Daniel Wiffen: 'In my head I know I want to medal, it might not even be up to me'

“I train with open water swimmers all the time and, honestly, I think I train a lot harder than a lot of them."

SWAPPING POOL FOR OPEN WATER: Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen will take part in the 10km swim in the Seine tomorrow morning. Picture: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Daniel Wiffen is comfortable breaking new ground and he will continue to do just that when he braves the waters of the River Seine on Friday morning for his first crack at the 10k open water swim.

Naturally, he has a podium place in mind.