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One of swimming\u2019s sharpest minds, Queensland CEO Kevin Hasemann<\/strong>, believes the sport in Australia is at a crossroads.<\/p>\n

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ON THE ROPES: Queensland’s long-serving CEO has overseen two decades for dominance. Photo Courtesy: Courier Mail.<\/p><\/div>\n

As debate rages in the corridors of power in Australian sport, surrounding the future of Olympic sports, Hasemann has questioned the future of Australia\u2019s most successful Olympic sport \u2013 believing the gold medal factory will struggle under proposed funding cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes it take another Montreal Olympics, where swimming won one bronze medal? Does it need to wither into a sporting crisis, where there is a generation or two of swimmers lost, before someone acts,\u201d Hasemann told Jess Halloran in The Australian<\/em> newspaper.<\/p>\n

Hasemann has spent 18 years at the helm of the sport \u2013 overseeing one of the most vibrant nurseries in the swimming world \u2013 almost two decades of international domination.<\/p>\n

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TEEN MACHINE: LA Olympians at 17. Justin Lemberg and Jon Sieben – products of the Queensland medal factory. Photo:Russell McPhedran (Hanson Media Collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

Queensland is an Olympic gold medal factory \u2013 producing golden greats \u2013 individual gold medallists – David Theile, Grant Hackett, Kieren Perkins, Susie O\u2019Neill, Stephanie Rice, Leisel Jones, Libby Trickett, Duncan Armstrong, Jon Sieben<\/strong> and Jodie Henry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BARCELONA GOLD: Proud Queenslander Kieren Perkins claims his first Olympic gold in the 1500m freestyle in 1992. Photo: Russell McPhedran (Hanson Media Collection)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hasemann had big shoes to fill with the \u201cgodfather\u201d of Queensland Swimming Greg Lalor creating a platform of greatness in a State that has led the way in Australian Swimming for decades on end \u2013 both in development, Target Squads and Coach development.<\/p>\n

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GOLDEN GIRL: Dual Olympic gold medallist from 1996 and 2000, Susie O’Neill, hails from the Sunshine State. Photo Courtesy: Swimming Australia<\/p><\/div>\n

The past 20 years has seen 42 swimmers win 117 Olympic medals \u2013 including 40 gold.<\/p>\n

Hasemann told The Australian<\/em> funding cuts foreshadowed by the Australian Sports Commission could be crushing for an entire generation of kids. Said Hasemann:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense to invest over $40 million in high performance swimming between Olympic Games while providing negligible funding for development of junior swimmers\u2026.I can\u2019t fathom the strategy behind this short-sighted approach.<\/p>\n

“The likelihood that the ASC will reduce or discontinue the small amount it provides to junior sport is at odds with Australia\u2019s bid for 2032 Olympic Games (in southeast Queensland).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average age of swimming finalists now stands at 23 for women and 24 for men.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means that the current age of swimmers likely to medal in 2032 is around 11 or 12, and those kids are already in our sport.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Australia\u2019s State bodies have been warned to expect funding cuts \u201csome, if not significant, change\u201d in the ASC\u2019s \u201cparticipation funding\u201d and the cessation of Swimming Australia funding for sport development, making it $1 million on the line.<\/p>\n

States stand to lose around $200,000 each \u2014 money to keep or get kids swimming.<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure to act now to address the paucity of funding for the development of junior athletes will be harmful for all Olympic sports, which are at the crossroads,\u201d says Hasemann.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd by the time the full brunt of this insidious issue is felt, the senior national sports policymakers responsible will have moved on and will escape accountability,\u201d says Hasemann, also acknowledging an exodus of top swimming coaches and sports scientists to international competitors over the past decade or so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there any wonder we are now seeing other countries emerge as forces on the world swimming stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe international swimming landscape has changed a lot in recent years, with a growing number of countries producing Olympic medallists. As a country with a very small population, the only way we can meet this challenge is by investing more in our talent in and out of the pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are no longer the smartest in the world, there\u2019s been a brain drain from Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were in a business, you would no longer be forecasting record results. You\u2019d be expecting the opposite because of the reduced inputs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwimming Queensland focuses on supporting and developing coaches across the State, so they\u2019re equipped to instil in our junior swimmers the skills and attributes they\u2019ll need to undertake the long journey to Olympic success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis core activity includes clinics for swimmers and coaches and providing access to strong competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith less funding, Swimming Queensland will have to cut into those critical services, and the ramifications in the longer term for Australian swimming are obvious.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus is blurred. When you want to get exceptional results, you need exceptional focus. Otherwise you can lose your way. If you click on the website you start to ask: Is this actually the Australian Sports Commission? It looks like some kind of health website?”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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