Month: January 2013
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Eamon Sullivan to face court next month
Olympic swimming star Eamon Sullivan will appear in court next month after an alleged incident at a hotel in Adelaide’s north in October. At the time, police said a man had been reported for two counts of assault and one of disorderly behaviour at the hotel in Gawler. Police say after a review of witness…
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James Goddard turns to boxing to boost world championship hopes
Olympic swimmer James Goddard has turned to boxing world title hopeful Matthew Hatton to help him steal a length on rivals in the pool, aiming to get into the best shape of his career ahead of what could be his last FINA World Championships in Barcelona in July. “It’s well known how hard boxers train…
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Dagny Knutson retires again, this time because of the financial burden
Read The New York Times Knutson stopped swimming a year ago to seek treatment for an eating disorder that she feared might kill her. She dropped out this month because her family’s savings were being siphoned by her medical bills and her college tuition. After losing her USA Swimming stipend, Knutson said, she did not…
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Schubert hired investigator to watch rival coach
Update: SwimmingWorld Magazine has obtained new details that dispute the claims in the OCR article mentioned below. Eight-time U.S. Olympic swim coach Mark Schubert confirmed that he and longtime Orange County swim coach Bill Jewell were involved in the 2010 hiring of a private investigator to conduct surveillance of a rival Orange County swim coach…
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Behold A 14-Year-Old Boy Being Rescued During Flood
One of 20 water rescues in Queensland, Australia, across Thursday and Friday. Nature you scary.
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Dolphin “Asks” Divers For Help Removing Fishing Line
Amazing video from when a bottlenose dolphin with a fishing line in its mouth and wrapped around a pectoral fin came to a group of divers off Kona, Hawaii, looking for help. They managed to remove the line. See Geekologie
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