Teenage Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers will ramp up his preparations this week for the next Commonwealth Games, just four months after having a heart condition corrected.
The 19-year-old South Australian will compete in the Australian Short Course Championships at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre, at Marion in Adelaide's inner-south, from Thursday to Saturday.
The event at his training base comes four months after Chalmers underwent surgery to treat a heart condition, supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a recurrent rapid heartbeat.
"I think there's like a one per cent chance it could come back so I'm pretty certain she's all good," Chalmers said.
"I've got to go and see the cardiologist in a couple of months time and assess where things are at."
The Port Lincoln swimmer was forced to miss the FINA World Championships but has been back in the pool training for three months.
He is expected to compete in at least four individual events at the Adelaide meet.
"There are also relays in there as well, so it's actually a pretty busy meet over the three days," Chalmers said.
"It's always a pleasure racing in your own pool in your own state that you train in every day.
"It's also awesome having family and friends come and watch and have mum and dad cook for me."
The Olympic 100m freestyle gold medallist admits he will not be at his best for the meet but knows he has time to reach his peak before the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in April next year.
"This comp is just for me getting back in the pool, racing," he said.
"I haven't done a whole lot of racing especially a meet three days in a row.
"It's just enjoying my racing, enjoying being on the national stage again and then building into Commonwealth Games."
The Tokyo Olympic Games are also on his radar and Chalmers said there were many young Australian swimmers coming through the ranks who would impress in Japan in 2020.
"Tokyo is definitely what I'm building for, it's my goal to get to another Olympics. I had a great experience in Rio.
"We've got a lot of young people coming up through the sport who I think when 2020 rolls around they will be at their peak ready to really perform."
Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon, Cate and Bronte Campbell and Mack Horton are some of the other big-name swimmers who will compete at the national short course championships.
