Year: 2014
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Texas Game Wardens dive into extreme swimming lessons
See KVUE Imagine trying to stay afloat wearing 20 pounds of gear. If you’re a Texas Game Warden drowning while patrolling the water is a very real danger. That’s why some Texas Game Wardens took an extreme swimming lesson recently.
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
Read Dorset Echo A swimming coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child. Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court. Judge Johnson said: “I’m…
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Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley tells of her safety concerns for the couple’s twins
Read Herald Sun Olympic champion Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley is “filled with horror†after the swimmer lost their son and ended up wandering semi-naked through a Âcasino. Breaking a two-year public silence on the split, Alley said she now feared for the safety of the couple’s four-year-old twins, Charlize and Jagger. “I am devastated…
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2014 New South Wales State Open Championships
Great to be at Sydney Olympic Park for the first morning of the 2014 NSW State Championships See start list, timelines
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Deaf Child Raises Money Through Swimming
See 5News Grayson Vaughn is a 9-year-old boy who lives in Fort Smith. And he’s defying odds by raising thousands of dollars through the sport of swimming, after he lost his hearing as a toddler. “I like to help people be able to see if they’re deaf or not,†Grayson said. Stroke by stroke, Grayson…
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In at the deep end – Carlile and Curry comment on the pressures faced by elite athletes
See 7 News Consider the falls from grace of swimming stars Ian Thorpe, Scott Miller, Geoff Huegill and now Grant Hackett. Thorpe is in rehab for depression, after reportedly taking antidepressants and painkillers. Atlanta silver and bronze medallist Scott Mille has outlined his addictions to ecstacy, cocaine and crystal meth. While Geoff Huegill contemplated suicide…
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James Magnussen says Stilnox was used as substitute for alcohol at London 2012
Read The Sydney Morning Herald James Magnussen has revealed the dog-eat-dog nature of elite swimming was a reason the Australian relay team at the London Olympics used the sleeping tablet Stilnox at a controversial bonding session in the pre-Games camp at Manchester. However, he stressed it was not an issue among current swimmers, saying it…
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Dutch swim team choose Thanyapura Phuket as winter camp until Rio 2016
See for instance Phuket News (from 25 January 2014) The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation has returned for its second high performance training sessions at Thanyapura Phuket this month, as Thanyapura farewells the Norwegian national swim team after a two-week winter training retreat. The Dutch will be training here every winter until the Rio Olympics 2016.…
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Arena Powerskin Carbon Flex sets the pool on fire!
This beautiful action video features our newest member of the Carbon Family, the Powerskin Carbon Flex. Watch as Ruta Meilutyte, Katinka Hosszu and Daniel Gyurta take it for a spin.