McEvoy became the first Australian man to win the 50m freestyle at the Olympics and the oldest Aussie to ever win an individual medal. But the professor of the pool has no intention of stopping after Paris.
Ariarne Titmus is still pencilled in as a “maybe” to defend her 400m crown again at the 2028 LA Games, but fellow gold medallist Cam McEvoy says he is not only keen to swim on, he wants to compete as a 38-year-old at the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane.
With a degree in physics and maths, McEvoy did it after revolutionising his training. He vastly reduced his training load, bulked up and focused on speed and power in short sessions. “We have racing next year for worlds, and then how to get to LA in one piece and better than how I was in Paris. And do that while keeping Brisbane in mind, and hopefully get to Brisbane too.”Most swimmers are retired by the time they reach 30, if not because of the tedium of training, then because success against younger athletes is difficult. But McEvoy has already proved the training can be done differently and, typically, has crunched the data on older swimmers winning.
McEvoy said the incredible home crowds at the pool in Paris, which roared for his rival Florent Manaudou and, made the appeal of experiencing the same support in Brisbane very enticing.
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