The Raising Of Olympia: Keri-Anne Payne

Champion Open water swimmer Keri Anne Payne 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, silver medal, but things could have been very different, when the disappointing finish in the 2006 Commonwealth Games left in his questioning of her in the future.

Payne wanted to walk away from the sport, when the Commonwealth Games produced not medal. Always have been, and are being pushed to the limits of the fourth place itself, is not sufficient, the swimmer. It was some time before he seemed back to his training for the 2008 Beijing Games, are you ready.His mother, Pat after the Commonwealth Games, the fourth, he was very disappointed, for himself, "remember. "We thought was great, but he is not."As his mum had to sit and have a shoulder to cry, someone to talk to and help him return to his training, and back to the competitive side. "Pat Payne looks overloaded, such as Lisette through Hyde Park, imagining his daughter to arrive in August for his 2012 London Games "it is Avery's iconic place, Hyde Park. It is difficult to concentrate even sometimes. Knowing what he has gone through, how he has worked, it has digital Eclipse, the whole family really wracking. "Keri Anne Payne and his wish to repeat his triumph in Beijing are, if he reaches the 10 k Open water race silver medal.When he won a silver medal in the open bottles of champagne at into the street and We danced I woke up all! , "says Pat Payne. He adds, looking forward to August is awesome. "for all of his work in the future, in conjunction with the.