That's an outstanding achievement Dalions. Butterfly is just next level imo , requires strength/timing/phyisicality/discipline.I do love Breast strokingbut no, I was a butterfly swimmer.
Was close to making the team in 88 as a 14yr Old and again in 92.
I gave it away after the trials in 92 as an 18yr old which is very young to give it away but I just wanted to start earning some money of my own rather than relying on my Parents for everything.
Went to the 1991 Pacific Games in Canada which was big in its day and some World Cup meets over in Europe in 90
Anyone who achieves a medal in any of the traditional Olympic sports has climbed a mountain . You only get one shot every 4 years so a lot has to go right just to get there.
Fwiiw I think there are now far too many 'sports' on the Olympic Program. They're just in there to fill up TV space.
To see the golfers and tennis players who choose to go pooncing around as Olympians when they play for huge purses every week of the year just downgrades the status of the event . As for skateboarding and a few of the others , they just don't rate as Olympic worthy in my view.