The five-star Hilton Manchester Deansgate where the 4x100m relay team stayed during a pre-Olympics training camp. Source: Supplied
AUSTRALIA'S men's relay swimmers might have been acting as if they were on a hormone-charged high school camp, but their Stilnox hijinx played out in a very adult setting.
The five-star Hilton Manchester Deansgate, where the 4x100m relay team stayed during a pre-Olympics training camp, features marbles floors, a luxury spa and pool, designer furniture, a chic restaurant and swanky bar.
Floor-to-ceiling windows in each room give uninterrupted views of the city, with colourful contemporary furnishings complimenting Manchester's impressive night light display.
This is no schoolies dive where door-knocking and juvenile pranks would hardly surprise.
Rooms in the hotel start at AU$323 a night and that's before you've attacked the minibar (Red Bull comes in at $5.20 and a Coke for $2.65).
Staff were yesterday reluctant to speak to News Limited about the events of the evening last year in question.
"There were no complaints from the other guests," one said.
Another said that whatever the swimmers' error of judgement, "It's good to hear that they've apologized. They were nice guys."
The swimmers were spotted socialising at the hotel's ground floor Podium Bar but weren't seen at Cloud 23, a nightclub on the 23rd floor of the 47 storey Beetham Tower.
The five-star Hilton Manchester Deansgate, where a Red Bull costs %5.20 and a Coke $2.65.
Staff at Cloud 23 said the swimmers had not visited because they were not allowed to drink.
But one night shift worker cryptically suggested the athletes had found other ways to have fun, saying: "They shook off some steam yes. Everyone needs to shake off some steam at some point, especially when they are under that much pressure."
The Manchester Aquatics Centre where the team trained and the Manchester Sport and Leisure Trust preferred not to comment on this week's revelations.
The story was the same from the Manchester City Council.
Spokesman Simon Walker said the council's sports officials felt it "isn't really our place to put forward our opinions on the subject."
However, UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society board member Sultan Dajani said the swimmers had let a lot of people down by misusing Stilnox.
"Even though it seems like a one night prank it has long term consequences because people try and experiment with something that's normally safe," he said.
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