Stewart McSweyn was unable to finish a 10,000-metre race in Melbourne on Tuesday night, prompting doctors to warn him against going to Serbia for the championships later this month.
2 diamond league 1500's and running 3:48 and 3:44 not sure why his camp is having him race when it is obvious he is not where he needs to be. Looks like covid has knocked him for 6 and has yet to recover.
He is still a long way from his best times but hopefully he can gradually get back and close back that previous form which saw him race that tremendous 3:29.51 at Monaco, in 2021. A lot of famous world soccer players and other sports people like Novak Djokovic in Tennis caught Covid but were able to get back to their best form so in this case the Australian seems to have issues which might encompass other areas producing problems for his health. We hope and pray for the best that he will make a full recovery in time.
800 Metres 2:01.48 Ballarat (AUS) 24 NOV 2012 725 1500 Metres 3:29.51 Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) 09 JUL 2021 ARNR 1252 One Mile 3:48.37 Bislett Stadion, Oslo (NOR) 01 JUL 2021 ARNR 1222 3000 Metres 7:28.02 Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) 17 SEP 2020 ARNR 1252 Two Miles 8:16.28 Cobb Track and Angell Field, Stanford, CA (USA) 30 JUN 2019 1173 5000 Metres 13:05.23 Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG 2018 1190 10,000 Metres 27:23.80 Hagenauer Reserve, Box Hill, Melbourne (AUS) 14 DEC 2019 1188 3000 Metres Steeplechase 8:34.25 Göteborg (SWE) 10 JUN 2017 1103 5 Kilometres 13:53 Carlsbad, CA (USA) 02 APR 2017 1023 10 Kilometres 28:03 Burnie (AUS) 21 OCT 2018 1127 Half Marathon 1:02:52 Newcastle upon Tyne (GBR) 12 SEP 2021 1074
Indoor DisciplinePerformanceWindPlaceDateRecordsResults Score1500 Metres 3:35.10 Arena Birmingham, Birmingham (GBR) 16 FEB 2019 1226 One Mile 3:56.46 Athlone (IRL) 13 FEB 2019 1176 3000 Metres 7:44.90 Metz (FRA)
We still do not know enough about the disease to predict what the long-term effect will be but we just hope that Stewart will recover fully in due course.
Whatever has happened he is not the same athlete as 3:48 and 3:44 can attest. Very strange they have him entered in the Manchester 10k but I guess that is an issue with his management team. Oh yea they are the same team that have Thackery run a 14k race on Saturday, a half marathon the next day and 5 days later a diamond league 5k. Makes sense right.