Published Date: 26 July 2008 City of Edinburgh swimmer hopes years of training will come to fruition before he starts a new life in Australia THE sunset of Gregor Tait's career can be neatly viewed as the sunrise of his life. Strapped for as long as he can recall to a labour of 5am alarm calls, multiple daily sessions and early nights, the swimmer is bound in November for a new life in Aus tralia, armed only with a fit body, an incomplete mechanic's apprenticeship and an open mind. But first, there is the small matter of one final tilt at the Olympics. Tait, 29, flew yesterday to the British team's holding camp in Osaka, where final reductions in training volume – known in the trade as a taper – will smooth the path to what promises to be the fastest and most exhilarating gala in the history of swimming. In Japan, and for...
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