Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Swimmer's Daily
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Timeline
    • Tags
    • Sitemap
    • About
    • Contact
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    Swimmer's Daily
    Home»Competition»Coach Nugent defends Ian Thorpe’s funding
    Competition

    Coach Nugent defends Ian Thorpe’s funding

    rokurBy rokurMarch 12, 2012Updated:March 12, 20123 Comments2 Mins Read
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Australian swimming head coach Leigh Nugent today defended the financial support given to comeback stars like Ian Thorpe after rumblings within the team about favoritism ahead of the Olympics. Via AFP

    “I really can’t understand why they would (be upset),” Nugent told reporters ahead of crucial London Olympic selection trials in Adelaide this week.

    “These guys are multiple gold medallists of recent times, multiple world record holders.

    “They’re going to contribute, if they make it, to the performance of our team and maybe help some of the other members on the team with relay medals, bring experience to the team, stability to the team with that experience.

    “So I can only see positives in this and I think it would be a pretty ungrateful person and a pretty ungrateful Australian to not assist our proven best performers.”

    Nugent would not comment on the specifics of money spent on the comebacks.

    “They haven’t been paid to swim, they have just been helped in their training situation,” he said.

    The controversy was sparked on the weekend, with former and present swimming stars reportedly questioning the decision to throw money at the likes of Thorpe and Trickett.

    “Why invest in athletes that are seemingly past their best and reinvest into them because of what they did five, six or seven years ago? The sport should be about moving forward and investing into the future, not going back to glory days,” Thorpe’s former teammate Ashley Callus told News Ltd.

    Read more here on BigPond Sport

    Related

    Ashley Callus Ian Thorpe Leigh Nugent London 2012
    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
    rokur
    • Website

    Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Swimming Association. Likes to run :-)

    Related Posts

    Olympian Cate Campbell On Supporting FINA’s Ruling On Transgender Athletes In Swimming | The Project

    June 26, 2022

    Us Artistic Swimmer Rescued by Coach After Fainting in Pool | BBC News

    June 23, 2022

    New World Record | Men’s 200m Butterfly | 19th FINA World Championships

    June 21, 2022

    3 Comments

    1. Bjarnason on March 12, 2012 11:02 pm

      And who is this Callus dude? How many world records and olympic golds?

      Go Thorpe :)))

      Reply
      • rokur on March 12, 2012 11:07 pm

        Yes, go Thorpe … Sigh, won’t get much sleep come Aussie Trials :-D

        Reply
    2. bartal on March 13, 2012 1:06 pm

      Thorpe doesn’t stand a chance according to bookies.

      “Will Thorpe make 100m Final at ASC?” Yes = 8.00, No = 1.05
      “Will Thorpe make 200m Final at ASC?” Yes = 2.75, No = 1.40
      http://www.tab.com.au

      “Will Thorpe make the team?” Yes = 2.60, No = 1.45
      http://www.sportsbet.com.au

      The outlook were more optimistic last month:

      “Will Thorpe make the team?” Yes = 1.16, No = 4.50
      tomwaterhouse.com

      Reply

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Sponsor
    Top Posts
    • How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
      How Long After Adding Stabilizer Can I Swim?
    • Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
      Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
    • 10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
      10 Worst Shark Attacks Ever Recorded
    • Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
      Story Of Encounter With The Candiru "The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis"
    • Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
      Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
    • Daniel Craig Reveals the Story Behind That Iconic Blue Swim Trunks Photo
      Daniel Craig Reveals the Story Behind That Iconic Blue Swim Trunks Photo
    • Swimming with Nose Restrictions
      Swimming with Nose Restrictions
    • Jacob's Well Swimming Hole in Texas | MicBergsma
      Jacob's Well Swimming Hole in Texas | MicBergsma
    • What's At The Bottom Of The Great Blue Hole?
      What's At The Bottom Of The Great Blue Hole?
    • ♪ In a yellow submarine for two ♫
      ♪ In a yellow submarine for two ♫
    Countdown to Budapest 2022June 18, 2022
    The big day is here.
    Countdown to Rome 2022August 11, 2022
    41 days to go.
    Categories
    Buffer Overflow
    Tweets by swimmersdaily
    • RSS - Posts
    • RSS - Comments
    Contact Info & Hours
    Swimmer's Daily
    c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
    Brekkuvegur 10
    FO-650 Toftir
    Faroe Islands
    Mobile +298 219754
    [email protected]
    09:00-21:00 UTC/GMT
    Subscribe to Blog via Email

    Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 5,085 other subscribers

    Meta
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    Facebook Twitter YouTube Tumblr
    © 2022 ThemeSphere. Designed by ThemeSphere.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.