Cody Simpson has put the finishing touches on one of the most remarkable stories in Australian sport, completing his audacious switch from international pop star to elite athlete by blasting his way onto the national squad for this year’s FINA World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Olympic finalist Matt Temple won in 51.50s, with Chalmers strong at the end to finish second in 51.67. Simpson wasn’t able to replicate the 51.79 heat swim from Wednesday morning but his time of 51.96 was bang on the FINA qualifying mark. “It means everything. My mum [Angie] swam for Australia. I always wanted to swim for Australia and was side-tracked for the better part of 10 years. But she’s been with me ever since I decided to come back.”
Simpson was a talented junior swimmer and his early coaches had little doubt he was good enough to compete at the very highest level. But once he was discovered singing and playing his guitar on YouTube, he was swept up in a musical journey that saw him move to LA when he was 13 and release a top 10That blossomed into a hectic touring schedule, a celebrity lifestyle, fashion and modelling contracts and even a role in a Broadway musical.
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