Australian musician Cody Simpson has failed to show up for his heat at the Australian swimming national championships.<\/p>\n
Simpson was scheduled to swim in the 100m butterfly but chose not to compete in the second heat after recently coming out of quarantine in Darwin.<\/p>\n
There's still a chance he will swim in the 50 metre butterfly today in the non-Olympic meet.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old has been training on the Gold Coast in his attempt to make the Olympic team after returning from the US alongside former Olympian Brett Hawke.<\/p>\n
On Thursday he was seen chatting with Australian Olympic legend Ian Thorpe poolside.<\/p>\n
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Simpson has returned to the sport after giving it away at a young age to pursue a music career.<\/p>\n
He shocked swimming purists last year after easily qualifying for the 100m Butterfly with a time of 54.9 seconds. The qualifying time was 56.87 seconds.<\/p>\n
Simpson decided to capitalise on the Olympics being postponed a year due to the COVID pandemic and will compete in the trials in Adelaide this June in an attempt to make the final squad for Japan.<\/p>\n
Many big names have opted to give the Australian Swimming Championships a miss, with Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton and Kyle Chalmers also pulling out of heats on Friday.<\/p>\n
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