{"id":508706,"date":"2022-07-20T09:15:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=508706"},"modified":"2022-07-20T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:15:03","slug":"elijah-winnington-draws-confidence-from-worlds-heading-to-commonwealth-games-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/elijah-winnington-draws-confidence-from-worlds-heading-to-commonwealth-games-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah Winnington Draws Confidence From Worlds Heading to Commonwealth Games (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elijah Winnington Draws Confidence From Worlds Heading to Commonwealth Games (VIDEO)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the first final of last month’s FINA World Championships, the men’s 400 freestyle, Australia’s Elijah Winnington<\/strong> trailed\u00a0Lukas Martens<\/strong> of Germany by two tenths with 50 meters to go, but Winnington exploded on the final length to pull ahead and secure his first world title<\/a>. Winnington had finished seventh in the event at the Olympics after arriving in Tokyo as the fastest swimmer in the world, but in Budapest, he blasted a time of 3:41.22, the fastest time recorded by any swimmer since 2012, to secure gold.<\/p>\n

Now, Winnington has his sights set on the Commonwealth Games, which was the site of his senior international debut in 2018 as he helped Australia win gold in the 800 freestyle relay. In an interview provided by Swimming Australia, Winnington explained his mindset as he reflected upon Budapest and quickly turned his sights to the next major competition.<\/p>\n

“Worlds was an awesome result for me, winning my first world title, but if anything, it\u2019s really a confidence bank for me going forward,” Winnington said. “I really want to draw upon that as I approach these next few weeks heading into the Commonwealth Games and really use that to my advantage and not sort of see it as a pressure.”<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Aussie is coached by Dean Boxall<\/strong> at St. Peters Western in a group that also included\u00a0Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>,\u00a0Mollie O’Callaghan<\/strong> and\u00a0Meg Harris<\/strong>, and Winnington explained that he is doing about 80% of his normal workload during the interim period between Worlds and Commonwealth Games as he hopes to peak once again in Birmingham, England.<\/p>\n

The full interview, courtesy of Swimming Australia<\/a>, is posted below, and the video also includes footage of Winnington training with the rest of the Australian team at staging camp in Chartres, France.<\/p>\n