Stacey Tadd admits that she will not reach the podium at 2012 London Olympics – Swimming news
Britain’s breast-stroke specialist, Stacey Tadd confessed that she will not be able to reach the podium at 2012 London Olympics instead, she is just happy to compete at the mega event. Tadd was the gold medallist in the 100m and 200m breast-stroke meets
at the British Gas Swimming Championships, last week.
University of Bath’s Tadd qualified for the London Olympics after she comfortably won her gold medals at the British Nationals, in Manchester. She won the gold medal for 100m event in a time of 1:09.97 minutes and the 200m event in 2:28.99 minutes. Tadd’s
timings are far slower than Leisel Jones of Australia, who smashed away two gold medals in the same events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
On the other hand, Tadd expressed to gain experience from her participation at the 2011 Shanghai World Championships in July, and claims to use that experience against the world’s best breast-strokers, to give them a tough time at the home Olympics. The
British champion swimmer said, “I am not holding out much hope of a gold come 2012 but I hope I can surprise a few people and force my way into a final.”
Tadd added, “I love the travelling side of the sport and it would be great to experience Shanghai. I will need to get a good time [at July's national championships] in Sheffield to qualify but after my performance in Manchester, hopefully this is realistic.”
She is very delighted with her performance in Manchester and is pretty hopeful about her qualification at the 2012 Olympics. She said that her title for the 100m event was surprising as she was considering the medal for 200m breast-stroke only. She was well
aware of the fact that some of the swimmers did not swim up to their marks but she is still happy to lead the way.
There were also some amazing performances by other swimmers in Manchester including the Men’s 100m backstroke gold win by Liam Tancock, Women’s 100m back-stroke gold medal by Steph Millward and bronze medal in the Men’s 200m back-stroke by Chris Walker Hebborn.
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