There are six women who have won Olympic or world titles or world championship medals vying for just two coveted spots in the 100m freestyle team for Paris
Meg Harris at the start of the women’s 100m freestyle final at the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.Meg Harris at the start of the women’s 100m freestyle final at the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.
The message has to be hard, because the reality is brutal – the women’s 100m freestyle is shaping up to be the toughest Olympic qualifying event for any Australian, in any sport, in history. Sprint coach Simon Cusack, who guided the Campbell sisters to the top and coached Jack and Harris in their formative years, also expects the Australian trials will be a higher standard than the Paris Olympic final.
“It’s also the fact that these athletes, in order to be part of the women’s 4x100, if you can get into that relay, there’s a fair chance of coming home with Olympic gold medals,” he said. “That’s been a major drawcard of kids preparing for these events.” “I’ve always said that tough competition makes everyone a lot better… It’s brilliant for our relay,’’ Bronte Campbell says. “My whole life, I’ve competed against my sister in the lane next to me in training and that’s made me a lot better. So I always think that tough competition, while it’s probably more stressful than if there was no-one around, it genuinely makes you better.
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