End Of Dolphins' Golden Sprint Relay Run? No Chance, Shout O’Callaghan, Harris, Jansen & Wunsch
“I think it’s amazing, we have a pretty rookie-dominated team at the moment, so it’s nice to see the younger swimmers lift up ... it’s great to see (the new athletes) getting the experience and putting down so much effort and determination into this meet." Mollie O'Callaghan
Australia had a a beaut of a start to their World-titles campaign here in today Singapore today, headlines of "Cop That America!" sure to be flowing on to the pages of media Down Under by the morning after the underdog Dolphins thumped the Eagles in both the women's and men's 4x100m freestyle fights.
The women were up first and the Australians were facing a turn of the tide in their amazing fortunes in the 4x100m free for a very long time.
With Torri Huske, Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass and Simone Manuel among the Americans threatening to rain on the Dolphin parade at the dawn of a new chapter in Aussie sprinting, it seemed, at least on paper, that Australia would have to build a new golden era.
And then, with a helping hand from the gastroenteritis that hot the Americans on pre-champs camp in Thailand, there it was: gold once more, courtesy of a bravura, and tactically terrific team effort from Mollie O’Callaghan, Meg Harris, and relative newcomers to senior waters, Milla Jansen and Olivia Wunsch.
Their's was a performance reminiscent of the Australian men's "smashing guitars" crew at Sydney 2000. Different level and prize, off course, but similar tactic... read on....
