You've got 15 minutes to think whatever you want, but 99 per cent of it is about the race. Well, not exactly everywhere. And so it went on, broken only by the occasional query directed at Perkins's eminent teammates such as Samantha Riley and Linley Frame, and gold medallists John Sieben and Duncan Armstrong, and his great 1,500m rival, Glen Housman. The trouble is, most people here really do believe it. Perkins bought into the drug issue during the press conference after Armstrong, Olympic 200m freestyle champion and a member of the 4x200m men's freestyle relay, was asked about the additional pressure of having to compete against swimmers in Barcelona who could be on drugs.
Swimming is a fairly clean sport as they go.
There's much thought given to the drug problem by us. That's not going to help. There's no point. All you can do is prepare yourself the best you can. You utilise your lane to the best of your ability.