Flash Quotes: Ryan Cochrane on his 3-way tie-breaking swim off

After clocking in at 1:48.98 and finding himself in a 3-way tie for the 8th and final place in the 200m finals, Cochrane along with Nick Grainger (ENG) and Ieuan Lloyd (WAL) were forced into a rare swim off.

Cochrane finished the tiebreak in 3rd with a time of 1:49.28 and did not advance.

On his experience with the tie-breaking swim off

“It was my first time in a swim off and the first time I have seen a three-way tie”.

“I felt the pain a little bit on that one. But I think its’ good. That’s what we train for everyday in repeats for stuff like that”.

“I think it would have been ok if I hadn’t swam two events yesterday, but its’ a good practice and I never have had to do this before. You never know when this can happen so it has a good training effect.”

On his preparation for the 1500m freestyle

“Two days off will be nice. I think it will be a really exciting race. There is a lot of young talent coming up in the world and I think that will help push the event faster.”