Robbie delighted at three-in-a-row
There are few athletes who can say they have been selected for their country at three Olympic Games.
And Robbie Renwick now finds himself heading to Rio as the veteran of the squad, having appeared in Beijing and London.
“I am the oldest in the squad at 27 and that does feel a bit strange,” he said.
“I feel that me and the other Stirling boys are pretty similar, and then I have to remind myself that I am nine years older than Duncan Scott!
“But with age comes experience. I can’t train quite like I used to but I feel like I have many years left to give to the sport.”
A regular in Team GB squads, Robbie was always confident of taking part in his third Olympics.
He added: “I was definitely expecting it and would have been gutted if I didn’t get in.
“It is my third Olympic Games, most probably my last, but it is a great honour to have been selected to represent Team GB again.”
Robbie joined the Stirling team almost two years ago and feels that it has had a great effect on his training.
He said: “I always trained in Stirling, even when I was based in Glasgow.
“The facilities and standard here are just amazing, there is nowhere else like it.”
And he is happy to be training Stirling at period where perhaps my performances weren’t so good.
“But almost straight away they picked up, not just in terms of times but in the way I was swimming.” with his talented team mates in the run-up to Rio and added: “Everyone is going towards the same goal. The
Craig is looking forward to the Games, having had an great time in London, and added: “It’s going to be amazing. London was probably the best experience of my life, and to be coaches here are not much older than me, indeed I used to live with Ben (Higson) a few years ago. selected again is a dream come true.
“This time it has been down to many years of hard work and I can’t wait to get out there and swim against the best in the world.”
“We are all friends and we all want the same thing, and that definitely helps when you are training.”