Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
certainly contender faster medal swim trials
I think he can swim faster than at our trials and, if he does that, it certainly makes him a medal contender in the 400m.
asked certain close pace produce race series speed straight swim
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.
australia deadline games swimming
There is no deadline from Swimming Australia or the Commonwealth Games Association.
close expect games month quicker swimming
I would expect that most of them will be swimming quicker now than they were a month ago because they are close to tapering for the Commonwealth Games trials.
ability coach coming days looking swim thinking threat whatever
And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they were doing - they still had to be able to swim well to be able to do what they did. I think they are going to be a threat to us in the coming years. It's not something we're not thinking about. We're looking at it.
country games interested people reason sort swimming thorpe whether
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.
caps compare difference difficult fair huge involved lane physiology strong swim team
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.
absolute confidence swim team
I have absolute confidence in our swim team and in our sport that we are drug free.
deeper found happens start
It is an extraordinary coincidence, you start to think there is more to it, but nothing has been found yet. If it happens again, we would have to look deeper into it.
doubt ready state
I think he showed at the state championships (last month) that he's back ready to go pretty quick. I've got no doubt that he'll go pretty quick.
benchmark certainly challenge looks meets previous results week
We always use the benchmark from previous meets as a challenge to us, so with the results this week it certainly looks that way.
couple days given
We have given them a couple of days to think about it.
budget budgets feather increase reserves tight
(We're) in such a tight budget - like we have had every year, ... (If) you can increase reserves at all, it's a feather in your cap.
deeper happens
If it happens again, we would have to look deeper into it.