Year: 2012
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WADA chief urges drug cheats to withdraw from the Games
WADA president John Fahey urged drug cheats Tuesday to withdraw from their Olympic teams and stay away from the Games, as they will otherwise face the strictest anti-doping program in Olympic history and stand only a small chance of escaping detection. Read TribLive “I say this in the clearest way possible: If you are a…
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Malawi swim coach and his 50 freestyle hopes
Team Malawi have arrived to UK ahead of the Summer Games, as you can see from the rain :-P Malawi Swim Coach and his 50m Freestyle Hopes from Planet Sport on Vimeo.
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Televising the London 2012 Olympics
Anyone excited yet ? Televisacion de los Juegos OlÃmpicos de Londres 2012 from Swim Crunch on Vimeo.
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Tyler blasts Phelps for being lazy, then says sorry
Yeah I know, I’m late here. Tyler Clary called out Michael Phelps, yesterday, saying he saw a real lack of preparation when he trained with Phelps, and that Phelps ‘has basically been asking to get beat for the longest time.’ Phelps gets upset, other people too while others say Clary is right, then Clary says…
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Sjöström is back and faster than ever
Sarah Sjöström has recovered from a week of sickness that limited her training to only 3 training sessions, now only one month out from the Olympics. It seems to be going well, she says she is managing faster times now than before the illness, and her coach says that maybe she needed a bit of…
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Mark Spitz’s advice to Michael Phelps: “Stop listening to the press”
Hear hear, read more here on CNN
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Julia Wilkinson’s green bra is ‘a talisman of frightening power’
Quote off The Star. A bit superstitious, yes, into yoga also in order ‘to conquer the swimmer’s inner demons‘. One example: As a 14-year-old, Wilkinson put great store into the winning properties of purple Gatorade. When she headed to a meet in Victoria, she worried that non-primary-coloured sports drinks may not yet have made their…
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Meet Grenada’s only Olympic swimmer, Esau Simpson
Esau Simpson, a sophomore at Nova Southeastern University, is aiming for a personal best at London 2012. Read more here on NBC Miami. View more videos at: http://nbcmiami.com.