{"id":393649,"date":"2019-09-10T06:12:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=393649"},"modified":"2019-09-10T06:12:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:12:17","slug":"stephanie-rice-into-aussie-hall-of-fame-with-tale-of-triple-gold-silent-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stephanie-rice-into-aussie-hall-of-fame-with-tale-of-triple-gold-silent-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Rice Into Aussie Hall Of Fame With Tale Of Triple Gold & Silent Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephanie Rice<\/strong> was on the crest of a wave of success when she claimed three Olympic golds at the Beijing 2008 Games. Or so it seemed to the world watching the speed and smiles.<\/p>\n

The story had a hidden side: on her way to double medley triumph over 200 and 400m and a share in the 4x200m freestyle gold, Rice was struck down by illness and struggling with the enormous weight of expectation.<\/p>\n

Next month, on October 10, the 31-year-old will be inducted into The Sport Australia Hall of Fame. In an interview with Julian Linden<\/em> of The Australian Daily Telegraph<\/em> to celebrate the honour, Rice acknowledges that she is only now getting to a place where she feels able to properly reflect on the events of 2008 that changed her life.<\/p>\n

Her dream performances may have looked like plain sailing in a fast suit but the reality was anything but, the Olympic roller-coaster of multiple swims and a packed schedule leaving no time to fathom the meaning of success unfolding, let along even contemplate resting on laurels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sort of looked like I was just cruising through without a care in the world, however, behind the scenes, it was so far from perfect,” Rice tells Linden.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just remember it being a blur and everything happening so quickly because it\u2019s not just the swimming, it\u2019s the warms ups, the swim downs, getting to the pool, the press conferences, the drug testing, there\u2019s just so much that goes into it. You don\u2019t really get a chance to relax and I was really sick, especially before the 200m medley, then before I knew it, it was all over and I was back in Australia. But when I look back on it now, that\u2019s what makes it so special because you can prove you can do things under so much pressure, so it really was an amazing week.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the article in full at the Australian Daily Telegraph<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Rice was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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