Sam Perkins has returned to swimming training at Crown Pools after the coronavirus lockdown
- Credit: Charlotte Bond
An Ipswich teenage swimmer who rises at 4.20am for training is back in pool - after refusing to let the coronavirus crisis knock his Olympic dreams off course.
Sam Perkins has wanted to be an athlete since he was at primary school, when he drew a picture of himself with an Olympic gold medal round his neck during a day when children were encouraged to be the best you can be .
Since then, he has totted up more than 100 medals in various contests around the country and is ranked among one of the country s best young swimmers.
Sam Perkins has returned to swimming training at Crown Pools after the coronavirus lockdown
- Credit: Charlotte Bond
An Ipswich teenage swimmer who rises at 4.20am for training is back in pool - after refusing to let the coronavirus crisis knock his Olympic dreams off course.
Sam Perkins has wanted to be an athlete since he was at primary school, when he drew a picture of himself with an Olympic gold medal round his neck during a day when children were encouraged to be the best you can be .
Since then, he has totted up more than 100 medals in various contests around the country and is ranked among one of the country s best young swimmers.