CONFIDENT KYLE’S IN HIS ELEMENT
DOES this look like a man short on confidence?
Kyle Chalmers has stared down his inner demons heading into the Commonwealth Games swim meet, with his performances at last month’s trials convincing him he can return to the form that helped him win a shock Olympic gold in Rio.
Chalmers missed last year’s world championships after having surgery to correct the heart condition supraventricular tachycardia.
But he is back to his best and ready to dive into action at his first Commonwealth Games.
“Winning a gold medal on home soil would be awesome,” Chalmers said.
“Trials gave me a confidence.
“I swam Queensland states and Victorian states and probably didn’t swim as well as I was expecting … and I probably went into trials lacking confidence in a way. lot of
“The 200m was the first race for me (as it will be at the Games) and to swim well and get a PB made that meet and gave me the confidence to swim well in the 100m.”
The swimming gets underway today, with Chalmers’ first chance to swim coming in the 200m heats tomorrow morning.