Australian swimmer Cate Campbell professed a new-found love for her sport after breaking the 100 meters freestyle short course world record upon her return from a long break.
(Reuters) – Australian swimmer Cate Campbell professed a new-found love for her sport after breaking the 100 meters freestyle short course world record upon her return from a long break.
The 25-year-old clocked a time of 50.25 seconds at the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Adelaide to beat Swede Sarah Sjostrom&rsquo-s record time by 0.33 seconds.
It was Campbell&rsquo-s first competition since the 2016 Rio Olympics where she failed to medal in the 50 and 100 freestyle events.
The former 100 freestyle world champion described her Rio campaign as &ldquo-possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history&rdquo- and took a prolonged hiatus, opting out of the world championships earlier this year.
&ldquo-I&rsquo-ve come back refreshed and I&rsquo-ve got a new love for the sport, a new perspective and I&lsquo-m more motivated than ever for the Commonwealth Games,&rdquo- Campbell said after her record-breaking performance on Thursday.
&rdquo-It&rsquo-s great to be swimming fast. I&rsquo-ve put together some really good solid weeks of training and I&rsquo-ve really been working hard.
&ldquo-It&rsquo-s great to see it&rsquo-s really starting to pay off.&rdquo-
Campbell, who won the 100 freestyle world title in Barcelona in 2013, is now targeting the Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast in 2018, followed by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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