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Olympic Champion Mack Horton Makes Mercy Dash Out Of Melbourne To Book His Ticket To Tokyo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic champion Mack Horton<\/strong> has had to make a mercy dash out of Melbourne and into Queensland with a host of Australian Tokyo<\/a> hopefuls following Victoria\u2019s latest COVID outbreaks \u2013 a move which could ultimately secure his place on the Games team.<\/p>\n

With 17 days before the Trials (June 12-17) Horton and his fellow Melbourne Vicentre team mates under coach Craig Jackson<\/strong> and a nine-strong team from Nunawading with coach Wayne Lawes<\/strong> were told to \u201cGet out of Melbourne and get out now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Craig

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Coach Craig Jackson will now be on the Gold Coast preparing his Olympic hopefuls for the Adelaide Trials in June. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

They will all spend the next two weeks on the Gold Coast \u2013 putting the finishing touches to their Olympic Trials preparations \u2013 hardly ideal but as Australian Head Coach Rohan Taylor said today: \u201cWe were absolutely prepared for this, from going back six months when we looked at Trials and set up our contingencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one if swimmers posted times at the Australian Championships or at the Sydney Open we would consider those times and the second one when we would get them out of their State if something happened and get them somewhere where they could continue to train.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horton is one swimmer who although he swam at the Australian Championships had not posted a time among the Top Ten Australians in the 200 and 400m freestyle \u2013 he will have to post a time at the Trials to put himself in contention for a place on the team – and ultimately the chance to defend his Olympic crown.<\/p>\n

\"Brendon

NUNAWADING’s NEW WAVE; Australia’s No 1 ranked 400IMer Brendon Smith – no new comer to surf training. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Lawes and his Nunawading crew, including leading men, his trio of National champions, Matthew Temple, Bowen Gough<\/strong> and Brendon Smith<\/strong> all trained at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (GCAC) this morning \u2013 but when they left Melbourne they didn\u2019t have any accommodation, which was confirmed while the team was in the air. Given the number of events on the Gold Coast at the moment, accomodation ands hire car vehicles and vans are at a premium.<\/p>\n

\"Nunna

UP TALLY CREEK! Nunawading’s Olympic Trialists took the plunge into Tallebudgera Creek, Thursday, Queensland time. Photo Courtesy: Wayne Lawes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And one of those events is the Masters And Country National Water Polo Tournament at the GCAC which has meant the Nunawading and Melbourne Vicentre teams will have to swim when lanes are available – and unable to swim in the pool the Nunawading team ventured down to the picturesque\u00a0 Tallebudgera Creek for some open water training – nothing new for Half Moon Lifesaver Smith who was a member of the Australian Youth Surf Team in 2018.<\/p>\n

But after chasing water, it has now been confirmed that both groups will train before and after the water polo competitions, that uses all pools in their round robins with the finals set down for Saturday, with the swim squads gaining normal time access from next week.<\/p>\n

Lawes, one of Australia’s most respected coaches, has told his troops they will have to continue to “roll with the punches” and adapt to whatever comes along.<\/p>\n

\"Nuna

KEEPING THEIR HEADS ABOVE WATER: “Team Nuna” settling into the Gold Coast at Tallebudgera Creek.Photo Courtesy: Wayne Lawes.<\/p><\/div>\n

“It has been a logistical nightmare but we are getting on with business and even though we couldn’t get pool space this afternoon we were going to make the most of what the Gold Coast has to offer and at Tallebudgera Creek,” said Lawes.<\/p>\n

Temple (100 and 200m butterfly), Gough (200m butterfly) and Smith (400IM) have all posted times in their respective events which will hold them in good stead if they need to use those times which see them ranked No 1 in Australia.<\/p>\n

Swimming Australia\u2019s High Performance Team of Tamara Sheppard<\/strong> and Kirsty West<\/strong> spent last night booking the squads into accommodation whilst arranging all-important lane space for their training.<\/p>\n

If the teams didn\u2019t leave Melbourne yesterday then their appearance at next month\u2019s Olympic Trials at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre in Adelaide could well have been thwarted with a 14 day lock out for Victorians coming into South Australia, prior to the meet beginning.<\/p>\n

Other athletes have chosen to drive to Adelaide and others have been forced into Sydney, all requiring two negative Covid tests before they arrive for the Trials.<\/p>\n

Horton, always an advocate for clean sport<\/a>, and his team of 10 trained this morning at the Palm Beach Currumbin Aquatic Centre \u2013 just 10 minutes from Gold Coast airport, after touching down last night.<\/p>\n

All as Swimming Australia HP staff frantically put last minute plans together to book training lanes for Jackson\u2019s team as they too put the final two weeks polish to their preparations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a frantic 24 hours…we left Melbourne straight away when we got word that we had to move…everyone is working around the clock to make it happen…\u201d said Jackson, full of praise for the Swimming Australia HP team\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to make the most of the next two weeks before Trials. We were at Palm Beach Currumbin this morning…and I\u2019m getting calls coming through now to update the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe priority was to get both Wayne Lawes and myself out of Melbourne and settle us in here; it was certainly a big day for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as the preparations for Trials are concerned Jackson said: \u201c You just have to take it on board and run with it…and keep moving forward., you can\u2019t get too caught up with it..you just have to focus on one day at a time and see what we can do from here to the Trials.<\/p>\n

\u201cMack is a professional and he\u2019s already got his head around what has happened and what we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rohan

ALL HANDS ON DECK: Rohan Taylor (centre) with new Swimming Australia CEO Alex Baumann (right) knows it will be a team effort to get his troops to Tokyo. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Australia\u2019s National Head Coach Rohan Taylor said his HP team was prepared and he too praised their efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were absolutely prepared for this, from going back six months when we looked at Trials and set up our contingencies,\u201d said Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one if swimmers posted times at the Australian Championships or at the Sydney Open we would consider those times and the second one when we would get them out of their State if something happened and get them somewhere where they could continue to train.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knew when the call came that it was no shock \u2013we told them \u2018you need to get moving.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it ideal ? \u2018No. But it is what it is and we are navigating this as it happen. But like the rest of the world who are dealing with challenges like moving around to get access to facility space…it\u2019s been going on for a long time now…<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to remember what we have gone through over the last 12 months and build that resilience into today \u2013 that\u2019s a really important lesson and then moving forward there will be even more challenges when we get to Tokyo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not happy what\u2019s happening but I am happy that we did have the contingency to ensure they were able to swim and our HP team can be proud of the job they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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