European Swimming Update :
50m backstroke - Silver : "If someone told me I'd pick up a couple of medals without being fully ready a couple of months back, I'd have jumped at it. I can't wait for the Commonwealths now. It's nice to keep hold of my record but it's there to be broken and Camille Lacourt is pushing the boundaries. Hopefully, when I'm fully ready to go, I'll be doing that too."
100m backstroke - Bronze :
Tancock only qualified for the final by virtue of a withdrawal but took his chance superbly to get on the podium.
Tancock admitted he was fortunate to be in his final, having finished only ninth after the semi-finals.
Although he could not match Frenchman Lacourt, who stormed to gold in a new European record time of 52.11 seconds, he remained delighted to have made the most of his reprieve.
"Fate was on my side. When Markus Rogan pulled out, I jumped at the chance and sometimes you have to, even though I'm not fully prepared to be racing fast here," said Tancock.
"Two years back I came to the Europeans and just missed out on the final, then four days later I broke the world record.
"Don't beat yourself up when you don't do well, just enjoy it."
Recent Blog Update :
15th - 24th June 2010 (Pescara - Italy) On the Tuesday morning we went for our last early morning swim in Canet before heading off to compete in Pescara. After the session we finished with a little bit of Pilates and then packed our bags to leave for the airport. We were getting a mini bus to drive us to the airport that was actually in Spain. So we stayed in France, got a bus to Spain and then flew from Spain to Italy. It was a strange trip, but at all went smoothly and we had landed in Pescara... Readmore |
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