Month: May 2013
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Catching up with Ian Crocker
Texas Ex and three-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Crocker (2001-04) discusses his life after competitive swimming which includes marriage, music, old cars and the extended Texas swimming family.
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Freak training injury has Melanie Schlanger chasing new goals
Read The Sydney Morning Herald A freak training injury involving a truck tyre has left Australia’s leading women’s freestyle swimmer Mel Schlanger off her usual pace at the national titles in Adelaide. After finishing fourth in the 100m women’s final at last year’s London Olympics after having led the 4x100m relay team to a gold…
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Rising star Chelsea Gubecka was ‘a rocket’ from early age
Read Sydney Morning Herald Barry Kime knew he had something special when Chelsea Gubecka joined his Sunshine Coast swim squad just after her eighth birthday. Gubecka, who is now 14, is set to become the youngest member of the Australian swim team at this year’s world championships after, in her first senior national titles, she…