Sydney: Still miffed by his 200 and 400 metres freestyle failures at the Sydney Olympics, Australia's Grant Hackett will train with sprint king Pieter van den Hoogenband in the Netherlands between now and the Athens Games. Hackett and Van den Hoogenband, who conquered Russian legend Alex Popov and Ian Thorpe to claim the 100 and 200 metres freestyle double in September, have become good friends and the Dutchman has invited Hackett to his PSV Eindhoven club for a spell of intensive training. 'We were just talking and Pieter said, 'You come over here for six months a year and I'll go over there for six months a year',' said Hackett. 'He goes, 'You help my distance, I'll help your speed'. I wouldn't mind going over for a little while, not six months but maybe a month, maybe with a couple of members of my squad and my coach to see what it's like. A change is as good as a holiday and it would be great to see him come up to the Gold Coast for a little while. It'll definitely happen between now and the next Olympics, probably more than once.'
