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[Peter] All right. Hey-up!

Hang on, timer's ready.
Are you guys ready, team? Come on!

-[man] The last 20...
-Here we go.

Yeah, hut!

[man exclaims]

There's nothing more
important to a swimmer

than time.

[man cheering]

That ticking clock is a constant reminder
of the pressure swimmers face everyday.

[timekeeper] Ready! Go!

[Hanson] Time has different meanings
at opposite ends of your career.

[Cody] In swimming,

it's all about who can get
their hand on the wall first.

It's you and the clock,
and the seven others in the pool with you.

The Olympics is every 1,461 days.
You don't get to pick what day it is.

You can't be sick, injured or tired.

Once every four years,
you've got 30 seconds.

On that day, you have to be
your absolute best.

That's the moment to achieve your goal.
That's it. It's insane.

[Kyle] If I miss the team this year,

I don't get to go to the Olympics,
which sucks.

But you lose your sponsors.

You don't get funded
by Swimming Australia.

And there's no real transition.

"You're not on the team anymore,
you're not really our priority."

[Hanson] Years can sometimes
push a body out of contention.

There's periods where you wake up
and it's easier to kind of go,

"Which part of my body isn't sore today?"

[Hanson] But whether you're looking
at today, tomorrow,

next week, 10 years
down the track, it never ever stops.

[Rohan] I want to welcome everybody here.

Nice to see you
just come back as a group.

The purpose of the Event Camps
when they started in the '90s

was to bring our best athletes
together to connect...

Haven't seen you for a year.

[Rohan] ...and build relationships,
so when you're together,

it's more of that family feel.

[Thorpe] At these Event Camps,

we do things we wouldn't
normally do at home.

But there's been an emphasis
on enjoyment, how social it is,

hanging out with your friends,

rather than it being
individual sport where you do laps.

[Bronte] Love you.
And you said, "Love you."

-Love you, Ron.
-"Love you, Ron."

This is great and exactly what I need.

[all laughing]

It's probably enjoying
being around each other again.

There's a real sense of,
"Just great to see you."

Smile.

And then get in, do your thing.

It's like a kid seeing all his friends
for the first time in a while.

I need something to look forward to
when I'm in training, in that pain.

[Brett] Did you get any butter?

-Do you eat butter?
-No.

What's the biggest crowd
you've played to? What venue?

Buenos Aires.

-Buenos Aires?
-Yeah.

We did this festival with Bieber
when I was 16.

-For like 60,000 people.
-Really?

-It was like...
-In a stadium?

-...a soccer stadium in Argentina.
-Wow.

It was ridiculous.

Were you nervous before it?

You just walk out and you can't even...

You can't even
look at anyone's face.

-It's just like a sea, you know?
-Really?

Yeah, I mean, there's a...

You don't have time
to focus on anyone in particular?

It just looks like ants.

That's where your
lack of experience in swimming

can translate
from your experience in performance.

Like a lot of people in swimming
are striving to gain that experience

while you already have it,
all you need to do is find a way to...

-Yeah.
-...connect it.

Even though you have
that lack of experience

in athletic performance.

-Yeah.
-Those things are exactly similar.

They translate 100%, you know?

Cody is doing better in training
than what was expected.

And I don't want him to limit himself,

and get the performance out of himself
when he's so close to an Olympic Games.

[Brett] And we begin.

That's better. Better.

[Cody] Coming in, I knew
how difficult it was going to be.

You really do need
a serious personal motivation

to be pursuing a sport like this,

especially one that's
as grueling as it can be.

[Brett] I want speed, I want race.

Fast as you can, now.

We need to swim faster.

We've been training now
at 53 level for the past few weeks.

[Cody grunts]

[Brett] We need to test that.
He needs to prove that he can go 53.

That one tickle?

[Cody] I can just as easily
psych myself up as I can out.

I find that's often a very fragile seesaw.

You know,
I have to find myself in the right time

at the right moment, mentally,
to be able to do what I want to do.

[Brett] We've swum
the Olympic qualifying time.

He's gone 54.9,
but he's still not fast enough.

He's getting trapped
in the feeling of the hurt, and the pain.

And then when it's over, he's rejoicing.

You need to rejoice
during the hurt and pain.

That's part of the process.
That's just lack of experience.

It's not a lack of will or want.

No one loves to live in pain.

You have to learn to live in it.

[Thorpe] When lactic acid
actually hits sprinters,

it's far earlier than what
a middle-distance swimmer will have.

And you have to put your body on the line

and find how much
you can make yourself hurt.

'Cause pain tells you not to do something
for a good reason.

Set, hut!

So it's a really high intensity set.
Bit of rest so the lactate builds.

It's a good chance
to get 'em going head-to-head.

In a friendly,
but competitive environment.

[Kyle] Hut! Ho!

Ho!

Thirty seconds. Doing a great job, girls.

So they're doing four 50s.

This will be the first wave
going together.

Go!

Cate, Emma and Bronte,

these three are essentially
competing against each other.

They're three of the top
five female swimmers in the world.

And most countries, you're lucky
to have one in the top five in the world.

Yes, we're competing as a team,

but they're still competing
against each other.

It'll be a good old ding-dong battle.

[Kyle] Hey! Ho!

[Jess] What we record is their time.

[coach] Six-one, Bronte.
Five-eight. And hook...

[Jess] And then we'll record
their stroke rate.

That's how many
arm rotations to the minute.

And then we'll also get a stroke count.

So, how many stroke cycles
they're taking for the lap.

What these two things tell us,

the stroke rate and count,
tells us how efficient they are.

You want a low stroke count
and a low stroke rate,

means they're holding a lot of water.

If they're taking
a lot of strokes really fast,

means they're spinning on the spot.

They're taking too many strokes
and they're not efficient.

All right, Bronte 68.

Bronte is 688.

Cate, 62.

Ready, go!

[Simon] You're trying to maintain
toughness, technique under fatigue.

-Let's move it now.
-Two! One!

Remember, a 100 is often
won in the last five meters

for those who can maintain
posture best in the water.

[Bronte] Lactation, in a swimming context,

is basically when your cells
respire anaerobically.

So without oxygen,
they create a waste product,

which is lactic acid.

Which is that burning feeling
you get when you're really fatigued.

And that builds up in the muscles
then put in the bloodstream to clear it.

We can measure it in the bloodstream.

The goal for lactate tolerance sets are
to get your lactate as high as possible.

To get yourself in enough pain
and keep the speed going.

You gotta expose yourself
to that high level to push further,

you gotta find your limit,
the point where your muscles give up.

They've gotta be exposed
to that level of pain

and waste product in them,
before they can learn how to deal with it.

I lactate pretty high.

So when I first started,
getting my lactate to 16 was like,

"Oh, my goodness, this is
the most pain I've been in."

I couldn't ever go harder than that.
I can now get my lactate above 24.

So, like... Your body adapts to it.
You've gotta find the edge.

It's a good measurement
of you getting better.

[coach] Ready, hut!

[Kyle] Nice job.

[people applauding]

[Kyle] Eight-eight over there.

And seven-nine-seven.

Seven-nine-seven.

-Great job.
-[Bronte] Thanks, guys.

That pain is kind of addictive

and it's a great way to know
that you're achieving something everyday.

[Hanson] I think the National Event Camp

can really bring
the best of the best together.

To have Thorpie walk in...

Some of them would
never have met Ian Thorpe.

Some of them would have got
his autograph as a youngster.

I think that's part
of the legacy that our greats leave.

[Thorpe] I was looking at not only
what Australia's doing

in the 200 freestyle,
but what everyone is doing,

and I actually think there's
a lot of people swimming incorrectly.

I look at the capability of anyone
that actually swims it differently

can actually win this race
at the Olympic Games.

I went to the Event Camp
to, one, show my support for swimmers,

but also contribute to what they're doing

and talking of what my experience
had been like at an Olympic games.

What I'm calling you out on

is having another way
of swimming 200 meters freestyle

where you put your body on the line
and you're really prepared to hurt

so that you can get
the result that you want.

From my experience,
that first 50 goes easily

and you can get 50 meters
of easy fast swimming

out of yourself with very little effort.
It's just flowing...

[Hanson] Thorpie's technical prowess

was head and shoulders
above the rest of the world.

He strove for absolute perfection.

And that made him
the greatest swimmer we've seen.

[Thorpe] It's a way of swimming
that is more lactic acid intensive.

That's all it is.

But you've also set your body up,

that you're starting
to process lactate at the same time,

so you should be able
to deliver on that last lap.

[all applauding]

Okay, thanks, guys.

[Hanson] The big question
at the Event Camp,

particularly because
it's so close to the Olympic Games

given the COVID cancellation of Tokyo,

is, "Will it be on? Won't it be on?"

That's the big question.

[Tessa] What are you doing...

-Yeah.
-You do that.

Great.

[Tessa] And then we'll find out
about the whole thing after that.

Yeah, in my mind
there's so much chat about it.

-But I'm just...
-I know.

Just gotta believe 100% it's going ahead.
All the people that matter said that.

And they... Like, all the people
that matter are saying that.

It's just frustrating
when people are asking you all the time.

-[Tessa] Yeah. I know...
-Yeah.

The officials say that it's going
ahead, so I'm going with that,

because, what am I training for?

I'd rather be prepared
for something that doesn't happen

than, like, not prepare,
and then probably not even make it.

-Yeah.
-And also, like,

what the fuck else
are we going to be doing?

I know.

-This is it. This is what we do.
-I know.

[Bronte] People want a clear answer.
I have no idea what's happening.

I've got nothing to tell them anyway.

[Rohan] All right, the main focus
is getting to Tokyo

and how we're going to pick our team.

We're very hopeful
that trials will go ahead as normal.

But as we sit here,

we've got one state who can't come
to the camp because of one case.

And if the trials were on today,
that would be a problem.

We're very fortunate, we have a pretty
straightforward selection process,

but we do need to prepare
for contingencies.

There's three scenarios
at the moment we're looking at.

If you can't make it to the trials

then we have a couple
designated meets, prioritizing meets,

nationals, Sydney Open.

Say those meets,
if you post a time there,

we can consider it
based on the criteria, right?

Yeah, I think it's important
to make sure that

you're maybe a little bit sharper
at those designated meets. [laughs]

So, just to give the athletes time
and coaches time to prepare.

-Come up with a plan.
-Yeah.

You should let
people know you're talking about it,

-'cause they're talking about it.
-Yes.

We definitely need to get it out
in the hands of everybody.

And this is where we're waiting on,
as soon as possible,

as far as the details,

so everybody can prepare,
take into account what is in front of us.

It's all about being resilient,
looking back, being adaptable,

that there are scenarios we can't predict,
but what we can do is prepare for it.

[Hanson] In a COVID year,
you're walking on eggshells

not knowing if you're going
to be able to race.

I think this group
of coaches that we've got

are really, probably
some of the best we've had.

Good young coaches,
learning off some of the older coaches,

to prepare these athletes in a situation
that they've never been in before.

Rohan Taylor is building
this swim team around relays.

And the athletes absolutely love it.

They've bought into it.

They wanna be part of this.
'Cause they know there's medals to be won.

[Peter] And just with today's competition,
guys, this is why we're here.

This is why we get you guys together,
so we can really practice

getting our skill of our changeovers
done really, really well.

[coach] This afternoon's all about
re-familiarization with your changeovers.

The rules on a relay
is when someone's finger touches the wall,

your toe has to be touching the blocks.

So we're trying to redial
in on 0.15 of a second...

And be consistent around
our sweet spot, which is...

[swimmers speaking indistinctly]

Point 0.10 to 0.15.

The reason that we go for 0.1 of a second

is when you get to competition,
there's a bit more excitement,

and you're likely
to go a little bit earlier.

[coach] If you're faster
than that while training,

when you freshen up and you've got
a few nerves at the big meet,

you can go too quick
and that's what we wanna avoid.

[Peter] You'll sprint in as fast
as you can, nail your finish,

give your teammate
the best chance to nail their changeover,

they will then swim as fast
as they can through to 15.

Here it is, boys, it's your time to shine!

Yep, yep, yep, yep!

Lane one was 0.11!

Lane two!

[Kyle] I'm a person
that loves team culture.

Hut!

Come on!

[whistling]

[Kyle] I love relays with my team.

Any team work kind of thing,
I love that team setting.

[Peter] Come on, guys,
make the adjustments.

Make sure you're finishing well
for your teammates.

I need that adrenaline flowing through me.
I pride myself on that hard work.

When I can't do it...

[Peter] Come on, time to go!

[Kyle] ...I get stressed massively.

[Peter] Might have gone early.

Team one took over.
That's why they wanted to be called that.

They made you guys look silly,
I don't mean to be rude here.

In the right mindset,
I believe I can win anything,

any distance on any given day.

It's probably not real...

it's obviously not realistic,
but that's my mindset.

[Peter] Get 'em up.

Just warming up. Round one.

I was swimming well,
then my shoulder didn't wanna cope.

I don't know how I'm gonna go,
my shoulder's still sore.

You wanna fly kick?

-Yeah, I guess.
-Fly kick under water?

[Kyle] Yeah. And it was
the changeover stuff as well.

Still all right to dive? Or not?

I don't know. It's very sore.

-I can grind through...
-His shoulder is sore.

We could get someone in.

He could kick, he isn't diving in.

[Craig] But if he drops in
and fly kicks with fins...

[Peter] In the water?
Just fly kick the fins?

Yeah. I'll lead-off?

[Peter] You lead-off, goes around twice.

-You stay in the water each time.
-Yeah.

[Peter] Lane four.

Take your marks. Hut!

I could see that he was swimming solid

without really trying
to wind it up too much.

And he loves to go for these things.

So once he starts mentioning
that it's getting sore, then we do know.

'Cause normally, he's not gonna tell me.

[WOMAN ANNOUNCING OVER P.A.]

Make sure we are set up, mate.

[Hanson] Athletes have had major issues
leading up to the Olympics.

Some of them have overcome those issues,

and that's what makes
an Olympian an Olympian.

When things don't go according to plan,

you overcome that,
you reach the top of the mountain.

[Kyle] I love the first few days
'cause I get to see my mates.

I haven't seen them for a year.
"This is fantastic."

When my shoulder started hurting,

it changed and went,
"This week is shitass."

-This one's out now.
-Who's that?

-Bronte.
-[Peter] Bronte's out? No good?

Is it neck or...

-[coach] Back.
-...back with her?

It's a bugger.

It's nearly, it gets wound up,
and things really start to tighten.

So...

It's been going on since late 2015.

The nervous system's just really reactive.

Um, I'm going to go try
and get treatment today,

some physio.

Probably physio.

Or a massage if you don't
get into the physio.

It's a thing with older athletes.
We got to keep managing them through.

They're not as robust as they were before,
you know, in their late teens.

It's more about trying to manage them

so that way we can get as many
effective training days as we can.

If the Olympics were pushed back again,

it would be sad
for someone like Bronte Campbell

because I don't think that her body
would hold up for another four years.

Hello, Ms. Clare.

[Hanson] They won't delay it,
they'll just go straight to Paris in 2024.

Yeah, we may not see her swim again.

Nice and straight. Yep.

-Yeah, that's not great. [laughs]
-No, that's not great at all.

And the other way.

-The other way's better.
-That's better.

-This way's...
-Okay.

-The whole thing's wrapped up.
-Gotcha.

I'm feeling it blocking there,
but I think that bit won't move.

You're right.

I know the cost 'cause it's high highs
and it's really low lows.

And it's like, I mean, for me,
my body's half broken.

It's living in pain
for extended periods of time.

[Simon] Generally, the thing
that pulls up their careers is injury.

Most swimmers,
their shoulders have a time limit.

You are like a little rock
through here, young lady.

Yes.

[Simon] For the really good swimmers,
we can continue to manage them through

and we like to keep them around
because they add so much.

Even if they're not at the very best,

they add so much to the relays
and also the development

of the level of the swimmers
coming through behind them.

[Clare] One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, 10,

eleven, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

-Yeah, we beat the record by one.
-[Bronte] Yay.

-[Bronte] Good on us.
-Go us.

[Clare] I'm gonna leave them in
for about five minutes.

[Kyle] I think we're swimming tomorrow.
Let me have a look...

-We're swimming 9:00 to 11:30 anyway.
-[Luke] Yeah.

-We're probably not gonna leave until...
-[Luke] Yeah.

So I can swim tonight and tomorrow?

It's not gonna change what we do tomorrow.
It'll be sore.

They're telling me, "Let's do this easy,

"have a recovery day
to focus on tomorrow."

I'm like, "No, this is the Olympic year.
Let me do what I wanna do."

All right?

[Kyle] I know they have an important part.

They need to do that 'cause otherwise
I will end up in trouble again.

So what are you thinking?

[Luke] So if he does whatever he's gotta
do now, and you do it tomorrow,

then he has Wednesday off,
and then gets into everything on Thursday.

Yeah.

His external rotation stuff
is pretty poor.

-Yeah.
-And he... 'Cause his scapula's so mobile

he just defaults away
from the external rotation stuff

-and just moves his scap.
-Yeah.

I had to physically hold him still
in the right position

for him to actually do some.

And then it was like,
"That's really hard to do."

[Peter] Yeah.

He was gonna do a...
You don't have to do it.

What we gotta do is do a relay tomorrow
at the end of the session planned.

-Is it too much?
-[Luke] Yeah.

-Go with a four.
-Have to see how sore...

-Four-hundred relay?
-[Peter] Yeah.

He doesn't have to go max on it, but...

Think it's too much?

With what I saw just then,
he'd be better off not racing tomorrow.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-Yeah. Yeah.
-Yeah. No problems.

All right. Appreciate it, guys.
Beautiful. [sighs]

[piano playing]

[Cody] As you can see,
I don't play piano very well.

[playing jaunty tune]

[singing] Stir... Stir it up...

[people laughing]

[Brett] What?

Little darlin', stir it up

[Cody laughs]

Little darlin', oh

That's all I know. [laughs]

[Brett] Bob would be proud.

[Cody singing]
I'm sleeping through the day

I'm trying not to fade

But every single night
I've just been lying awake

'Cause I

I can't get you off my mind...

[Cody] I knew coming into this sport,

especially already as somebody
that's well-known,

or a public figure, to come into swimming,
which is such a cut-throat sport...

[singing]
I can't get you off my mind...

...there's gonna be a lot of judgment
a lot of preconceived notions and...

[singing]
Give me the chance to love you

I'll tell you the only reason why

'Cause you are on my mind...

I kind of have to
just figure out how to ignore,

so that I can perform at my best.

[singing]
What do you see when you close your eyes?

'Cause that stuff can get in the way
of your ability to swim well.

[singing] ...on my mind

You finish up on his shoulder,
then put it there.

-All right.
-Smell it.

-Yeah.
-Can smell it from here.

Really potent.

[Hanson] Time trials are tough.

I mean, it's you, the clock and the lane.

The mental strength,
talking about a time trial by itself,

it's probably the ultimate test.

Those things will be full of blood
and ready to go when you need 'em.

-I hope so.
-They're not gonna be waiting.

-Thank you.
-[woman] You're welcome.

Usually, before you race,
before you do time trials,

you clip or you buzz
most of the hair off your body,

you know, chest, armpits, legs,
all that stuff, so...

Figured I'd just do the top too.
Feels faster.

[Brett] You want to be an Olympian,
let's go right now.

Attack, man. Get it, get it, get it!

[Cody] I get really deep in my own head,
and I have insecurities

or doubts as everybody has.

I don't wanna croak when it's important.

I wanna be able to thrive
under that kind of pressure.

I do in other fields in my life.

Gotta figure out
how to relate it to swimming.

It's like thriving under the eyeballs.

[Brett] Power, baby, power!

[supporter] Go, Cody!

[whistle blows]

[Cody] I just gotta try and focus.

I've gotta break 54 seconds.

[announcer] Take your mark.

[buzzer sounds]

[people cheering]

Go! Go! Go! Go!

[people continue cheering]

[Brett] All right, he's out. He's out,
he's out. Yeah, come on!

[Cody] I knew I was going out pretty well.
I started to focus on my breath.

Turned at the wall, it started to hurt,
but once you see where you gotta reach,

on the way back, you gun it.

[supporter whistling]

[Brett] Finish!

[Brett] What is it? What is it?

Come on. Yeah!

-[people cheering]
-Yeah, there it is!

Yes! Yes!

Started off well, mate, out in 48.
That's beautiful.

53.85, that's a full second under
the last time he did it.

Good job, bro.

You set that up in the first 50.
It was beautiful. 48.

You know, I can't quantify

how talented he is
compared to other people.

All I can do is
judge him on his work ethic.

And he's got the best work ethic
out of any swimmer I've ever coached.

[Brett] Really stepped forward.
[Cody] Taking off half a second...

[Brett] No, you took off a full second...

[Rohan] Hey, everybody.

We're going to Tokyo.
We don't know what'll happen,

we're still not sure of the conditions.

One thing we do know
is it'll be different,

and it's gonna be something
we've never experienced.

Ultimately, we're there to compete.

We're there to perform when it matters,
we've gotta be able to do that.

We gotta do that in the morning,
not at night.

We're gonna have a competition
this morning.

Okay? We'll split you into two teams.

Team Green and Team Gold.

You'll be competing,
it'll be point score,

Team Green will go first

and then when they're done,
Team Gold can go.

Enjoy.

[Kyle] What am I gonna do?
[Peter] You'll just warm-up.

[Kyle] Can I do one race?

I spoke to Luke
about a race opportunity at the moment.

-and he said no.
-Really?

-Yes.
-What about I speak to Luke?

'Cause he told me I could do...
I wouldn't do any damage.

I said, "He's in one race tomorrow.
Is that gonna be good or bad?"

-And they said...
-What's the race?

Relays. Four by one or something.

-Short course?
-Yeah.

It's 60 meters under water.

I hear you, mate. Settle down.

Settle down.

[Kyle sighs]

[Peter] Rather you race at Trials
than race here.

[Kyle] Bish is going,
"Slow down, take it easy."

And I was actually quite emotional.

And I kinda just went,

"Just please stop telling me to slow down.

"This is the Olympic year.
Let me swim fast."

[Kyle] I'm gonna call the doctor.

[phone ringing]

[Kyle] I so want to do it.

Those guys doing it are my rivals
at the end of the day.

They're my mates and my rivals

that I'll be racing against
to qualify for the Olympic Games.

Nothing.

If I can't do what they're doing now,
I start getting into a bad mindset,

I start stressing out
and going, "Oh, shit."

It's not good for your mind.

-[producer] He's ignoring you
-I think he is.

-Bish told them, "Don't pick up."
-Yeah.

If Kyle had his way, he would have swum.
They love to race. That's what they do.

He was a bit disappointed.
He wanted to have a crack.

There's plenty of ego around, too.

Put it in the male sprinters,
that's why you have coaches.

That's why you got doctors,
medical staff in this day and age to say,

"Hey, Kyle,
we don't need to do this right now."

There's some cotton wool
that's involved in Bronte.

"Race when you gotta race.
Don't take any risks."

And I think that's probably
the coach. Once again,

no better coach than Simon Cusack,

who's known the Campbell girls
from day one.

He's lived and breathed
the ups and downs with both of them.

He knows when to push the buttons.

That wasn't a time to push the button.
That'll come in the future.

The same question I always ask,
"How's your body treating you?"

Yeah, it's all right.
My body's holding together.

It's held together
by sticky tape and physios,

but it is still holding together,
and it's got a few months left in it.

[Thorpe] Bronte's looking at this being
her final games.

Putting it out there
that this is gonna be the last one,

makes it harder.

-Thanks.
-Thanks.

Cheers.

We might break for some photos

-with Bronte...
-Hot.

On top of that,

knowing you have injuries
that may impact the rest of your life.

That is one of the things
you have to accept as being part of sport.

-[Russell] I went down to Sydney.
-To watch?

Yeah, on the middle weekends,
hang around in Circular Quay,

[Bronte] Yeah.

Bars which were set up everywhere
and everyone's having beers.

Then the guys from the rowing eight,
who won the silver medal...

-[Bronte] Yeah.
-...come walking through.

They have a chat and a beer with you.

Yeah, they really keep you
in a bubble now.

I mean, it's kind of good actually, but...

it would've been nice for the home games.

That's my goal, to go to an Olympics.

[laughs]

-No, as a...
-[Russell laughs]

Not as an athlete, just as a spectator.

-How're you doing?
-[swimmer] Yeah, good.

-I'm doing all my races and yours.
-You don't race?

-No. My back's cooked.
-I know.

-Yeah, I'm not doing anything.
-[Kyle] Oh, God.

I'm at a point where I'm like,
there's something actually wrong.

[Kyle] Have you had a jab in it before?

No.

Never been that big of a problem.
It's just now.

-Shoulder's good though.
-Good.

We've converted.

-I used to be in the back.
-I know.

Now it's the shoulder.

-I'll ask...
-Pleasure doing business.

-...for some back advice.
-Thank you.

[Bronte] See you. Good luck.

[people cheering]

[announcer]
Let's hear it for Team Gold, guys.

[all cheering]

And for Team Green.

[all cheering]

[Kyle] It's a very challenging thing
to sit back and watch.

I've done it so much over this period.

People don't understand or comprehend
how hard it actually is, mentally.

I'll do the other side.
Backstroke and freestyle.

You know, I was a backstroker
when I was little.

-You? What do you like to swim?
-[girl] Pardon?

-What's your favorite events?
-[girl] Breaststroke.

Breaststroke?

I cannot do breaststroke.
Those are so hard.

[announcer]
Quiet, guys. We have the Gold Team.

[all cheering]

[announcer 2] Take your marks.

[buzzer sounds]

[all cheering]

How are they going?

Yeah, good. Matty's winning.

Matty. Look at Matty go.

Go, Matty!

Come on, Matty!

Part of not having a chip
on my shoulder is I'm pretty content.

I've done a lot.

Looking back on it
gives me a lot of satisfaction.

Doesn't mean you don't want more.

[Bronte cheering]

[all cheering]

[Kyle] So going off to see Luke Eggleston,
the Swimming Australia doctor.

Been here quite a few times
over the last six-month period.

This is my fifth cortisone in my shoulder

just to numb the pain for a while.

The perks of being a swimmer, mate.

Just numb it, numb it.

We're race horses at the end of the day.

It's like you just get needles and jabs

and get through with pain killers
and anti-inflams.

The things you do to swim laps.

I'm a person that gets my confidence
from racing and things I do in training.

If I'm training well,
I'm a lot more confident

and up and about, I think.

If I'm not, then I'm like,
"Fuck. I've got a long way to go."

[laughs]

So Trials is obviously the big thing.

There'll be competitions
to participate in.

if I can get myself right.

But I guess the major one is
making sure I'm good to go in June.

Gotta qualify for the team.

It's about getting on the team.
That's everyone's focus.

I could potentially miss the team.

It's that cut-throat.

You could be bloody crook as on the day
and not be able to race.

You never know.

[seagulls cawing]

[Cody] I'm just kidding.

Smile.

[indistinct chatter]

[woman] Hello.

-[Cody] Hello.
-[Angie] Hello.

[women whooping]

-Your live time was awesome. You stoked?
-Yeah.

A full second faster
than my first official ones.

I just looked it up before.

That would've been top eight
in Australia last year.

[man] Yeah.

-[Angie] The fly?
-Yeah.

-[Angie] That's amazing.
-Yeah.

[Cody] I'm on my way to be a finalist.

Well, I love you,

[Angie] Love you, too,
and I'm really proud of you.

Have a great day.

You, too.

[Cody] The real journey for me in this
is like just seeing how far I can take it,

Even if I get nowhere in swimming

and I can't necessarily regain
what I had as a youngster,

my gold medal may be
that I gave it everything I could

and I get to live the rest of my life
with absolutely no regrets at all.

[Peter] To be able to get
the whole of Australia together,

to have a meet...

It's been two years
since a national championship,

so it's fantastic.

[Rohan] This would be the meet that
signals we're getting ready for Trials.

I always felt the Olympic Trials was
more pressure than the Olympics.

Because you get a bronze medal
and you don't make the team.

[pop song playing]

[Kyle] I don't wanna think
about the Olympics.

My first step is Olympic Trials.

I think I've got a pretty good legacy

with what I've done
over the last few years

and what I hope to continue doing
over the next few.

I've ticked a lot of boxes,
but if I don't qualify,

then I can't think about Tokyo.

[Cody] The last time I was in a meet
this kind of size

was 11, 12 years ago now.

So almost half my life ago.

Feels like a long time,
but it feels like it was yesterday, too.

I feel like I'm just coming back home.

Am I excited? Yeah, I'm excited.

It's unprecedented in my life,

you know, the amount that's changed
in one year.

So I gotta try and take it all in stride
and not get too overwhelmed.

Not get too nervous.

[pop song continues]

Sport is finite.
Your career can be over in an instant.

The endorphins of success,
the squad that's familiar,

that's there for you,
disappears over time.

It's something you have to accept
as part of sport.

You do your best during your career
to inspire another generation of athletes,

but I think the test of kind of being
a true champion of sport

is what you're willing
to give back after it.

The reason I swim, it's not
for the 30 seconds every four years.

It's for the little moments in between.
the competitions in between,

the people that I get
to meet along the way.

It's the corniest thing ever
of enjoying the journey

and realizing
that there is no destination.

There's no end stop to it.

I'm always trying to get somewhere,
and I'm never going to get there.

And that's why I want to keep on swimming.

I'm not ready to say goodbye
to all of that. Yeah.

[pop song continues]

[announcer] Take your mark.

[buzzer sounds]