{"id":466133,"date":"2021-03-21T03:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T10:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=466133"},"modified":"2024-10-28T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:57:10","slug":"swimmings-unsung-hero-madison-wilson-swims-from-strength-to-strength-towards-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmings-unsung-hero-madison-wilson-swims-from-strength-to-strength-towards-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming&#8217;s Unsung Hero Madison Wilson Swims From Strength To Strength Towards Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Swimming&#8217;s Unsung Hero Madison Wilson Swims From Strength To Strength Towards Tokyo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rio Olympian <strong>Madison &#8220;Madi&#8221; Wilson<\/strong> is an unsung hero of Australian women\u2019s swimming and on the eve of an era that could well rival the success stories that emerged between 2000 and 2008 \u2013 Wilson continues to go from strength to strength as <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyo2020.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tokyo<\/a> beckons.<\/p>\n<p>An ageless 26, she has very much been in the shadows of some of the highest profile and most successful Dolphins of the past eight years \u2013racing the likes of <strong>Emily Seebohm,<\/strong> <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> and <strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong> and <strong>Bronte Campbell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So often playing crucial roles in all of Australia\u2019s relays since making her debut in 2014 \u2013 and finally standing on top of the world in her own right alongside team mates <strong>Ariarne Titmus,<\/strong> <strong>Brianna Throssell<\/strong> and McKeon \u2013the 2019 World Championship victors in the 4x200m freestyle and in a world record time that had stood the test of time through the super-suit era since 2009.,<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466135\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466135\" data-attachment-id=\"466135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmings-unsung-hero-madison-wilson-swims-from-strength-to-strength-towards-tokyo\/nec-madi-wilson-start\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NEC-Madi-Wilson-start.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1002,668\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1612506012&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NEC Madi Wilson start\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;NEC Madi Wilson start&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NEC-Madi-Wilson-start-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NEC-Madi-Wilson-start.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-466135\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NEC-Madi-Wilson-start-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"NEC Madi Wilson start\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-466135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JUST FOR STARTERS: Madi Wilson will be on the blocks for Tokyo Trials in her adopted home town of Adelaide. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr ()Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A backstroker by trade and a World Championship silver medallist to Seebohm in 2015 over 100m backstroke in Kazan where she had also swum in the 4&#215;200 freestyle team, Wilson is making a name for herself as a world class freestyler and occasional backstroker.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson continues to improve, just about every time she swims \u2013 which for a 26 year-old certainly isn\u2019t the norm \u2013 but certainly a mode of consistency that continues to pay dividends.<\/p>\n<p>And they say a change is as good as a holiday for the former Rockhampton product with Wilson\u2019s next move to coach <strong>Peter Bishop<\/strong> at Marion, SA from <strong>Michael Bohl<\/strong> who took her to Kazan silver, post her Rio debut in 2016 has given her another, lease of life.<\/p>\n<p>At the time Wilson said: &#8216;It was after the Rio Games where I thought about what was ahead for me in the Olympic cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I needed something to motivate me for Tokyo and coming (to Adelaide) was just what I needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was a stand out at the NSW Open Championships that concluded today at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre \u2013 racing the most competitive freestyle and backstroke events and up against the usual suspects \u2013 the Campbell girls, Seebohm and McKeon \u2013 and pushing them to the best times of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last three days in Sydney, Wilson :<\/p>\n<p><strong>WON <\/strong>the a blanket finish 50m backstroke final by 0.01 holding <strong>Holly Barratt <\/strong>(Rockingham) 28.10 and Seebohm (Griffith University) 28.11 at bay after;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STIRRING <\/strong>silver in 1:56.85 behind <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> (1:55.56) in the 200m freestyle final to maintain her presence in the world championship relay group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A SOLID<\/strong> bronze in 53.47 (pb) in the world class 100m freestyle won by McKeon in the #1 time of the year (52,59) from Cate Campbell (52.83) and ahead of Bronte Campbell (54.11).<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND another<\/strong> podium finish with her third in 24.66 to Cate Campbell (24.11) and McKeon (24.17) in the hotly contested 50m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AS WELL<\/strong> as a 1:00.33 for the second fastest time behind Kaylee McKeown in the preliminaries of the 100m backstroke before withdrawing from the final to concentrate on the 50m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>From three Olympics from Sydney, through Athens and onto Beijing Australian women won 11 gold medals \u2013 7 of them individuals and four relays.<\/p>\n<p>As Tokyo approaches the depth of Australia\u2019s women\u2019s team \u2013 especially in freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and the relays has emerged \u2013 and reinforced at the conclusion of the four-day morning finals format in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>And embraced by Australia\u2019s elite band of swimmers who have shaken off any fears associated with swimming fast in the morning and Wilson will be front and centre in the countdown to the June Olympic Trials in Madison\u2019s adopted home town of Adelaide in June.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile one of rising stars <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> certainly showed no ill effects of the morning finals, ripping out a sub 2.10.00 time of 2:09.94, in the final session and at the end of a successful meet which saw world class wins in the 100 and 200m backstrokes.<\/p>\n<p>The opening final went to Newcastle\u2019s <strong>Meg Bailey<\/strong> (Hunter \u2013 Olympic Park HUB) in the women&#8217;s 200m butterfly with silver going to <strong>Alice Stuart <\/strong>(TSS Aquatic, QLD) in 2:11.26 and bronze to <strong>Brittany Castelluzzo<\/strong> (Tea Tree Gully, VIC) in 2:11.75.<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s 100m butterfly saw a quinella from the NSW Blues <strong>Edward Marks<\/strong> (Carlile \u2013 Olympic Park HUB) 52.90 from <strong>Shaun Champion<\/strong> (Abbotsleigh) 53.08 taking the gold and\u00a0silver medals respectively from Rio Olympian <strong>David Morgan <\/strong>(TSS Aquatic) in 53.13.<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal of the titleholder, former world record holder and world championship silver medallist (SOPAC \u2013 Olympic Park HUB) after he woke up with the affects of a cold and was withdrawn by coach <strong>Adam Kable, <\/strong>threw the race wide open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was best not to take any risks after Matt woke up with the cold -= so we thought it best under the circumstances to withdraw Matt this morning\u2019s final,\u201d said Kable, with the Australian Open Championships on the Gold Coast next month and the countdown on for the June Olympic Trials in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>In Wilson\u2019s absence the gold went to <strong>Daniel Cave<\/strong> (Melbourne Vicentre) in 2:15.61 from <strong>Samuel Williamson <\/strong>(Firbank Aquastars,) in 2:16.85 and the bronze to <strong>James McKechnie<\/strong> (Starplex) in 2:18.09 in an all Victorian podium.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s 50m event saw the first four swimmers 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