00:00This is Port Lincoln's Gold Squad, the same West Coast Sharks team multiple Olympic medalist
00:09Carl Chalmers began his competitive swimming career with.
00:12Pretty cool dude, yeah I've met him once, he was pretty cool, he came and gave us a
00:17big pep talk before my first sapsizer swimming event.
00:21With Brisbane hosting the Olympics in 2032, some of these kids are hoping to be there.
00:27Yeah I'd hope to reach the Olympics one day, it's the dream.
00:32But living in regional South Australia makes it difficult to reach the top.
00:36Travelling to Adelaide for competitions, we're just as far away as Melbourne, it's a seven
00:42hour drive or an expensive flight and so up against the city kids that swim and race our
00:48opportunities are a lot limited.
00:51One of the squad's top performers, Tyrell Nemeth Ford, recently broke four state records.
00:57I broke the 100 IM, so 100 individual medley, 200 individual medley, 200 free and 50 butterfly.
01:06He's moved to Adelaide, like Carl Chalmers did, to give himself the best chance of making
01:12it to elite competition.
01:13We didn't have the facilities and coaches at Port Lincoln that I needed to get to the
01:20next level in sport.
01:22I could only train five times a week in Port Lincoln, now I'm training nine.
01:27And the gold squad has an important message for the Australian team as it prepares to
01:31take on the world's best in Paris.
01:34Go Olympics!
01:35On a good week, I might swim up to 10km, but these kids are clocking up to 20km.
01:44That's the kind of dedication that could see them win a place on the Australian team for
01:48the Brisbane Games in 2032.
01:51Adam Sheldon, ABC News, Port Lincoln.
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