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Ian Thorpe admitted to hospital to battle depression and alcohol abuse
UPDATE! Ian Thorpe’s management now denies this story Read The Herald Sun Ian Thorpe – Australia’s greatest Olympian – has been admitted to a Sydney hospital to fight his decade-long battle with depression and alcohol abuse. http://youtu.be/O2T8fI-M3Rw Family members have revealed Thorpe was injured in a fall earlier this week before they sought medical help,…
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Diving into the Philippines’ dangerous, underwater mines
See PBS Newshour Filipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It’s risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may fail. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a dangerous venture undertaken by adults and…
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Behold Alm. Brand Bank’s Herning 2013 recap video
Danish bank Alm. Brand was one of the official partners of the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning, Denmark, and decided to stay on as sponsor of the Danish Swimming Federation. The texts towards the end of the video says, “Thanks for a great party in Denmark … The pool has been taken…
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Nordic General Secretary and Sport Director meeting in Stockholm
Sorry about this site being so slow these days. We’re busy! :-)
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FINA partners with Universal Sports: new media rights agreement in the USA until 2021
Read fina.org FINA and Universal Sports Network established a new, multiyear media rights agreement to air FINA’s marquee events in the United States through 2021. The deal gives Universal Sports multiplatform rights, including exclusive TV and Internet rights, to the upcoming editions of the FINA World Championships: in 2015 in Kazan (RUS), 2017 in Guadalajara…
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Move refreshes WA swim ace Tommaso D’Orsogna
Read The West Australian Back in Perth for this week’s State swimming titles and next weekend’s BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series, D’Orsogna still has his eyes firmly fixed on this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. “The move to Queensland has been refreshing – it was the…
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Germany: Swimmers brave freezing waters for Europe’s biggest winter swim
“Thousands took part in Europe’s largest organised winter swim as part of annual Karneval celebrations in Bavaria on Saturday.”
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Crocodile took 12-year-old boy during swim in water hole
Read for instance BND A crocodile is suspected to have taken a 12-year-old boy after attacking his friend as they swam in a water hole on Sunday in a popular Outback tourist destination in northern Australia. Police believed the missing boy was taken by a crocodile as he and a number of other boys swam…
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Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Susie O’Neill asked to help the revival of Australian Swimming
Read couriermail.com.au Swimming Australia president John Bertrand said the sport needed to better capitalise on the experience and knowledge within its own ranks. Bertrand said Hackett and O’Neill were keen to get involved and he hoped to take five-time Olympic champion Thorpe up on his public offer last year to mentor the Australian team and…