<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - U-Hardcastle uqale wathatha umhlalaphansi emncintiswaneni wokubhukuda ngo-1986 eneminyaka engu-17; engxoxweni ka-2012 wathi ngemuva kweminyaka yokuqeqeshwa wayefuna ukuba nokuphila okujwayelekile kwentsha. Ngemuva kwesikhathi esebenza njengonobhala kwaFord, wanquma ukubuyela kulo mdlalo ngo-1992 futhi waqhubeka nokuncintisana ngo-1993. UHardcastle wayeyilungu leqembu le-relay elazuza ithusi emjahweni we-4 × 200-metre freestyle eMqhudelwaneni WaseYurophu ka-1993  <response>: kanye nesiliva emidlalweni yeCommonwealth ngo-1994, lapho abuye wawina khona indondo yethusi emidlalweni yamahhala yamamitha angama-400. Ngo-1995 wathola indondo yegolide emjahweni wamahhala ongamamitha angu-800 kanye ne-bronze emjahweni ongamamitha angu-400 emjahweni we-World Short Course Championships. Emidlalweni yama-Olympic ka-1996 e-Atlanta wafika kowamanqamu emjahweni wokugijima ngamamitha angu-800 ngesitayela samahhala, waqeda endaweni yesishiyagalombili. 