Australian Olympic swimmers aren't working hard enough: Susie O'Neill

THE unofficial Royal Commission into the end of Australia's time as a swimming superpower has started with two-time Olympic gold medalist Susie O’Neill questioning our team's work ethic.
With the meet in its final stages, the failure of James Magnussen and the men’s 4x100m relay team and the distinct lack of gold medals on the medal tally has prompted calls for a review.
Australian head coach Leight Nugent has already conceded: “If you look at football, cricket and basketball teams, they all go through this type of phase. We have some great kids coming on and the meet’s not over yet. I’ll talk at the end.”

O’Neill - a gold medallist from Atlanta and Sydney who won off the back of hard work as much as ability - fired a broadside at the present squad.
“It’s really difficult in my situation to feel like I’m bagging the current athletes, and it’s easy to do that as a past athlete,” O’Neill told Foxtel, for whom she is an expert caller in London.

“But what I’ve been hearing a little bit from different people is work ethic from Australian swimmers is maybe not the same as it used to be 10 years ago. I’m probably going to get bagged for that comment.”