With squash being knocked back from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, a new bid is expected to be launched for the 2024 Olympics, but if you ask ACT's No.1 ranked junior squash player Peter Nuttall, squash should already be an Olympic sport.Two-time Australian junior squash champion and currently ranked 5th in Australia, Nuttall believes that it is disappointing that the sport he loves is not yet a part of the Olympic Games.Playing squash since he was ten years old and with a former world No.3 squash player now in his corner coaching him, his future looks bright but how far will it go?With no Olympic dream to push the 16-year-old Canberran to chase a dream many children growing up would have, Nuttall says his current dream is to play squash overseas in America where he can balance out both school and squash."I think college in the US is a pretty awesome thing to do to get the experience and squash is a good way to do that," Nuttall said."If it did make the Olympics, I am sure it would push me on to keep training and inspire me to go even harder."It's a shame the sports they picked over it like climbing and skateboarding, I think squash has the physical edge and it is a very skilful game, especially compared to those two sports, I don't think they are more of an Olympic sport than squash . It is similar in a sense that if tennis is an Olympic sport then squash is more likely to be an Olympic sport then skateboarding."Currently preparing for the Australian Junior Championships in   September of this year, Nuttall will be looking to make it a "three-peat" after already winning the U13s and U15s title.To add to the list of achievements young Nuttall has already accomplished, in   May this year he won titles at the ACT Junior Titles for the U17 and U19 competitions.  
He has also been wild-carded into the NSW open, where he will be playing in the majors.Trying to balance playing a professional sport and the schoolwork of a year 11 student can be a daunting task, but it seems like Nuttall has all of those problems sorted out."I train six days a week and a few of them are twice a day," Nuttall said."When it gets busy with school, I prioritise that more over squash especially recently with exams, where I did a lot of study instead of hitting the ball."Sometimes in the morning I will have a coaching session with my coach, and then in the afternoon I would go to the gym, go for a run or have a hit with someone else, so it kind of rotates between hitting with my coach to hitting with other players, gym and running."One of the last competitions Nuttall will be competing in before the   September championships will be at the Premier Squash Competition in Canberra in mid-  August.With a chance to see what needs working and developing his strong points, Nuttall is licking his lips at the opportunity in front of him."I think getting more hits with the other premier players would be good in between the season's break to sort of find where I am at and to get used to playing against the same players" he said.