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.
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.
absolute confidence swim team
I have absolute confidence in our swim team and in our sport that we are drug free.
anticipate team trying
He will be very disappointed not to be on the team and he is trying to anticipate what will happen.
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.
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.
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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.
benchmark certainly challenge looks meets previous results week
We always use the benchmark from previous meets as a challenge to us, so with the results this week it certainly looks that way.
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.
couple days given
We have given them a couple of days to think about it.
close expect games month quicker swimming
I would expect that most of them will be swimming quicker now than they were a month ago because they are close to tapering for the Commonwealth Games trials.
next win
If we don't win the first one, we will go on to the next one.
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Celtic is one of the world's biggest clubs and this agreement sets the seal on an amazing month for me, what with overcoming Barcelona, winning my first cap for England and now signing this extension,
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When Thorpe pulled out and he (Monk) went into those two (races), he was thrust into the limelight and I think he has handled that very well.