I swam the race like I trained to swim it. It is not mathematical. I just let my body do it. It is a lot easier if you let your body do what it is trained for.

Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.

This Is Me”: ”For the record, I am not gay and all my sexual experiences have been straight. I'm attracted to women, I love children and aspire to have a family one day … I know what it's like to grow up and be told what your sexuality is, then realising that it's not the full reality. I was accused of being gay before I knew who I was.

The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.

I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.

People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows

Part of me didn't know if Australia wanted its champion to be gay.