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LOCAL Olympians had the chance to chat with the media at the Main Press Center in London as the Great Britain contingent took the dais.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Michael SCOTT (AUS) &#8211; team leader <\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Great Britain&#039;s progress so far:<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#039;ve strived to continue momentum. The upward curve has continued through Rome (2009 world championships), Delhi (2010 Commonwealth Games) and Shanghai (2011 world championships). We are a united group of swimmers and staff and we&#039;ve had a very productive training camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#039;ve learnt from Shanghai, where we missed on four medals by a short margin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On swimmer Hannah MILEY (GBR) not being present at the press conference:<br \/>\n&#8220;That&#039;s for training and recovery purposes. Everyone is healthy, there is no illness or injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Keri-Anne PAYNE (GBR)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On whether she feels she is &#039;under the radar&#039;:<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#039;m obviously immensely proud of what I&#039;ve achieved so far. The Olympics is about concentrating on doing the best that I can, I&#039;m not going to run around screaming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#039;s any number of girls in the open water race that have the opportunity to win a medal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On whether she has swum in the Serpentine lake at Hyde Park yet and what the experience was like:<br \/>\n&#8220;Yes I&#039;ve just come from there. 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