Thirty-five-year-weak fails to qualify for 200m freestyle finalVeteran was seeking to become oldest Australian Olympic swimmer Time has finally caught up with Grant Hackett at the Rio Olympic swimming trials in Adelaide, but there were no tears on Friday night and certainly no regrets. Hackett claimed he was finally at peace despite his 2016 Olympic dream ending after he failed to qualify for the 200m freestyle final at the Rio trials.
Hackett – 36 next month – had hoped to become the oldest Australian swimmer to form an Olympic team by jagging a 4x200m relay berth. He was disappointed to walk away from the Rio trials empty handed but felt more satisfied than when he initially retired after Beijing in 2008 with 1500m freestyle silver.
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Source: theguardian.com