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Thompson gets her priority right
FORT LAUDERDALE. Florida, June 24: Jenny Thompson is a dream come true as she prepares
for Olympic glory, after causing her coach many sleepless nights, reports Reuter.
"It was a coach's nightmare." admitted Thompson, a daredevil by nature who heads what is being touted as the best women's swimming team in US history.
Thompson is now ready to settle down to the business of earning gold in Barcelona, but her out of pool hobbles, which include sky diving and rock and mountain climbing, have given her coaches fits.
Thompson has scaled 14,000 foot (4,267 metre) mountain peaks in Colorado, and dived into shallow pools from high rock quarries, she goes rolier-bladeing. surfing and rides motorcycles.
But she has put these activities and her desire to try bungee-Jumping on hold to concentrate on the Olympic and to let her coach sleep at night.
Thompson has already made history as the first American woman swimmer In 6) years to hold the world record in the 100-metre freestyle.
At the US Olympic Trials in March, the college freshman from California set a 100 me-
tres freestyle world record of 54.48 seconds, breaking the mark of 54.73 set in 1986 by former East German and five-time Olympic champion Kristin Otto.
Thompson also swam the second fastest 50 metres In history, setting an American record of 25.20.
Relentless, powerful strokes are her hallmark, and they helped her to qualify In five events for the Barcelona Games — the 50 metre. 100 metre and 200 metre freestyle and two relays, the 400 freestyle and 400 medley.
"I couldn't stop crying after the 100," Thompson said of her record-setting performance at the Trials.
"Being part of the' United States Olympic team Is more important than a world record." *
(metre) pool built in a converted municipal garages.
She had to turn twice as often and work twice as hard as her competition training in state-of-the-art 50 metre(yard) Olympic-sized pools.
Still, she says she wouldn't have changed any parj of her path to Barcelona.
"It makes you realise how far you can go and how to appreciate everything you work for." she said.
The 5 foot 10 Inch (1.78 metre), 155 pound (70.3 kg) Thompson had been on the verge of stardom before.
In 1988 she was slowed by flu and viral infections and missed making the Olympic team for the Seoul Games in the 50 metre freestyle by eight hundredths of a second.
Before this year's trials Thompson was considered an underdog. Her 1991 best of 56.01 ranked her only fourth in the United States.
"In 1988 I was sick, nervous and excited," Thompson said. "Now I'm happy and excited. I've had a smile on my face since the Trials.
"J never excepted to swim a world record. Other people get world records, not me. I Just got lucky and had the swim of my life."
US women's swim coach Mark Schubert said Thomp son's performance and other at the Trials were Just a preview of things to come at the Olympics.
"We've set the tone how fast it's going to be in Barcelona, and that's very fast. Now wc arc going to be the target and we've got to raise the bull's eye."