Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
best chance himself member risk running team
We don't want him running the risk of infecting any other member of the men's team and to give himself the best chance to recover.
aim best games looking olympic people possible team
Our aim is the Olympic Games and we are looking to have our best possible team at the Olympic Games in 2008, so we will give the opportunities to those people in the lead-up to that.
absolute confidence swim team
I have absolute confidence in our swim team and in our sport that we are drug free.
caps compare difference difficult fair huge involved lane physiology strong swim team
It's difficult to compare between eras. There is a huge difference now between goggles, swimsuits, pools, lane ropes, swim caps and the physiology involved in training. But it's fair to say our (women's) team is a very strong team.
athletes beijing believe benefit competition intense picked team type
We have picked a team of athletes who we believe will benefit from this type of intense competition in the lead-up to the 2007 FINA world championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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.
anticipate team trying
He will be very disappointed not to be on the team and he is trying to anticipate what will happen.
broadcast concerns grant guaranteed rules sensitive understand
We understand Nine's concerns but we've guaranteed Grant will not contravene any broadcast rules and will be sensitive to the network's rights.
consider craig sat spoke
I spoke to (his coach) Tracey (Menzies) and Craig and told them where they sat and now they just have to consider what they will do.
alice boys early exists rivalry
The rivalry that exists between Jodie, Libby and Alice will keep us going like we did with the boys in the early days.
ability coach coming days looking swim thinking threat whatever
And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they were doing - they still had to be able to swim well to be able to do what they did. I think they are going to be a threat to us in the coming years. It's not something we're not thinking about. We're looking at it.
appreciate department efforts holding line stay
Congratulations on holding the line this year, ... We appreciate the efforts your department has had to make to stay under budget.
distance middle step
I would like to see who is going to step up in the men's middle distance area.
doubt ready state
I think he showed at the state championships (last month) that he's back ready to go pretty quick. I've got no doubt that he'll go pretty quick.