Dual Olympic champion Grant Hackett capped one of the great swimming comebacks by earning a spot in Australia's team Sunday for the Kazan world championships in July. Needing a top-six 200m freestyle finish to seal a place in the relay team, Hackett finished fourth in one minute 46.84 seconds as Cameron McEvoy (1:45.94) defended his national title at the world trials. Hackett, 34, had initially claimed that making the team after just six months' training and a six-year layoff would feel like "winning an Olympic gold medal". Yet, his professional demons went back as far as his last major meet at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games where he was denied a record third straight 1500m gold medal when he was out-touched by Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli.
from World News Headlines - Yahoo News Hackett, 34, clinches world relay spot in swim comeback : http://ift.tt/1IAg2F9
Hi. I’m Designer of Industries. I’m CEO/Founder of China Bangla Engineers. I’m Creative Business Consultant, Industrial Designer, Web Developer, Business Enthusiast, StartUp Enthusiast, Speaker, Writer and Photographer. Inspired to make things looks better.
0 comments:
Post a Comment