United States breast stroker Brendan Hansen has booked his place on the Olympic swimming team and is hoping to beat his rival Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima.

“Now that I am on the team I can relax and do what I do best and use my strengths to my advantage,” Hansen told reporters, after booking his ticket to Beijing with a win in the 100 meters breaststroke final at the U.S. Olympic trails on Monday.

“You don’t want to think about it, but you think about every little thing that can go wrong and that’s the last thin