenaagain I knew day issomethingIhavedoneinthepastso “To get up and go through the process every my future,”Huegillrevealed. reason thistime…andIamswimmingfor “I ambackinthewaterforalegitimate on theAustralianteam. fitness inthequesttogainapositionback putting inthehardyardstoregainpeak In 2007Huegillbeganhiscomebackand to regainhisfitness. gain motivatedhimtogetbackinthepool close toanextra45kgandhisexcessweight It didnottakelongforHuegilltoputon without anyexercise. and startedenjoyingthefinerthingsinlife from thesportafter2004totraveloverseas and 2002CommonwealthGamesretired Butterfly atthe2001WorldChampionships in the100MButterflyandwinnerof50 The Sydney2000Olympicbronzemedallist his NSWISCoachGrantStoelwinder. reached itspinnacle–acredittoHuegilland day Cinderellastoryof‘TheBiggestLoser’ In anageofrealitytelevision,themodern Commonwealth Gamesteam. Mitchell Patterson(23.89)toqualifythe partner AndrewLauterstein(23.82)and finished second withfellowQueensland Sixteen-year-old JaydenHadler (4:20.79) the popularFraser-Holmes. like EamonSullivanisreallyinspiring,”said and PanPacificChampionships withguys to goawaytheCommonwealth Games unreal tobeonmyfirstAustralian Team and “I amreallypleasedwiththateffort,itis Nationals. inside thetopteninworldbeforeUS all timebyanAustralianandwassitting Fraser-Holmes swamthefifthfastesttime seconds. a personalbesttimebymorethanthree clock at4:16.81(57.51,2:01.81,3:16.24), Institute ofSportswimmerstoppedthe by almostfourseconds.TheAustralian swimming awayfromthefieldandwinning Fraser-Holmes ledfromstarttofinish, Coach VinceRaleigh. mate, relishingthehardworklaiddownby and focusedonwinningthefinalforhis The all-rounderputthedramabehindhim video footage. He wasthenreinstatedafterprotestingwith to Breaststroketurninthemorning’sheats. Holmes wasdisqualifiedforhisBackstroke In whatwasanemotionalday,Fraser- the heavensasiftosay“thisisforyoumate”. Commonwealth Gamesteamhelookedto Holmes touchedthewalltomake the Newcastle-bornAIS-basedFraser- events sincetheywereboysandwhen each otherinswimmingandsurflifesaving He andFraser-olmeshadracedagainst at KurrawaontheGoldCoast. surf whilecompetinginanIronmancontest Bird, 19,wasknockedunconsciousinthe the wintohisclosefriendSaxonBird. Individual Medleyondayfour,hededicated Minutes afterFraser-Holmeswonthe400 Championships. accident attheAustralianSurfLifeaving to aclosematewhodiedintragic star ThomasFraser-Holmespaidtribute After winninghisfirstnationaltitle,rising Dedicates WinToSurfMate THIS ONE’SFORSAX:Tommy you wanttodo.” mind toanythingyoucanachievewhatever to therestofAustraliathatifyouputyour “Anything ispossibleIwantedtoprove (as ofMay18,2010). fastest 50MButterflyerintheworld2010 His timeof23.46rankedhimasthesecond (204lbs) andhelookedfantastic. (303lbs); whereasthisyearheracedat93kg At hisheaviestHuegillweighedinat138kg (49.47), winnerofthe2009YouthOlympics Magnussen (49.43),KyleRichardson Tommaso D’Orsogna(49.35),James medallist inthe800MFreestyleRelay Sullivan beatWorldChampionshipbronze his Coach,GrantStoelwinder. seconds. Hiseffortsneverceasedtoamaze flying throughthefirst50Minjustover23 to winthe100MFreestylefinalinstyle, Sullivan 48.52(23.02)puthispainaside The Australianeamwasthrilledwhen forced himontotheoperatingtable. from the2009WorldChampionshipsand soreness fromtheinjurythatsidelinedhim Sullivan lookedindoubt,sufferingconstant After recoveringfromhisfifthhipoperation him down. recurring hipinjurieswereagainbringing whether theChampionwouldevenraceas The questionaroundpooldeckhadbeen performance intheblue-ribbonevent. cooked upastormwithanimpressive But insidethepoolAussiesprintking with hisoutstandingculinaryskills. Celebrity MasterChef,takingouttheseries impressed thejudgesonAustralian Outside ofthepoolEamonSullivan Turns UpTheHeat SULLIVAN COOKPSTORM:printtar upsetting day. finished fifth,agallanteffortaftersuchan great mateofthesurflifesaverSaxtonBird team-mate withFraser-Holmesandalsoa Jarrod Killey(4:23.00)asurfclubManly the bronzemedalfromlaneone. teenager MitchellLarkin(4:21.54)winning AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING grin onherfaceafterclaimingfirst Rice bouncedoutofthepoolwithahuge (58.41) third. event aheadofGalvez(58.20)withSchipper powered towardsthewall,winning However, with15MtogoRice(57.71) in 27.37. Schipper wholedatthe50Mmarkturning underwater worktogetaheadbutitwas was firstofftheblocksusingherstrong It wasdualOlympian,FelicityGalvez,who 100M Butterflyfinal. World ChampionJessicahSchipperinthe medallist StephanieRiceand200MButterfly All eyeswereontripleOlympicgold Picture STEPH’S QUEST:RiceBackinButterfly run iswhatkeepsmegoing.” “The hopeofoneyear,havinganinjuryfree later,” ahappySullivansaidafterhiswin. days ofracinganddealingwiththepain of thedayitwasaboutgettingthroughfour has beenreallybotheringme.Butattheend sure Iwaspullingoutofthemeetaship “The daybeforethemeetIwas90percent he said. and enjoyedgettinginthepoolracing,” work Ihavedoneoverthepastfewmonths “I gotintotapermode,ignoredthelackof racing. race Sullivanwashappythatheback the crowdgotrightbehindhim.After the semifinalalleyeswereonSullivanand After strongperformancesintheheatsand Andrew Lauterstein(49.62). Luke Kerswell(49.55)and2008Olympian 13

Features Features recorded thefastest timeoftheworldin bronze medallist AndrewLauterstein After anindifferentweek,Beijing Olympic Last ANGRY D:‘Lauto’SvesB est Till finishing withthebronzemedal. with BlairEvans(4:40.49)only0.05behind after claimingsilverinthe200MButterfly Samantha Hamill(4:40.44)whobackedup Rice finishedfivesecondsaheadof time of4:35.04(1:01.64,2:12.00,3:31.83). for thethirdyearinarowanimpressive and heldnothingback,winningtheevent 400M Individualedleyfromthefirststroke coached OlympicChampiondominatedthe Swimming fromlanesix,theMichaelBohl- taking bronzein2:11.97. final 25M,finishedsecondwithAliciaCoutts Emily Seebohm(2:10.75)wholeduntilthe 200M Individualedley. Freestyle towinoneofherpetevents,the disappointment ofnotplacinginthe200M Rice (2:10.07)bouncedbackfromthe excited toraceitataninternationallevel.” the 200MIndividualedleysoamreally Championships asitwasthesameday of the100MButterflyatlastyear’sWorld “I wasdisappointedthathadtopullout year. much thesametimeasIwentinsuitlast “I amreallyhappytogo57.7asitispretty main focusraces,”saidRice. put pressureonmyselfasitisnotoneofmy “The 100MButterflyisfunforme,Idonot national titleinthe100MButterfly. 14 • pumped toperfection. Stoelwinder willnodoubthave‘ Lauto’ California inAugustandCoach Grant at thePanPacificChampionshipsinIrvine Phelps andLautersteinwillraceeachother about holdingon.” fast ashiminthefirst50Mandthenitisjust next preparationasIknowcangetout to workonmybackendsecond50Minthis “To matchitwith(Michael)PhelpsIneed and Icouldnotbehappier,”hesaid. is underMichaelKlim’soldWorldRecord technical thingsandletithappen.Thattime “Tonight Ijustcameout,forgotaboutthe smile offhisface. won theeventandno-onecouldtake It wasthethirdyearinarowLautersteinhad Pine (52.57)finishinginthirdfromlaneone. (52.49) withever-present34-year-oldAdam Championship team-memberChrisWright Finishing insecondplacewashisWorld 50M. stormed awayfromthefieldinsecond up, gotangry,thenflewofftheblocksand After lookingsluggishallweekhefired Butterflyers inworldswimming. prove thatheremainsoneofthebest100M Swimming fromlanetwohewasoutto pumped. 51.79 (23.76,28.03)andhewasabsolutely 100M Butterflyasof31arch2010withhis O ther towards London,winning therare100M be oneofthereal stunnersinthemarch Emily Seebohmshowedwhyshewill Highlights AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING • SydneyandAthensOlympian,Ashley • • WorldChampionBrentonRickard • • • WorldChampionJessicahSchipper • Emily Seebohm(2:08.19). fast finishingMeagenNay(2:08.02)and the 200MBackstroke(2:07.89)froma Belinda Hockingjustheldontowin win the50MFreestylein22.09. Callus, showedhispowerandclassto 400M Freestyletitlein4:05.50. Bronte Barrattsuccessfullydefendedher clocking 27.40;1:00.19and2:09.31. arch-rival ChristianSprengeratbay, claimed theBreaststroketreblekeeping 15:00.96. the 800Min7:55.36and1500 Freestyle titlein3:47.67andthenadded Robert Hurleydefendedhis400M 53.61 andthe200Min1:58.04. treble, the50Min25.06,100 win the50M,100and200Backstroke Ashley Delaneyamongstaselectfewto Hayden StoeckeljoinedMattWelshand 2:07.66 toSamanthaHamill’s2:07.75. dug deeptowinthe200MButterflyina number onetimeof59.21. Backstroke inacrackingworldranked Backstroke /100MFreestyledouble,the Me andMyCoach A achie C ma and goals oaches s apart of k Teachers e

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Thompsonwasaboardmemberfor 2001 andhasbeenontheWSCAboardsince He waspresidentoftheWSCAfrom1998to ascta boards. Commission andmemberoftheWSCA positions ofSecretarytheFINACoaches roles ontheAustralianTeamsbutalso not onlyHeadCoachandseniormanagerial administrators ofthemodernera–holding influential andrespectedswimming Thompson hasbeenoneofthemost success withSalibaandantacaterina. Water CoachoftheYearAwardsforhis He wasalsoawardedthreeAustraliaOpen 16 silverand20bronze. extraordinary 62medals–26ofthemgold, campaigns, Thompson’steamswonan Altogether inthreeWorldChampionship swimming history. bronze –themostsuccessfulteamin medals –13gold,threesilverandfour Thompson’s teamwonastaggering23 As theHeadCoachin2005Montreal, six Relays. and eightbronze)–includingmedalsinall won arecord20medals(sixgold,sixsilver campaign inhistoryBeijingwherethey Team toitsmostsuccessfulOlympic Thompson steeredtheAustralianSwim Throughout thisgoldenerainthesport, Commonwealth Games. 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Features Features for herfirstsenior team. great toseesomeone likeherbreakthrough lot todowithherCoach,Steve Garner. Itis girl fromSydney.Iknowyouhavehada Samantha Marshall,ayoungBreaststroke first timeandahostof‘Tyros’,asyousaid, I.H.: Someothernamesthatwilljoin for the do. than perhapswhattheUSAwouldneedto competitive, sometimesatanearlierage to thepointwheretheyareinternationally them totheirfullpotentialandbring We havetocaptureeveryone,develop to missone. somewhere alongtheline.Wecannotafford to miss100or200,000oftheirswimmers that hereinthiscountry.Theymightbeable College systemandwecannotduplicate 300 millionpeopleandatremendous afford tomissanyone.TheUSAhasnearly L.N.: Certainly.Ithinkforuswecannot replace ourstarslikeLibbyTrickett. youngsters likeYolanetogetinthereand not butwearestillabletouncoverthese population todrawonandAustraliahas Championships. Theyhaveamassive rivalry startingattheJuniorPanPacific I.H.: YoumentionedtheUS-Australian event, aswelltheButterfly. for theCommonwealthGamesteaminthat to swimthe100MFreestyleandalsoqualify Championships shewillgettheopportunity got inforotherevents.InthePanPacific way theselectioncriteriaissetupshe Fortunately itwasattheTrialsand disqualified butshewilllearnfromthat. early. Anyhow,itwasnotableandshe marginally brokeandwentthatshadetoo She wasreadytogo;sheprobablyonly appeared tobelikethatinthe100Mfinal. 36 year inswimming historyforalongtime competition in2009 (themostcontroversial months awayfrommajorinternational I.H.: nhindsightLeiseltakingthose12 maintain thegap. Leisel willmoveforwardaswellto tryand complacent. Theyaregettingcloserand Like eiseltheycannotaffordtobecome the morepressuretheyputonsomeone. better thesegirlsbecomechasingLeisel of them.Ithinkontheflipsidethat, opposition aroundtheworld.Ifnotinfront close tohertheywillbeanyother best intheworldandtheyknowifare L.N.: ToberacingLeisel,theyarethe Pickett, TessaWallaceandCo. good forouryounggirlslikeSam,Leiston Breaststroker inhistorytheretochaseis I.H.: Havingarguablythebestfemale not alwaysworkbutitdidinthiscase. plan comesoffitisalwayssatisfying.Itdoes swam tothehipsofLeiselandwhenyour was notgoingtomissthisopportunity.She the 100MBreaststroke-youcouldseeshe this team.Herswiminthesemi-finalsof she wasknockingonthedoorofmaking really seeherchangeinourTrials;when has reallygrowninconfidence.Youcould She isquiteareservedgirlpubliclybutshe really helpedher. the WestCoasttourlastyearandIthinkthat international levelcompetition.Shewason improvement andhavingexposureto based ontechnicaldevelopmentandskill not justacompetitiveplanitwas of makingthe2012OlympicTeam.Itwas for Sam.Hecouldseeshewasapossibility ago SteveGarnerandIputaplaninplace wonderful story.Ithinkprobablytwoyears L.N.: Ohlookitisfantastic.Sama AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING encouraging for us. had thatsituation inrecentyearssoitis We haveastringofthemandwe have not Bronte Barratt,andMelissaGormanthere. Katie Goldman,BlairEvans,yliePalmer, 80s, early90s).Itisveryencouragingseeing Elford andJulieMcDonaldbackinthelate have hadforalong,longtime(sinceJanelle of distance-middledistancefemaleswe L.N.: Certainlyam.Wehavethebestcrop team? Looking forwardtohavingherbackonthe the CommonwealthRecordin800M. results inBeijingthe2x200MRelayand shoulder re-constructionandsomegreat is havingKyliePalmerbackafterher I.H.: Anotherplusforthewomen’steam they wouldbe. higher standardthanwherewethought nevertheless thetimesareprobablyata best intheirdomesticcompetitionsbut still havealotofcountriestoswimattheir particularly inthewomen’sevents.We might bebetterthanwhatwethought, But watchingthetimescomingnow.It and theydidincertaincases. they thoughtthesuitwouldbuoythemup There werepeopletraininglessbecause were becomingdependantonthosesuits. was adifficult,difficulttimeandathletes glad IwasnottheHeadCoachin2009’.t thought thatcomesintomymindis‘Iam L.N.: Ilookbacknowandsupposethe textile suits. pure abilitiesofswimmersgoingforwardin now abletoconcentrateontherawbone, suit controversywellandtrulybehindyou, relieved toalargeextenthavethatswim I.H.: AstheHeadCoachNuggetyoumustbe she reallyisback. already. Soeveryonewillbegoing...mmm… some prettygoodtimesupontheboard was usedtoracinginanyway.Shehasput old, samereally-swimminginsuitsshe without them.Sotoheritisjustthesame what shemighthavebeencapableof may havehadherswimmingfasterthan She neverpostedtimesinthosesuitsthat come pastthat. am notmixedupinallthat’butnowshehas involved. Shemusthavegone‘Iamglad it wasadifficultyear2009andshenot of controversyanduncertainty.Intheend incidentally justhappenedtobethatyear of itbeingasprominentshewas.Itco- she wouldhavebeenrightinthemiddle L.N.: Wellitisfunnyhowthingswork… a goodthingforher? with theswimsuitsaga)hasprobablybeen stole theshowwithlikesofLeisel Commonwealth Games–thegirlscertainly I.H.: GoingbacktotheMelbourne team aswell. have somehealthycompetitionwithinthe benefit ofherexperiencealongthewaybut the pastso,hopefully,shewillgivethem who havenotyetbeeninthatsituation on aninternationallevel.Wehavesomegirls She knowswhatitisliketobecompetitive experienced femalesonourteam. campaigner now.Sheisoneofthe Kylie gotarealsniff.Sheisanexperienced Now itwasattheendofthatperiod of twoorthreeyears.2006isfouryearsago. L.N.: Theycanchangesomuchinaperiod back likeyousaid–sheisagreatfighter. behind herandtohavethehungercome Melbourne in2006sotohavetheOlympics I.H.: Kyliewasthebabyofteamin be atherpeak. the CommonwealthGames,Kyliewillreally year, Iwouldthinkmaybemoreparticularly a time.Whenitcomestothebigeventsthis giant steps–itisjustchippingawayabitat building process.Theyhavenottriedtotake (Widmer) havedoneagreatjobonherre- Kylie’s suchafighter.Sheandtephan the CommonwealthGames?iventhatwith Pacific Championshipsbeforegoinginto team tohavesomecompetitionlikethePan more particularlyforboysinthemen’s I.H.: Howimportantisthemen’steamand fact, thantheyhavebeen. certainly betterpositioned,muchin more goldmedalsinthatareabuttheyare performance ofourmen.Weneedtowin that timewehaveseenanascentinthe to learnfromthisexperiencein2006.Since are; wehavetolookthefuture; have ofyou;weknowwhatyourcapabilities men thatthesearetheexpectationswe But itwasalsoamatterofrelayingtoour you arenotgettingtheresults. have tostandupandcopitonthechinif But intheendtherewerenoexcuses.You Thompson whowasHeadCoachatthetime. could toprotectthem–particularlyAlan men wereatandwedoingwhat L.N.: Yestheydid.Butweknewwhereour not winninganindividualgoldmedal. came intoafairbitofcriticismwiththemen The coachingstaffandSwimmingAustralia only individualmedallistinthemen’steam. individual eventsandMattCowdreythe Stephanie Riceallwinningdoublesinthe Jones, LibbyTrickett,SophieEdingtonand AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING at theminutebutIhavespokentosome We donothaveanythingspecificasetup in thatfiveweekperiod. looking atgettingsometypeofcompetition Commonwealth Gamessowewillbe the PanPacificChampionshipsand five weekperiodfromthecompletionof the CommonwealthGames.Thereisa Championships isracepreparationfor Obviously racingatthePanPacific Pan PacificChampionships. then headoffforthestagingcamp back forasmalltrainingblockbeforethey competition. Othersareawayandcome overseas tocompeteandgetsometough There areanumberofswimmersgoing competition plannedintheleadup. for usoverthere.Wedohavequitealotof improved alot.Itisgoingtobechallenge us andtheBritishinparticulartheyhave Australian public.Itisalsoafaceoffbetween L.N.: Definitely.Itisamassiveeventforthe the publiceye. probably secondtotheOlympicGamesin around it.TheCommonwealthGamesare having alotofpublicityandTVcoverage much fromanAustralianviewpoint–i.e. the CommonwealthGamesfocusisvery 37

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Whatheprobably needsto gives it100percentandifhecould giveit unparalleled byanyoneelseinour team.He ethic andcompetitivenessisprobably L.N.: Hewillbe,ickD’Arcy’straining going tobetoughbeataswell. win the200MButterflyatTrialssoheis man. Hepostedanoutstandingtimeto World Championshipsisahungryyoung missing theOlympicsandofcourse I.H.: NickD’Arcyonhisfirstteamfinallyafter to putanylimitsonwhattheycoulddo. Jayden Hadlerison…youwouldnotwant improvement gradientthatheisonand reach theirpeakinearly20s.The but heis18.Nowoftenthose400MIMers really hasnotfilledoutyet;heisstillaboy type person–heistall,prettyleanand attributes ofa400MIMer/Freestyler Fraser-Holmes whohasthephysical AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING Australian team. always besomecompetitionto makethe into theFreestyleRelays.Buttherewillas almost intactwithsomenewfaces coming The men’sandwomen’sMedley Relays are psyche istohavethoseRelaysreadygo. right throughtheAustralianSwimming right throughtheinterview.Amajorthing I.H.: YoumentionedRelaysearlieronand right. be doingeverythinghecantokeephimself get outandperformthisyearhewill those levels.IthinkEamonisdesperateto 100 percentfitandittakestimetoachieve cannot relyontalentalone.Youhavetobe and youdonotmakeanyprogressions.You If youareinjuredorsickcannottrain management iscritical. and breaksdownsohisownday-to-day is athoroughbredwhoeasilyinjured management circumstanceforhim.He the CommonwealthGamessoitisa Eamon hasabitlongertopreparefor Championships withtheUSsprinters. a bitmorecompetitiveatthePanPacific at theCommonwealthGames.Itmightbe obviously winningagoldmedalinIndia means heiscapableofgettingupand environment andalsoasanindividual Eamon’s experiencenowinateam a greatRelayteam. If youaddacoupleofotherstoit,have the world,isagreatassetandirreplaceable. the Relays.Heisvirtuallyfastestmanin in yourteamlikeEamon?–Particularlyfor L.N.: Ohyeshowcanyoudowithoutaguy Head Coach? over the50Mand100….arelieved Trials andnotonlyswimmingbutwinning body incheck.Actuallyturningupatthe run hehashadwithinjuryandkeepinghis Eamon Sullivancomethroughafterahorror I.H.: Youmusthavebeenrelievedtosee good –donotgotoohard. I havesaidthedaysyouarefeelingreally pretty wellandheislookingafterhimself. any regression.Hetellsmeheisgoing and takesabitofcaresoyoudonothave though itisnotextensive–stillinvasive arthroscopic surgery,hehashad–even in theearlystagesofhisrecovery.T Games istonotoverdoit,particularly Championships andtheCommonwealth key forhimtoberightthePanPacific he doesapproachhistraining.Iguessthe worried abouthimbecauseoftheway is backinthewaternow.Iamnotthat minute. Hehashadanoperationandhe He iscarryingabitofkneeinjuryatthe healthy, morethananything. I.H.: Themen’s1500Mhasbeendubbedas (continue) tobecompetitive. our women’s4x100MFreestyleteamcan some stepsforwardsoIamprettysure sure theotherfemalesinteamwillmake seconds upoursleevesalready.Iamalso at theminutesheis55sotheretwo top formsheisaclassact,53swimmer; that situation.Onceshegetsbackinto some medicaltestsjusttotryandaddress she struggledtoperform.Sheisundergoing just enoughtotaketheedgeoffher,and Cate Campbellwasill,notseriouslyillbut pushed theirwayin. But wehavesomenewathletesthat swimmers didnotevenmakethefinal. could have.Someofourmoreexperienced they didnotperformperhapsaswell a longtimeandwefoundatourTrialsthat Our womenhavebeenadominantforcefor going. how ourMen's4x100FreestyleRelayis behind himbutIamprettypleasedwith moment ...Heisgoingtoneedexperience of beingabletodoitintheheat circumstances butitistheexperience enough towinorgetamedalinthose You getyoungathleteswhocanswimfast level. going tobetoughbeatatinternational things intotheworld-classcategoryheis his startsooncehegetsafewofthose there isaplaninplacetohelphimimprove down attheAISdoingsometesting.Now skills arenotsogoodwehavehadhim Magnusson –heisquiteatalentbuthis pushing theirwayupintothisteam.James James MagnussonandCameronProsser men’s 100MFreestyleattheTrialswith L.N.: Iwasreallyencouragedbythe L.N.: Ithinkitisprettyeasyforusinthese the FINAWorldShortCourse? Commonwealth Gamesandthenofcourse for thePanPacificChampionships, the HeadCoachtoyourteamspreparing year in2010…whatisthemessagefrom what isgoingtobeaverybusycompetition I.H.: Nuggetinsummingupandlookingat people makeovera15minuteperiod. and atthesametimecombatmovesother allow youtogetthebestoutofyourself strategic races.Youneedtohaveaplan development forthoseraces.Theyare are obviouslycriticaltotheirstrategic the WorldChampionshipsnextyear Commonwealth Gamesthisyearand The PanPacificChampionshipsandthe medals in2012. them intherangeperhapsofstriking to makethedrop14:50.Thisthenplaces have tobelookinginitiallyandthentrying sub-15 minutesforthoseguysiswherethey Robert hasbeentrainingparticularlywellso they hadinthe1500M. suit issue.Wearenotsurehowmucheffect where itisatthisyear-particularlywiththe event. Itisgoingtobeinterestingsee certainly beinthefinalsofthatparticular and RyanNapoleon.Theyareinarangeto L.N.: Therecertainlyare–likeRobertHurley looking towardsLondon. some excitingyoungsterscomingthrough right backithasbeenourrace.Wehave Daniel Kowalski,GlennHousman,andgoing long time.FromKierenPerkins,thelikesof has certainlybeenontopofhisgamefora not quitegettingthereforthethirdgoldbut has dominatedinthelastthreeOlympics ‘Australia’s Race’,GrantHackettofcourse AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING London and2012. the immediatecompetitionsbut itisabout What wearedoingnowisnotjust about to theOlympics.Itisjustultimate. Championships are,nothingcomes close Pacific Championshipsandthe World as theCommonwealthGames,Pan for everyquadrennial.Asimportant know theOlympicsarecrescendo You cannotloosesightofthat. L.N.: YeswehavebeentalkingOlympics. moving forwardoverthenexttwoyears? Is thatthebuzz-wordinteammeetings, I.H.: DoyoutalkOlympicsatthisearlystage? environment aswell. going tobecomfortableinacompetitive comfortable inthatenvironmenttheyare so thereisnothingforeign.Iftheyare of thefunctionanAustralianSwimTeam being veryfamiliarwiththemachinations being abletoadaptanysituationbutalso is goinginourStateprograms.Itabout of maybeourYouthProgramandwhat kids justcoped.Thatisprobablyareflection contingent tobemovingaroundbutthese people involvedinourteams.Itisamassive It isfantastictoseewehaveagroupof90 last threeorfouryears. was liketheyhadbeenintheteamfor embraced theOrientationCampinApril.It air aboutthem.Theyareconfident;they are agroupofpeoplethatseemtohavean I donotwanttosingleanyoneout.They L.N.: Ahtherearesomegreatkidsbut Tyro’ intheDolphin’steam? I.H.: Could2010becomethe‘Yearof going tomoveforward. the samebecauserestofworldis planning toimprovenotstay should Isay.Andfinallymakesureyouare first roadtofailureorthefast not becomecomplacentbecausethatisthe term ofcoursebutlookbeyondthat.Do Prepare atbeingsuccessfulintheshort- another stepforward. Commonwealth Gameslookattaking the PanPacificChampionshipsor the Olympicssoifyouaresuccessfulat It isabouttheWorldChampionshipsand competing ontheworldstagebeyond2010. so itisaboutbeingawarethatyouare we canfrontatanyparticularoccasion, the restofworld,notjustopposition We areinthebusinessofswimmingagainst to dothat. United Kingdomteams–wecannotafford England, ScotlandorWalesthecombined myopic abouttheUSAorsame two bigcompetitionstobecomeabit 39

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High Performance High Performance Figure 5:Forcecurvesand videoimageforafemaleBreaststroker. hand stroke. Figure 4:Forcecurvesandvideoimageforamalereestylerat0.69secintothesecondleft 46 AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING hand value). for therighthandisaboutdoubleleft seen intherightelbowandforcevalue (Note thataslightamountofflexioncanbe force increasesover80Ninabout0.1sec. At thispointelbowflexionbeginsandthe pull andstillonlyhasaminimalforcevalue. The swimmerinFigure6is0.46secintothe begin aneffectivepullingmotion. as 0.5secofwastedmotionbeforetheycan submerge toofarandthenhaveasmuch the armentryinButterfly.Manyswimmers Wasted motionisoftenveryobviousafter strokes. of thismagnitudeisverycommoninallfour about thesamefor0.2sec.Wastedmotion Because ofthis,theforcevaluestayed elbow flexionearlyenoughinthestroke. advantageous positionbyfailingtoinitiate has notmovedtoamoremechanically For example,theswimmerinigure5 force overaperiodof0.1secto0.5sec. as aconstant(andsometimesnegligible) The wastedmotionwillusuallyberevealed can beidentifiedaswastedmotion. advantageous position,anyfailuretodoso at thebeginningofastroketomore mechanically disadvantageousposition Since aswimmercanmovefrom advantage, agreaterforcecanbeexerted. If anarmpositionhasagreatermechanical position). (i.e. amoremechanicallyadvantageous at thejointsinarmtogainleverage continual (butgradual)changeintheangles One characteristicofeffectivetechniqueisa 3. W asted M ot i o n faster swimmingwillresult. and swimmingvelocityshownin Figure1, Because oftherelationshiphand force higher averagehandforce. losses, andwastedmotion,resultingina minimising thebilateraldifferences,force These changescanbedirectedat appropriate. in handpath,pitch,and/orspeedmaybe in techniquecanbeaddressed.Changes Once alimitingfactorisdetected,change responsible. and timevariables,themovements limitation occurs,themagnitudeofforce it possibletodetermineexactlywherethe The combinedvideoandforcedatamake unknown. the magnitudeofforcevariationsis Even withtheaidofunderwatervideo, undetectable withnakedeyeobservation. These limitingfactorsaregenerally common limitingfactorsinswimming. The previousexamplesarethreeofthemost curves ofeventheworld’sfastestswimmers. Limiting factors can be identified in the force second stroke. Figure 6:ForcecurvesandvideoimageforamaleButterflyerat0.46secintothe C oncl usion Books. (pp. 53-59).Champaign, IL:HumanKinetics & K.Reischle(Eds.),Swimming cience V Breaststroke. InB.EUngerechts, K. Wilke, front crawlstroke,Butterfly,Backstroke, and & Thayer,A.(1988).Propulsivetechniques: Luedtke, D.,Maglischo,C., E. W., Schleihauf, R.E.,Higgins,J.inrichs, Spon. in SwimmingVII(pp.34-44).London:E&FN Trappe (Eds.),BiomechanicsandMedicine Strasse, .WTrappe,J.MCappaert,&A stroke. InJ.P.Troup,AHollander,D. (1996). HandforcesandphasesinFreestyle Rouard, A.H.,Schleihauf,E&Troup,J.P. Swimming Research,4,11-16. measure forswimmingtechnique.Journalof Havriluk, R.(1988).Validationofacriterion 71). Brussels:UniversiteLibredeBruxelles. in Swimming,WaterpoloandDiving(pp.59- International SymposiumonBiomechanics water. InLewillie&J.P.Clarys(Eds.),First Bernoulli’s Principletohumanpropulsionin Counsilman, J.E.(1971).Theapplicationof 45-54). Baltimore:UniversityParkPress. & E.WBedingfield(ds.),SwimmingIII(pp. body propulsioninswimming.InJ.Terauds Barthels, K.M(1979).TheMechanismfor References AUSTRALIA IN SWIMMING (swimmingtechnology.com). inventor ofAquanex Swimming TechnologyResearchandthe Dr. RodHavrilukisthepresidentof Author

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