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It’s interesting what cortisone shots and an inhaler will do for a gal. Campbell’s first good swim since 2013 but sadly still just third in the world in the 50 Free. She sets her own personal bar quite low while trash talking against Team USA.
Unfortunately for Cate, it is very apparent that Blume and Sjostrom have blown past her as the class of the world sprint field. She is tall and she is the mouth that roars, but that’s about it.
Anyone who knows Cate knows that she is one very hefty glass of insecurity. Given her middling 50 Free (3rd in world) and her one decent swim at PP–really her first in 5 years–it was kind of sad to see her post-meet comments that Team USA was “put on notice.” The gold medal count was USA 18, Australia 8. There were certainly a lot of finer swims and overall performances than Cate’s at Pan Pacs, Kalisz, Murphy, Ledecky, Masse, Ohashi and others come to mind, and they were carried off with a lot better sportsmanship.
Go Cate Campbell my favourite Swimmer.. ?♀️?♀️
Cate Campbell is an injury-riddled has-been, lacking in grace, who will apparently look back bitterly on the 2016 Olympics for the rest of her life with a big “what if”. Her post-meet comments about Team USA were so out of line that I don’t know how her teammates and coaches put up with it.