I trained with him before the world championships last summer, when he was in the middle of the situation, and for my own good, he kept it [the scandal] away from me,

Considering it is early in the season, I'm pretty satisfied with my performance. My focus right now is to peak for the Commonwealth Games. I struggled in the preliminaries but I was much better in the semis and even better in the final. I'm happy with how I came back.

I was really focusing on keeping that leg with me instead of losing it. I sort of got lost in the rotation. With these guys there's no way you can afford to make that kind of mistake. I was happy I managed to come back. I didn't give it up.

I want everything to be good. Before I start 10-metre I'll make sure I'm in appropriate shape and make sure everything is right.

He remains my best friend of course and he wants the best for me, so he doesn't talk to me about it. We have our friendship and coach-athlete relationship.

Even though that story was sad and bad for both sides I suppose, he's still my buddy,