{"id":402261,"date":"2024-06-12T12:55:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402261"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:04:58","slug":"aussie-champ-set-for-history-making-olympic-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402261","title":{"rendered":"Aussie champ set for history-making Olympic moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane: <\/strong>R\ufeffejuvenated speedster Cameron McEvoy<\/a> will create history in Paris after securing his ticket to the Olympics with a swift 50m freestyle time on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old will become the first male Australian swimmer to contest four Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

He set himself up for the history-making moment by winning the 50m final and nailing Swimming Australia's Olympic qualification time at the Paris 2024 trials, rocketing through \ufeffthe one-lap dash in a time of 21.35 seconds.<\/p>\n

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McEvoy will be joined in Paris by 22-year-old Ben Armbruster, who finished second and clocked 21.84 to ensure he will be making his Olympic debut.<\/p>\n

Burnt out from 18 years of gruelling swimming training, McEvoy quit the sport after the Tokyo\ufeff Olympics in 2021.<\/p>\n

Upon his return to the pool, he cut his weekly mileage by up to 40 kilometres a week, bulked up dramatically and became a student of a wide range of other sports<\/a>, including track sprinting, javelin, weightlifting, gymnastics and even speed skating.<\/p>\n

Watch Australia's Paris 2024 swimming trials on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He's convinced that if he hadn't had the huge shake-up he'd be done with\ufeff swimming.<\/p>\n

Instead, he believes he can swim at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, by which point he will be 38.<\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/p>\n

McEvoy has had extraordinary results since returning to the pool, cracking the 22-second barrier for fun and becoming a world champion.<\/p>\n

He claimed last year's 50m freestyle world title in Fukuoka and shattered the Australian record, tearing through the race in 21.06 seconds.<\/p>\n

"About 18 months ago my goal was to just come back, give this new training approach a go, see what happens and if I can maybe go under 22 [seconds] again I'd be over the moon with that," McEvoy told reporters on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

"So what I've done so far has just obliterated any expectations I had.<\/p>\n

"With that, I'm most excited to get this done and then just compile what I've learnt and just push it out there into the public.<\/p>\n

"I know there's a tremendous amount of swimmers who have been in my position, currently are in my position who would want to learn from that, a lot of coaches want to learn from that, and I think I can provide a lot of good to a lot of athletes who love the sport, but they're not quite on the right path in terms of the type of training and the philosophy and everything.<\/p>\n

"So looking past Paris, I'm very excited to do my best to help people out that way."\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Titmus<\/p>\n

Breaststroke champion Leisel Jones, freestyle great Cate Campbell and backstroke veteran Emily Seebohm have swum for Australia at four Olympic Games, and the latter two are attempting to become five-time Olympians in Paris.<\/p>\n

The magnitude of McEvoy's looming achievement is not lost on the Gold Coast product.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"It's special because you could almost fill a book with legendary Aussie male names in the sport, so to have the privilege of having that title under my belt [becoming the first male Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympic Games], having that type of longevity," he said.<\/p>\n

"I think ultimately it just makes me proud because it shines a light on the persistence and perseverance that I've had over … my entire career, but particularly over the last seven years.<\/p>\n

"I'll do my best to honour it over in Paris and we'll see what happens with LA [the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics] to come and whatever happens after Paris."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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