Space-Time Warper Cam McEvoy About To Stretch Himself To 8 Laps Free At Japan Open

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Space-time warper Cameron McEvoy, the 47sec rattler coached by Richard Scarce, will stretch to eight laps when she races with fellow Dolphins at the Japan Open this weekend.

Taking on the 400m freestyle on the same day as the 100m in Tokyo speaks to the challenge of 100m and 4x200m ahead in Rio, says the sprinter: “The 400m freestyle is on a day that doubles up with the 100m freestyle but the 400m freestyle is on first so it would be nice to do that as a practice for Rio when I am doing the 100m freestyle and the 4x200m freestyle and vice-versa.”

McEvoy, James Magnussen, the Campbell sisters Cate and Bronte will all race unrested, the meet a chance to practice the process of travel, hotel, meet, stress and more. Says McEvoy:

“Although I am going into it with that in mind, hopefully practicing that with a bit of racing, I know I’m going to be under fatigue and (heavy) workload, I think that could be really good; there are some great sprinters over in Japan at the moment.”

Australia’s Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren said the point of the Japan Open, the Santa Clara International Swim Meet and Australian Grand Prix to follow was race strategy:

“The exposure to international competition, the travel, hotel living, warm up and the opportunity to practice the right race strategy leading in is …

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