Month: April 2014
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Hackett: ‘As my life fell apart, I tried to hold it together with drugs’
Read Herald Sun Twelve months before Grant Hackett’s life unravelled at Melbourne’s Crown casino complex on the evening of February 21, the Olympic champion knew he was coming unstuck. Hackett’s now infamous night at the Crown, during which he was photographed by casino patrons wandering in the foyer after midnight searching for his young son…
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Rocket science fan McEvoy stops Missile
Read and watch video here on 9MSN It wasn’t quite revenge of the nerds in the men’s 100m freestyle final at the national swimming titles in Brisbane. But academically gifted, socially awkward students across the country would have been forgiven for unleashing a rare triumphant air punch when 19-year-old physics fanatic Cameron McEvoy upset dual…
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15 Divers Took Turns Swimming With Dying Tiger Shark To Save Its Life
See Sunny Skyz A dying tiger shark off Australia was nursed back to life by divers who took turns swimming with the shark for one and a half hours in an effort to keep it upright and to get oxygen into its gills. Just as the conservationists were about to give up, the shark kicked,…
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Eamon Sullivan not ready to be written off yet
Read The Age Eamon Sullivan cringes a bit when he sees stories published about him nowadays. It is not so much because of the many injuries that have marred his career or out-of-pool controversies in which he was involved but more because of a simple word that often precedes his name. ”I keep seeing ‘veteran’…
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Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot complete 459 km in 24 days
Read The Citizen South African swimming duo Thane Williams and Jonno Proudfoot have completed a 459km swim in 24 days, their spokespeople said on Friday. The two swam from Mozambique to Madagascar. “This is an incredible feat and by no means ordinary,†they said in a statement. In one day Williams and Proudfoot swam the…
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UGA swimming/diving coach Jack Bauerle suspended after NCAA alleges academic violations
Read Savannah Now The University of Georgia announced Friday that swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle was suspended from “all job-related responsibilities effective immediately†after receiving a notice of allegations of NCAA violations. The NCAA alleged in the notice issued Wednesday that Bauerle made “special arrangements†on Dec. 10, 2013, with a professor to add…
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Swim lessons are essential
Read okcfox With temps heating up, you may have your sights set on the swimming pool. It won’t be long before your kids will be begging to cool off and splash around. But before they do, there’s an important warning from safety experts, as our state is third in the nation in the number of…
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Vegetarian Athlete Tips: Olympic Swimmer Kate Ziegler
Read Stack Endurance athletes are known to be voracious eaters—especially during their peak training months (look no further than Michael Phelps’ 12,000-calorie-per-day diet ahead of the London Games). So you might be surprised to learn that Kate Ziegler, a two-time Olympian and four-time World Champion swimmer, powers her performance with fruits, veggies, whole grains and legumes. The 25-year-old…
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Gareth Kean to take break from pool
Read The New Zealand Herald Olympic swimmer Gareth Kean has decided to take a break away from the sport but few reasons have been given for his sudden departure. The 22-year-old will miss next week’s national championships in Auckland, which double as the Commonwealth Games trial. Kean, who won a silver medal at the Delhi…