Month: May 2013
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Jessica Hardy talks 2013 Celebrity Race, sports cars and stuff
Jessica Hardy (US Olympic swimmer), Dakota Meyer (Former US Marine – Medal of Honor recipient), Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), and Rutledge Wood (Top Gear USA) talk about racing and the ALMS. Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica) and Brett Davern (MTV’s hit series Awkward) make a special appearance.
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Swimming pool safety presentation
Details and background on the South Australia State Government’s proposals to improve laws concerning swimming pool safety. The public is invited to review the discussion paper and make comments on the proposals anytime before 31 May 2013. See also story and video here on ABC News
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James Magnussen – 2013 100m freestyle Australian champion
He wants to be rid of the ‘alpha male’ tag, btw
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Stephanie Rice – Junior Excellence Clinic – Adelaide, April 2013
South Australian JX athletes hear from triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice on how to prepare to train, race and enjoy club swimming.
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New Aussie swim boss Michael Scott starts with Stilnox ban
Read for instance Brisbane Times and The Australian Swimming Australia’s new high performance director Michael Scott will make the banning of Stilnox by team members one of his first moves in drawing a “line in the sand” after the disappointing Olympic performance last year. Scott, who officially started his first day with the organisation Wednesday,…
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Aussie stars reveal sickness and injuries at London 2012
Read ninemsn.com.au and Herald Sun After revealing Bronte Campbell secretly carried a torn calf into the Games, coach Simon Cusack said the younger sister was then reduced to nurse duties as her Olympic roommate Cate was struck down at London with an inflamed pancreas. Cusack said Cate Campbell complained she had “glass in her stomach”…
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CC photo #487: A winter’s worth of pins
A good first season for our youngest, resulting in these three pins (plus a fourth that he somehow managed to talk himself into … we’re still discussing that part). We use a Faroese version (basically ‘translation’) of the excellent Norwegian swim school, you can buy their (in my opion very best) learn-to-swim book ‘Slik lærer…
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Pay homage to Alex today by being extra positive
The Norwegian Swimming Federation has this message to us all here on Facebook, that I’ve tried to translate as best as possible below. Strong people, the Norwegians. Today it is one year since we got the sad and incomprehensible message from Flagstaff that Alexander Dale Oen was dead. We hope that everyone will remember him…
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Behind the scenes at the EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships
A glimpse of the work that sport scientist and analysts do behind the main scene. Also: Ice baths :-)