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Saturday, 30 August 2008

Leisel facing injury scans

6/07/2008 2:51:00 PM.  | 
Leisel Jones is set to have precautionary scans on her niggling groin injury just a month out from the Olympics.

The dual world record holder sat out the Australian swim team's final hit-out before the Beijing Games this weekend, opting to allow her body more time to recover from the complaint.

"I will have a couple of scans on it to see and make sure it isn't too serious - which it won't be," she said.

"I am very fortunate to have a good team on board that will certainly fix it up for me."

The 22-year-old breaststroke star, who is favoured to collect three Olympic gold medals in China, said it wasn't worth risking a more serious injury by competing in Sydney this weekend.

"If I wanted to race I probably could have, but I thought there was no point forcing it," said Jones, who produced some very impressive times in Europe last month.

The five-time Olympic medallist said she felt in a good place in the lead-up to the Beijing Games starting August 8.

"I think I have just got everything together at the moment," she said.

"I have put in the hard training and I am that little bit more mature now.

"I have been to two Olympics before and I know exactly what goes on and know exactly how this game is played."

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