I was expecting to lower the Canadian record. The finals will be all about racing and I won't be concerned with the time as much. I just want to go in there and hopefully be on the podium, added Cochrane, who won bronze in the 1,500-metre freestyle event at last summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli had the best time in Tuesday's 800-metre showdown, touching the wall in 7:41.82 seconds.

Publication: Times Colonist
Date: Wednesday July 29th, 2009
Source: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/2010wintergames/Record+setting+Victoria+swimmer+Ryan+Cochrane/1836271/story.html