Entire Oz swimming squad arrives for Delhi CWG shunning security fears
September 30th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Sep 30 (ANI): Australia’s swimming team, which had delayed its arrival from their training camp over security concerns, has arrived in Delhi with a full squad for the Commonwealth Games.
Amid speculation some swimmers, or potentially even the whole squad, could withdraw from the event, all 52 of the Australian swimmers arrived in India following a five-day training camp in Malaysia.
“There’s been concern right before we came right until when we were here but not enough to stop us from coming,” said head coach Leigh Nugent.
“I think every sporting team would have had those concerns, we’ll be no different, but we’ve got everyone here,” Fox Sports quoted him, as saying.
“There’s always last minute jitters when you come into a major event, a bit of everything … it’s just good to come with everyone,” Nugent said.
The squad, spearheaded by the likes of Leisel Jones, Emily Seebohm, Eamon Sullivan and Geoff Huegill, appeared in good spirits and will recommence training on Thursday afternoon.
Nugent said his squad remained in high spirits despite the concerns, and added that the swimmers were capable of surpassing the 53 medals they won at the Melbourne Games in 2006. (ANI)
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