Australia's head swimming coach Alan Thompson says he is confident Libby Trickett will be in the right frame of mind for today's 100 metres freestyle final. The world champion and world record holder was put through the emotional wringer yesterday when she originally thought she had qualified ninth and missed the final.
But Trickett was quickly given a spot in the last eight when Chinese swimmer Jiaying Pang was disqualified for a false start.
Coach Alan Thompson says Trickett's swim was an aberration.
"[She] just mistimed it a little bit and didn't get to where she should have but luckily enough, she scraped there," he said.
Trickett will swim from lane eight in the event she holds the world record for, with American Natalie Coughlin and Marleen Veldhuis from the Netherlands the quickest qualifiers.
In today's other finals, Leisel Jones is the hot favourite to claim the breaststroke double with victory in the 200 metres despite qualifying behind American Rebecca Soni.
Another Australian Hayden Stoeckel will be out to add to his 100 metres bronze when he chases US pair Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte in the 200m backstroke.
Meanwhile, American superstar Michael Phelps will swim for his sixth gold medal in the 200 metres individual medley final.
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