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- Australian swimmer Cate Campbell to compete in the Tokyo Olympics
- The 24-year-old says she can’t forgive some of her performances at Rio
- Says she can’t leave her Olympic campaign in such a manner
- Place sixth in 100m freestyle final and fifth in the 50m freestyle
- However, she did claim gold in the 4x100m freestyle with sister Bronte
Swimmer Cate Campbell says she’ll be back to compete in another Olympic games and make up for disappointing results in Rio.
Australia should lock her in for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics swim team because she can’t leave her Olympic career in tatters, she said on Thursday.
The 24-year-old she can’t forgive herself ‘just yet’ for placing sixth in the Olympic final of the 100m freestyle - for which she holds the world record - and later fifth in the 50m freestyle.
Cate Campbell confirmed she planned to swim in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics while on air on Thursday
The swimmer said she wanted to redeem herself after disappointing results in the pool at the Rio Olympics
Campbell after her result in her 50m freestyle heat on day seven of the Rio Olympics
Campbell says she’ll be back at the Olympics in Tokyo to redeem her efforts in the pool
‘It was just one of those moments of wanting it too much,’ she told the Seven Network from Rio on Wednesday night AEST.
‘I stood on the blocks and I didn’t perform.
‘I’m most disappointed in myself.’
Campbell said she had rethought her future as a professional swimmer after being overwhelmed with nerves and failing to claim an individual medal at her third Olympics.
Australia’s Cate Campbell, center, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, left, and Canada’s Penny Oleksiak compete in a semifinal of the women’s 100-meter freestyl
Campbell, pictured after failing to place in the Women’s 50m Freestyle final
Australian swimming sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell react after failing to place in the Women’s 100m Freestyle final
Campbell said she wanted to leave the Olympics with ‘happy tears, not sad tears’
‘I’d always committed to swimming through to 2018 and having a home Commonwealth Games but I just can’t leave my Olympic campaign like this,’ she said.
‘I want to go out with happy tears, not sad tears, so you guys are going to have to lock me in for 2020.’
The swimmer all but confirmed her place on the Gold Coast and Tokyo relay teams, after racing back to the blocks to claim gold in the women’s 4x100m freestyle with her younger sister Bronte, and silver in the 4x100m medley.
‘I’m quite a valuable relay swimmer which is very good … so Australia, you can see a bit more of that,’ she said.
It was after watching footage of herself and sister Bronte claim gold that she managed to gather some positive emotions from her games experience.
Gold medalist Bronte Campbell and Cate Campbell of Australia pose during the medal ceremony for the Final of the Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Campbell dives into the pool at the start of her women’s 50-meter freestyle final race
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