Cody Simpson was/is a celebrity singer/actor from Australia, but prior to his stardom, he was also a really good swimmer. He returned to the sport before the last Olympics, made the Aussie trials, but didn't qualify. He somewhat expected that.
But he has kept training, and at the most recent Aussie trials, it appeared he qualified for the World Championships (coming up in June and into July) in the 100-meter butterfly, and he smashed his previous PR. SwimSwam had an article about this. It said winner Kyle Chalmers was skipping the Worlds and concentrating on the Commonwealth Games, so Cody would have gotten the Worlds spot. But Chalmers changed his mind (see below), so now it seems that Cody can still go to the Commonwealth Games by virtue of his third-place finish. I don't know if he's going to try to do the double or not.
It also appears that Cody has been doubling up out of the pool, too.
Now, Cody has a long list of female companions, and he isn't dating half a relay. The love triangle is with Emma McKeon (who won a lot of gold medals at the last Olympics, you remember) and Chalmers. It is reported that Simpson and McKeon are now together; Chalmers shot down speculation that he decided to go to the Worlds to get back at Simpson for being with McKeon.
"As the 100 Flys" should be a great show.
Here's the trials final:
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