Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
country games interested people reason sort swimming thorpe whether
They're not the sort of games we play. Swimming is a big sport in this country and people are interested in what Ian Thorpe is doing and whether he is swimming, and that's the reason it has been in all the papers.
experience horses interested job location love mountains moving people travel western work
This job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love horses and some are interested in travel and tourism. But many are here because of the location in the mountains and the experience of moving to a western state.
benefit blend exciting experience greatly second serving team teams youth
This is an exciting blend of experience and youth and those swimmers on their first or second teams will greatly benefit from being on a team with so many Olympians and long serving team members.
deeper found happens start
It is an extraordinary coincidence, you start to think there is more to it, but nothing has been found yet. If it happens again, we would have to look deeper into it.
grant leave people
I think sometimes people think, 'We'll leave it for Grant to do'.
guys prepared
I think some of the guys prepared poorly,
hear improvement increased last next tests training
I will probably hear more in the next day or so. His last tests showed an improvement and he has increased his training somewhat.
deeper happens
If it happens again, we would have to look deeper into it.
best couple days giving might opportunity recover
If that's what he and (his coach) Tracey (Menzies) think is the best thing to do then we'll be giving him every opportunity to recover well. I would say another couple of days might make all the difference.
anticipate team trying
He will be very disappointed not to be on the team and he is trying to anticipate what will happen.
fairly nervous wait
He has a fairly nervous wait I would think.
certainly far good health hear himself woods word
He certainly sounded better and it was good to hear him felling good about himself and his health - but we are far from out of the woods - I think the word is encouraging.
camp joining middle
He'll be joining the camp around the middle of the week.
australia deadline games swimming
There is no deadline from Swimming Australia or the Commonwealth Games Association.