<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Hardcastle ekuqaleni wathatha umhlalaphansi emncintiswaneni wokubhukuda ngo-1986 eneminyaka engu-17; engxoxweni ka-2012 wathi ngemva kweminyaka yokuqeqeshwa wayefuna ukuba nokuphila okuvamile 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 Wase-Australia  <response>: 1993 European Championships nesiliva 1994 Commonwealth Games, lapho futhi wawina indondo yethusi ngabanye 400-metre freestyle. 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. 