The next generation of swimming superstars have already arrived, barely a year after the Tokyo Games. Flynn Southam wants to add his name to the list | phillutton78
Flynn Southam wants in on the teenage wave that is already washing over world swimming just a year after the world order seemed chiselled in stone at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Summer McIntosh turned her global success into 400-metre individual medley gold on night one of the meet in Birmingham and Mollie O’Callaghan, the Australian 18-year-old 100m freestyle world champion, almost sprung a huge upset when she was touched out in the 200m by Ariarne Titmus. Southam doesn’t lack confidence and already has the kind of swagger that will help him fit in perfectly in the sprint set. But his first swim in Birmingham was a nervous relay lead that showed his lack of exposure to this level of competition.
“But I just trusted myself and my ability. Good times. With a disappointing time like that, you can’t get too down about it, which I was a bit. But I woke up determined to get our team the fastest seed into the final. Hopefully we can go on and kick some butt.”
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