MICHAEL Jamieson plans to reach out to Dan Wallace as his Glasgow 2014 team mate attempts to rebuild his career after a three-month suspension for driving under the influence of alcohol.
The 24-year-old from Edinburgh, a University of Stirling athlete who took an Olympic silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay in Rio, admitted violating the code of conduct and is banned from all swim programme activity until September - making him ineligible for the World Championships in Budapest next month.
Wallace, dubbed ‘Braveheart’, famously shouted ‘for freedom’ when winning the 400m individual relay at Tollcross back in 2014, and is also a World Championship gold medalist.
“He is struggling a bit, isn’t he?” Jamieson told Herald Sport. “It is so difficult, from the highs of last year for him - to get an Olympic medal is massive.
“I don’t know Dan too well but I know they type of character he is,” added Jamieson. “He performs at his best when he is laid back and chilled out. We have all made mistakes and unfortunately in the position he is in as one of the best swimmers in the country the spotlight is on you a bit.”
“I will maybe get in touch with him. Because he has a difficult period coming up now, he is going to have to prove things to everyone.
“Not just the public, because the public will easily accept that people make mistakes, that he was an idiot, and he has held his hands up for it. Great, draw a line under it. But it is not as easy to do that within the organisations and he will have a lot to prove to them to win their support back.”
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