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Neethling: No plans to retire
08/06/2008 18:53 - (SA)
Johannesburg - South African swimming sensation Ryk Neethling has revealed he has no
plans to retire after the Olympics and sent out a warning to his rivals
that South Africa was looking for more gold at the games.
Neethling, who was one of the golden foursome who won the 4x100m
freestyle title in Athens in world record time, is preparing for
Beijing and said that he still had a few surprises up his sleeve.
Neethling was speaking to Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Sondag.
"The Gold medal that we won in Athens was a lot of hard work that we put
in. My message to people in SA is that we are working just as hard to
achieve the same success this time around," Neethling told Sondag.
"The top five swimmers for the 4x100m are positive that we can be
successful in Beijing" Neethling said referring to himself and teammates
Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Gideon Louw and Darian Townsend.
Four of the five recently beat the Australian record at a swim meet in
their preparations for the Olympics.
Neethling added that he was looking for a few individual marks at the
Games as well.
"I said after the games in Athens that I desperately wanted to win a
medal in an individual event. This time, I'm gong to try very hard to
win in the 100 metres freestyle."
- SAPA
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