Tomorrow when I swim the 400 that's when I really will have the pressure. In this race I just wanted to better two minutes, which I did and got a bronze. Family specialty, Claudia Poll wins gold, sister Silvia won silver in 1988 For larger 64k photo click on image. There were no comments from Claudia Poll as she didn't to show for the post-tace press conference. She was preparing for next day's 400 freestyle.
Rules require all medal winners be available to the media after the race.
In the prelims, van Almsick left no doubters. By qualifying first, she put behind her the tribulations from the last World Championships where she missed finals, then went on to set the world record when teammate Dagmar Hase scratched. In 1994 their success was claimed due to superior training. Now it seems the problem is inexperience. They were even on the first backstroke leg, with Eric Namesnik, USA, taking the lead at the 150.