How 'horrible' experience buoyed Seebohm in Paris pursuit
Emily Seebohm’s juggling act as an elite swimmer and a first-time mum was clear to see on the Sydney Olympic Park pool deck on Friday night.
As the Australian swimming champion spoke to media about the Sydney Open race she’d just completed, as well as her quest to become a five-time Olympian in Paris, her baby boy Sampson had a gold medal draped around his neck and was nestled in the arms of one of Seebohm’s friends.
Seebohm won that gold medal in the 100m backstroke, stopping the clock at 1:00.73.
The 31-year-old’s experience with childbirth has given her a mental edge.
“This morning I was thinking about labour and I was thinking, ‘That was f—ing horrible’. I was like, ‘I can do 100m backstroke’,” Seebohm said with a laugh.
“I’d rather do the 100m backstroke over and over than go back to that birthing suite and do that all again.”
Seebohm enjoyed a mini breakthrough on Friday night.
“Someone said to me, ‘Oh, how was that?’ And I said, ‘It feels like how I remembered it’ … There was an element of relaxed speed that I hadn’t had yet [since returning to the pool],” she said.
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