The National
Swimming Championships at
The 16 yr
old one of the youngest at the event took the gold medal in the final
again inside the old World Record from World and Olympic Champion 28yr old
Andrew Linsey of Incas who felt defeat for the first time in backstroke
competition since the Olympics of Sydney 2000
Jon indicated
what was to come the day before in the 100mts backstroke when taking silver
just 13 hundredths of a second behind Linsey and 9 tenths of a second outside
the World Record which has stood since the Sydney Olympics.
The young man
showed massive maturity and confidence and is now one of Britons best hopes for
a medal in Bejjing next year.
Jon will be
travelling out with the Matthew Whorwood the Cormorants other medal prospect
for Bejjing with the G.B. team on the 12th Aug to Macau to a training camp
under conditions they will have when they go to
The hotel that
Manchester United have just vacted after there Far East Tour is the base for
the camp and also for the holding camp next Aug for the Olympics
Matt Whorwood
also got amongst the medals in taking Bronze behind World and Olympic Champion
Sasha Kindred in the 100mts breaststroke
Phil Goldman
Jonathans Coach said that the performnce was not unexspected as the work in
training gave all the pointers that a World Record attempt was on.
The support we
have had from British Swimming in the way of Biomechanics,Physiolgy,Landwork
profiling and Coach education has been of emence help in achieving World
standards