\n<\/p>\n
Olympic gold medallist Daniel Wiffen feels “something’s going wrong” with his performances at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.<\/b><\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the swimmer from Magheralin in Northern Ireland only scraped into the 800m freestyle final after finishing fifth in his heat with a time of seven minutes, 46.36 seconds.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old, who suffered from a bout of appendicitis during the build up to the competition, is the defending champion in the event but he will be in an outside lane for Wednesday’s final.<\/p>\n
Wiffen said he will still be going into the race with the mindset that he can retain his title despite the less than ideal preparation.<\/p>\n
“Obviously pretty disappointed with the overall swim of the 800, but we’ve got a lane so we’ve got a chance to defend my title and I’m going in with that mindset that I can win this still, even though I’m eighth in,” said Wiffen, who failed to make the final of the 400m freestyle.<\/p>\n
“I just feel really weak at the moment. I felt it in the 400 and then I felt it in the 800 free, so something’s going wrong.<\/p>\n
“I just need to figure out what it is and then change it for [Wednesday] night’s final.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n