Janet Blood

Our Australian swimming team is on countdown to the Beijing Olympics.

We look behind the scenes at the support network giving athletes every opportunity to produce the ultimate golden performance.

The chance to be the Olympic champion only arises once every four years so swimmers are helped with everthing from swimwear design to mental preparation techniques.

We speak to the coach of Stephanie Rice who broke multiple world records to take her place on the team to Beijing.

There is a lot at stake for the swimmers, including years of hard work and heartache and the very real potential to be financially set for life.

Janet Blood reports…

For more:

Olympics Australia

E-Swimmer Australia