The Australian backstroke champion whose career was marred by controversy last year has credited an unusual change to his swimming regime for his win at the World Championship trials.
There is still mystery surrounding his departure from the camp, but Swimming Australia cited “wellbeing challenges including the misuse of medication” at the time of the incident. He did not face any further disciplinary action when he returned home.
Then, at the World Shortcourse Championships in December, the 20-year-old was stripped of his first-place finish in the men’s 50-metre backstroke final – despite swimming a superior time than all his opponents – after a false start wasn’t communicated to the athletes.But on Wednesday, the young swimmer had his redemption when he won the men’s 100m backstroke final in a time of 53.47s.
Unlike most swimmers, who can get through as many as 80 kilometres per week in the pool, Cooper is only chalking up “14 kilometres a week”. He has traded conventional hours up and down the back line with surfing, mixed martial arts and tennis. Cooper said there were sessions where he swam “insanely well” since he switched the regime, but until the trials had not tested its success in a racing setting.“All the people who said ‘this isn’t going to work, don’t do this’ – they’re all wrong,” Cooper said. “My instinct was right.Cooper missed out on Swimming Australia’s qualifying time for the event by 0.46 of a second; however, it’s likely selectors will still allow him to swim the event at the world championships in Fukuoka next month.
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