Cody Simpson gives girlfriend Emma McKeon a playful pat on the bottom as they enjoy a romantic stroll on the Gold Coast before she flies to Paris for the Olympics

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Cody Simpson enjoyed a romantic stroll with his girlfriend Emma McKeon on the Gold Coast on Tuesday before she flies out to Paris for the Olympics.

It comes after the pop star turned singer fell agonisingly short of living his Olympic dream.

Simpson, a global teen pop star who halted his music career to return to the pool, missed selection on Australia's team for next month's Paris Olympics.

The 27-year-old finished fifth in the 100m butterfly final at Australia's selection trials in Brisbane, missing out on selection by less than half a second.

Meanwhile Emma, 30, Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus will lead the 44-member Australian swimming squad at the games.

Cody Simpson enjoyed a romantic stroll with his girlfriend Emma McKeon on the Gold Coast on Tuesday before she flies out to Paris for the Olympics

In one cheeky moment gave his girlfriend a playful pat on the bottom as they walked

Cody made sure to lavish attention on Emma as they enjoyed their casual stroll.
In one cheeky moment gave his girlfriend a playful pat on the bottom as they walked. 

Cody, 27, wore a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt, while Emma, 30, wore an off-white Annie Bing hoodie and black bike shorts.

Despite being his disappointment over not making the Olympic swimming team, Cody smiled as he cuddled up to his longtime ladylove

Simpson, a global teen pop star who halted his music career to return to the pool, missed selection on Australia's team for theParis Olympics

Cody, 27, wore a pair of jeans and a black T-shirt, while Emma, 30, wore an off-white Annie Bing hoodie and black bike shorts

Despite being his disappointment over not making the team, Cody smiled as he cuddled up to his longtime ladylove.

In a classy Instagram post on Monday, Simpson said goodbye to swimming.

In a classy Instagram post on Monday, Simpson said goodbye to swimming

'It's bittersweet,' Simpson said after he missed out on a place in the team. 'But I did what I could do - and that's all you can do'

'All you can do is everything you can to take what you've been given as far as you can take it,' he wrote.

'You owe yourself the honour of cultivating your talents with as much fervour and intensity as you can.

'The privilege of becoming what you're capable of becoming. I left nothing to the unknown these past 4 years and I can now rest knowing I put my pedal to the floor every day and covered every other little detail to take this as far it could go and it sure went a hell of a ways.

'All you can do is everything you can to take what you've been given as far as you can take it,' he wrote he wrote in his Instagram post

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'I made sure I was a gangster in my training, meticulous in my preparation and fearless in my competing every step of the way. I'm grateful for a huge run in the short amount of time I have been a professional athlete and I wouldn't trade a moment.

'I promise I will never stop trying to do special things with my life. Shoot for the moon.. land among the stars. My shot has landed me in a constellation of stars otherwise known as that elusive club, the Australian Swim Team, forever. Thank you swimming.'

Simpson signed off the Instagram post as 'Australian Dolphin #838.'

Simpson put his singing career on hold to try and make it to the Olympics but had his dream squashed by less than half of a second