Well known Olympic swimmer, Stephanie Rice has revealed her aggravations over the shoulder injury that has harmed her London preparations. On Friday, three times Olympic gold medalist returned to competition at the NSW championships. Since December, this was the first time she swam since going through arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn tendon in her right shoulder. 23 years old Rice was delighted with a solid swim in the 400m individual medley heats. She was the third fastest swimmer to qualify for the competition. She clocked 4 minutes and 49.93 seconds on Friday night’s final.
After the event, Rice might drop out of the meet as she persists to manage her troublesome injury in the lead up to next month’s Olympic trials on 15th march in Adelaide. In a statement, Rice said that she felt unstable levels of pain when working out and racing. She said that she is trying to manage it as best as she can. Adding further, she said it can take up to 6 months to repair the tendon but she didn’t have this much time. She said that that the doctors mainly went in and cleaned it up as best as they could. However, the star said that a few weeks ago she had an injection and as a result of the injection her pain settled down. Previously, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she claimed 3 gold medals. She said that she had undergone rigorous training sessions for that particular Olympic Games. The 3 time gold medalist said that only the force of contending at London was keeping her going.
She said that if it wasn’t an Olympic year, she would have pulled out of the year because it has been a very annoying journey for her. Rice said that her main aim is to make her character strong and qualify for the London Olympic Games. Rice also said that she is still unclear if she will continue to swim after the London Olympics or not.
