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Grant Hackett's version of "decent times" will propel him back to the top of the world rankings next week, when he contests his first championship since shoulder surgery last December.
(By Nicole Jeffery, the Australian)
 Hackett will race the 200m and 400m freestyle, and possibly the 800m or 1500m, at the national short-course titles in Hobart.
Despite a recent brush with influenza, he has set himself target times that would be the fastest in the world this year.
"I would like to go under 3min40sec for the 400m and somewhere around 1min 43 for the 200m," Hackett said.
Italian Massi Rosolino holds the fastest 400m time this year at 3min 39.55sec, with American Michael Phelps the fastest over 200m (1min 42.78sec).
Hackett reiterated his opposition to morning finals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, as the International Olympic Committee considers its decision on the issue.
"We did a race practice yesterday in Melbourne and every single person in the squad was faster at night than they were in the morning," he said.
"It's a bit upsetting that something's being changed so dramatically and no one even asked us a question."
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