Cam McEvoy’s quest to make history in Paris is so important to Swimming Australia that the veteran athlete has been granted a special request.
Cam McEvoy’s quest to become the first Australian male to win an Olympic medal in the 50m freestyle is being treated by Swimming Australia as a matter of extreme importance. The 30-year-old has been granted special permission to remain in Brisbane on a personalised training program while the rest of the team leaves for France this week.
However, McEvoy, a veteran of three Olympics and the oldest member of the team, won’t arrive in France until next month.in Japan capped a remarkable comeback three years after the sprinter had all but retired from the sport. McEvoy does a portion of his training at the Queensland Academy of Sport , where he and his team analyse every component of his stroke and technique. McEvoy uses a 25-metre pool fitted with measuring equipment for 100-per-cent efforts.“They felt the disruption to his training off the back of trials, with travel and adaptation with jet lag, would potentially slow him down and be a risk for them,” Taylor said.
in a time of 21.35 seconds and is aiming to go faster in Paris than the personal best and Australian record time of 21.06 he clocked during a maiden individual world championship victory last year. “All year I was 21.8. Now I’m low 21. I’ll just get as much volume of that under my belt as I can, fly over to France, then rest off the back of that.
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