Members of Kyle Chalmers's first swim club in his South Australian hometown are ecstatic over his silver medal success and some are already setting their sights on the Brisbane Games.
Members of Kyle Chalmers 's first swim club in his South Australian hometown are ecstatic over his silver medal success this morning.
"Turning eighth was very scary, but you just knew he'd come home and I'm so glad he touched on the wall where he did," she said."I couldn't believe it, it was an amazing race."Ms Wright said Chalmers would be received "with open arms" whenever he decided to retire and move back to Port Lincoln."He doesn't just inspire swimmers — there're a lot of people in Port Lincoln that do all sorts of sports who look up to him.
Mr Chalmers said he was not surprised to hear in the post-race interview that it was not going to be his son's last independent race.
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