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into the routine of training really quickly “However you need to be able to start the race
afterwards. well too. He is tenacious and I think he owns
the middle part of the race, to put it in simple
“It is massively different, you cannot see terms.”
where you are going and you are swimming
in a pack, it is very physical and you get a kick Davies feels he now has a little extra speed to
every now and then. unveil when it counts most. “Beijing is when you
know everyone will be at their best and that will
“Because I am new to it I decided to stay out be the race of the year. It is only then you will
at the front and broke for the last lap with a realise exactly where everyone else is,” he said.
Russian - after two hours of swimming it was
a bit of a kick in the teeth to lose by 0.3 of a “I have really enjoyed this last year having made
second. the move up to Loughborough. It was a tough
decision to make but I have really enjoyed it and
“In Beijing it will be in the rowing lake and moved my training onto other levels.
it will be pretty straight. The only thing that
would hamper me is if it is windy and waves “It has given me a fresh lease of life because I
are slapping you in the face, so for me the was a bit unhappy in Cardiff towards the end.
warmer and flatter it is the better. I am very grateful for the time I had here, but
when you are doing the amount of work that
“I have a different emphasis in each event I am then you need to have a real enthusiasm,
and a good chance in both. All my training is drive and enjoyment.
done towards the 1500, but I do so much
of it that I can do the 10km as well.” “He does everything with a
Davies has recovered from a foot smile on his face”
infection which forced him to
take six months out after the “I do about 7500-8000 metres in each of two
Commonwealth Games and which flared up daily sessions, so more than 15,000 metres a
again earlier this year, just before he took day, but it is not just the distance but the quality
silver in the Europeans behind Prilukov but of the training that we do as well with four
ahead of Sawrymowicz. really, really intense sets every week.
He is helped to put all the work in by his “Through the year the times have moved on
principal sponsors, Welsh Power, Principality, which is satisfying, I am enjoying the work and
For Goodness Shakes and Speedo. the group I have got in Loughborough are a
fantastic group of lads.
His enthusiasm has been boosted by the
move to Loughorough, where many of Great “Kevin has been an outsider watching me for the
Britain’s top swimmers work together and last seven years so now he has put some fresh
where coach Renshaw has been able to add to things in place to go with the things I learned
all the work done with Dave Haller in Cardiff. down here.
“He is phenomenal,” is Renshaw’s assessment “I have had to put in my best performances in
of his new recruit. “He does everything with training to keep up with the developments in
a smile on his face, which when you consider swimming and I am doing my best ever training
what he goes through on a daily basis then to times.
be that way is no mean feat on its own. He is a
pleasure to coach. “I feel really good and really strong and after
resting before Beijing I should be on top of my
“David knew where he was losing ground to game there.”
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his main competitors and those are the areas
we have been working on. The last Olympic gold medal won by Wales was
Richard Meade on horseback in 1972. Before
“Some of it is basic speed which counts at him it was Lynn Davies in the long jump in 1964.
both ends of the race, he has got to have a
kick at the end if it is a close race – as we saw Again it could only happen in Wales, but his
in Seville, that can be the case in the 10k as nickname is Lynn the Leap - so maybe there’s a
well. precedent and Dai Splash can be the next in line.
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