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Gross happier out of water
ATHENS, Aug 26: Michael Gross. content lo consign his Illustrious swimming career to the oa
st. says he now feels happier out of the water than In It. reports Reuter.
The lowering German — Olympic and world champion turned television commentator
and newspaper journalist — has spent the past week ob serving Ihe European Championships where once he trounced all comers In the water.
Gross quit the sport after bonc fast World Championship
hurrah In Perth in January' when he won a long-coveted relay gold — "my last big dream." he said at the time — and two butterfly silver medals to conclude a decade at the top.
lie swims everyday al the Olympic Centre but the hectic championship schedule has left less time for fitness than at home where he swims, runs, cycles and lifts weights.
"I have no fun anymore In training. To be here and watch the compctiltons is okay but I feel belter now oul of the water than in the water," he said.
He dismisses the idea of returning for a once-projected head-to-head clash with Mark Spitz, hero of the 1972 Olympics attempting a comeback in his 4O»
"It think II Is really ridiculous speaking about this com pelllton because there really Is no sense in it." Gross said.
"He's had no good results so I refuse to qompete against him."
"1 watched him training last year and (old him he was going to be fast for his age but can't compete with the younger
The post-Gross German team have had difficulties of their own In Athens and had lo wait for the penultimate day of the championships to clinch their first two swimming titles
"Many are not concentrating like for WorM Cham pionahips or. maybe, next year
(Olympics)," Gross said. Experienced and influential swimmers were missing and the German team had undertaken a heavy World Cup schedule since Perth.
They were travelling so much, they didn't train. All the others — the Russians and the Hungarians — take a few weeks' rest to train for the summer. That was a mistake (by the Germans) in my opinion.'
Gross won three Olympic, five World and 13 European gold medals and set 12 world records In his remarkable career but. In Perth, swimming close to his best times of five years earlier mattered more than the results.
By then a veteran of 26. he lost his world 200 metres butterfly Hite and with It his last world record but was just 0.52 of a second outside that 1986 time of 1:56.24.
Mel Stewart, his American conqueror, said Gross had An amazing amount of guts' to come back and race such a tough event "God knows, he scared me." he said after their duel.
To sec if I could reach my personal limits was so impor tanl for me. I know I achieved everything in my career. More Important than the medals, I know I swam the fastest times I could do". Gross said, looking back satisfied with potential fulfilled
If someone younger swims
faster, that's swimming — new generations swim faster. It didn't matter to me In Perth or before, or now. where 1 finished."
Gross, >7, when he won his first European title and a double World champion at 18, said there were "so many fantastic races" but no single outstanding memory.
"I can remember state
championship races when I was younger more than Olympic races. I really don’t remember the victory ceremony In Los Angeles — I remember the race — but I remember victory ceremonies when I was 12 years old."