While competing in Adelaide this morning at the 2016 Australian National Championships, which serve as the nation’s Olympic Trials, Australian National Record Holder Cate Campbell scored the top time in the women’s 100m freestyle prelims. Campbell led the field in a brisk 53.25 to land herself in the pole position for semi’s taking place in tonight’s session.
The speed didn’t come easily, apparently, as Campbell reportedly sustained a wrist injury earlier this week in an “aggressive nap” incident. The 23-year-old Commercial swimmer described the injury as resulting from “sleeping the wrong way” and now has a doctor on standby ready to administer a local anesthetic into her wrist joint prior to Tuesday night’s final, if needed. (The Courier Mail)
“I’m an aggressive napper,” Campbell explained to The Courier Mail. “It was sore in the morning and then I went for a nap during the day and slept on it again.”
“It’s pretty good now. We have a doctor on standby in case it needs local but we’re hoping it doesn’t need that. It’s definitely improved. We’ve done some aggressive treatment on it. A bit more rest to come and it should be fine.”
In terms of the event the anesthetic would be required Campbell described its effect as ‘taking the pain away.’ She said, “It’s a local in the joint, not on the skin. I wouldn’t be like Harry Potter when he gets his bones removed.”
Cate’s wrist problem makes it 2-for-2 in the Campbell injury department, as we reported last week sister Bronte Campbell is also battling a nagging issue. Bronte’s injury is in both her shoulder and hip, but the double World Champion is reportedly holding off on a cortisone injection until after the Olympic Trials.
Haha, I got it, I didn’t have the pillow fights in mind. 😆
“sleeping the wrong way”.
I would like to hear the real reason of that injury in bed…. 😆
aggressive something, for sure
I’m glad somebody else is thinking the same thing as me…who knew pillow fights could be so dangerous?
Swimmer problems
C1 & C2 are tremendous high class assets for AUS Swimming but the flipside is that they are both very fragile on both physical and health fronts. This will be C1s 3rd Olympics; neither of her previous two were overly “friendly” to her. Hopefully, she and those around her will be much wiser now.