She might be renowned more as a 100m freestyle-butterfly specialist but it is the one-lap splash-and-dash that has always delivered for her and who’s to say it’s not going to happen again after her excellent heat swim at the Olympic selection trials in Adelaide this morning.
With the pressure of making the London Olympic team removed from her shoulders after she qualified as a relay swimmer with her fifth placing in the 100m freestyle last night, Trickett free-wheeleed for a 25.12sec clocking.
That placed her third overall but with Swedish veteran Therese Alshammer (25.06sec) not permitted as a foreigner to progress beyond the heats, that leaves only Alexandra Purcell of the Gold Coast (25.05sec) ahead of her heading into tonight’s semi-finals.
But a sister act of Cate and Bronte Campbell stands in her way after leading the field into the final.
Trickett, a two-time world champion and Athens Olympic bronze medallist in the 50m, has already achieved her biggest goal of selection and admitted earlier today the prospect of a top-two finish was in the back of her mind.
With the pressure of making the London Olympic team removed from her shoulders after she qualified as a relay swimmer with her fifth placing in the 100m freestyle last night, Trickett free-wheeleed for a 25.12sec clocking.
That placed her third overall but with Swedish veteran Therese Alshammer (25.06sec) not permitted as a foreigner to progress beyond the heats, that leaves only Alexandra Purcell of the Gold Coast (25.05sec) ahead of her heading into tonight’s semi-finals.
But a sister act of Cate and Bronte Campbell stands in her way after leading the field into the final.
Trickett, a two-time world champion and Athens Olympic bronze medallist in the 50m, has already achieved her biggest goal of selection and admitted earlier today the prospect of a top-two finish was in the back of her mind.
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