More positve strides for McCutcheon

Olympian Anahira McCutcheon finished third in her 50m freestyle heat at the World Aquatics in Singapore last night. 

She clocked a time of 25.84s. 

“I think my first 25m is always better than my second. I think what I do for the first 25 is just try to keep my head down. Then after the first 25, towards the second 25, I know I start to breathe a lot more,” she told Oceania Aquatics after her event. 

“It’s not because I feel like breathing, it’s just like always in my mind. So, I try to think about not breathing as much. I think in that race, I definitely did that, as well as remembering to finish my stroke at the back.”

Despite not achieving her personal best, it was a great experience. 

“I think the highlight of being here is getting to see all of my friends that I made at the Olympics so that’s been nice.”

McCutcheon added balancing studies and swimming was always a challenge.

“Sometimes it’s definitely tough, and then other times I can manage to balance it reasonably easily. I think when I’m away for swimming competitions I spend my morning after training grinding on a bit of work, and then afterwards I’ll have my sleep and eat.

“‘I’ve really been looking forward to eating chocolate cake the whole time. Possibly for the last three weeks. So, I’m definitely going to have that and then I think I’m going to go out with my parents for a bit.”