﻿{"id":122955,"date":"2015-02-12T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T20:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=122955"},"modified":"2015-02-12T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T20:45:27","slug":"natalie-coughlin-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/natalie-coughlin-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Coughlin Anxious For Multiple Racing Opportunities At Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>By Jeff Commings<\/i><\/p>\n<p>TUCSON \u2013 Natalie Coughlin has represented the United States at almost every major international swim meet in an elite career spanning more than a decade. The only meet she\u2019s never attended is the Pan American Games, but the 32-year-old will get the chance to add that to her resume in July when she headlines a strong American team in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2015-Pan-Am-Games.pdf target=_blank>USA SWIMMING PAN AMERICAN GAMES ROSTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the opportunity to complete what could essentially be called the Grand Slam of swimming competitions is exciting, one might think Coughlin would be disappointed that she\u2019s not at the world championships, which will be held one month later in Russia with a different squad of Americans. But in a telephone conference call with media members, she said she couldn\u2019t be happier to compete in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not looking at it as a negative,\u201d Coughlin said. \u201cI\u2019m looking at it as going to Canada. I get to go with a great roster of people who I know well, and I get to represent my country. It\u2019s an amazing competition where I\u2019ll get to swim a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coughlin is scheduled to race the 50 and 100 freestyles at the new Aquatics Centre and Fieldhouse in Toronto, as well as the 4&#215;100 freestyle relay. She\u2019s likely to compete in the 4&#215;100 medley relay, if she is the fastest American in the 100 free at the meet. Even though it\u2019s not the highest-profile international swim meet of the year, Coughlin is treating it as if everything is on the line in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve become older and have more experience, the external things really don\u2019t affect me that much,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the Olympic Games or the (Arena Pro Swim Series), I approach them in the same way. I know that I am a very competitive person, and when the beeper goes off and the race starts, the environment doesn\u2019t change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 12-time Olympic medalist and 20-time long course world championship medalist is part of a 36-member American swimming team at the Pan American Games, some of whom might find themselves on next year\u2019s Olympic roster. Coughlin hopes to be one of those on the plane to Rio de Janeiro in about 18 months, where she could become the most-medaled American woman in Olympic history.<\/p>\n<p>Winning a possible 13th Olympic medal \u201cis somewhere in the back of my mind, but that\u2019s not what drives me,\u201d she said. \u201c(In London) I didn\u2019t have a successful Olympics. Though I earned that bronze medal (in the 400 free relay), I wanted to do so much more. I didn\u2019t want to end my career on the note of London. I want to see this process through and end things on a good note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Coughlin has been focusing on freestyle almost exclusively since the 2012 Olympics, there\u2019s a glimmer of hope that she might return to the 100 backstroke at the Olympic Trials. Coughlin won the 100 back at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and missed making the 2012 squad in the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a possibility (of swimming 100 back at Olympic Trials),\u201d Coughlin said. \u201cMy focus is still on the 100 freestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That event gives Coughlin the best opportunity to make her fourth Olympic team. The top six finishers in the 100 freestyle go to the Olympics, with places one and two swimming the individual event and two through six selected for relay duty. 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