We are protecting a convicted child rapist, yes,
We knew we are clean athletes who just worked extremely hard and overcame challenges under scientific guidelines from our coaches to push for breakthroughs. And that's enough for us to focus on our own,
I feel quite OK. I've made no big deal (regarding the distractions). Everything just feels as usual as ever. Nobody swam particularly well, or bad, today. I think I will have a legitimate chance to win tomorrow,
To represent my country for the first time at the Olympics and to be able to compete fiercely against the world's best feels so honored and exciting,
Her and I talked about that a lot after last summer because when she got back,
Every race is a sprint. Some are just longer than others."
I hope that I'm part of the reason why [the event] is so competitive now,
My guess is it will take a world record to win that race,
That speaks to the absolute excellence that is Dean Boxall,
No matter the outcome, I’m happy with it,
You can see that she is nervous but once she steps behind the blocks she has this tenacity and this grit to get through,
Everyone knows I’m a nervous racer,
For my money, Arnie goes in as the favourite,
He’s such a creative coach and knows when to embrace us. He knows when to separate us,
This proves that the European and American teams feel threatened by the performances of the Chinese team in recent years,
People always say, ‘Oh, how does that work?’ We actually have different race plans,
It was nice to get one out of the way before the main one, and the atmosphere was electric,