Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett OAMis an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. He is well regarded for his versatility, and has held the...
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth9 May 1980
baton carrying certainly coaches heroes modern people valuable
Coaches like Denis are certainly the unsung heroes in modern sport and that's what carrying the baton is all about, recognising people who play such a valuable role.
sports mean swimming
I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself......I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities
avenues blood catch means searching
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.
couple last swims
If he swims around the times he's been doing for the last couple of seasons, I think he will be pretty well unbeatable,
drag eventually major worse
If I let it drag on it could get worse and worse and it could eventually become a major problem.
bit feeling happy results tough
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.
competing country hard love sacrifice
It's very hard to sacrifice a meet, especially when it's in your own country and I love competing in the Commonwealth Games,
fixed injury minor miss stage time water
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.
final michael shame thinking
It was a shame that Ian and Michael weren't there in the final but I really wasn't thinking about that too much,
bit given good happy job pressure start team
I did put a little bit of pressure on myself because I wanted to get the team off to a good start so given all the circumstances I was pretty happy with myself and the job I did.
against challenge feeling forward home looking motivated step sure swimming wanting watching
I am sure he is at home feeling motivated by watching this and wanting to step up again, ... I am looking forward to the challenge of swimming against him.
against challenge forward looking swimming
I am looking forward to the challenge of swimming against him.
allow chance criteria flawed injured needs perform problems slightly special
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.
good quite
It just didn't feel good or quite right, it did not feel like I got on my stroke,