BERLIN - According to his coach, Marco Koch is more of a "night owl than an early bird" and Germany's world 200m breaststroke champion endured many late nights to prepare for the Olympics. "The training went well, but I had problems sleeping. His Darmstadt club launched the campaign "Marco Koch for Gold" to raise the funds so the local world champion could fly business class to Brazil. His coach, Alexander Kreisel, said it was a timely wake up call for the night owl. At a time when most 26-year-olds normally go out on the town, Koch was regularly hitting the pool.

Source: Bangkok Post July 31, 2016 02:37 UTC