The most instructive moment of a wildly successful week for Swimming Australia came not in the glow of triumph but the glare of a minor controversy.
To their credit, head coach Rohan Taylor and relay coach Dean Boxall took time to explain their thinking, although they weren’t especially pleased and felt the armchair critics were taking aim at the swimmers involved, not the strategy that put them there in the first place. There will be rematches galore. Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky will go head to head yet again, Kyle Chalmers gets another chance to run down Caeleb Dressel and yes, the 4x200m relay has the opportunity to get back to the top of the podium after China and the USA proved too good this time around.
Those in Australia who have fallen for the heroics of the team also have a role to play. The Sydney Games saw names like Thorpe, Kieran Perkins, Grant Hackett and Susie O’Neill become part of the furniture.
phillutton78 it can't be struggling that much when most of the top swimmers are millionaires
phillutton78 Yeah great to see the Olympic success in the pool and the dedication these people have but swimming is an exercise not a sport. Sorry.