Author: rokur
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Australian swimmers call for calm after president Nettlefold’s resignation
Read ABC Grandstand Sport Australian Olympic swimmers have expressed hopes that the sport’s latest controversy will not affect sponsors or preparations for next month’s World Championships. […Â ] Olympic silver medallist Brenton Rickard said on Monday that the Australian squad needed to remain focussed on the championships, which will be held in Barcelona. “Obviously it could…
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CC photo #520: Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Rijeka 2008
Finland’s Hanna-Maria Seppälä at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. The event must have been either the women’s 100 freestyle final or the 100 IM semifinal. She set a new championships record of 59.62 in the 100 IM, and then again with a winning time of 59.24 the day after (which…
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Behind the scenes with underwater filmmaker ‘Diver Laura’
See West Seattle Blog You’ve seen the work of West Seattle’s award-winning “Diver Laura†James – a filmmaker, photographer, writer, environmental activist – here and elsewhere over the past few years. Now, we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to get those views; much more complicated than simply jumping into the water with a camera. The…
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Mark Foster learned to swim because his dad couldn’t
Former six times world champion swimmer Mark Foster has told Daybreak he learnt to swim because his father was “petrified of water”.
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Medal Memories: David Carry, Melbourne 2006
“In our exclusive new series ‘Medal Memories’ we explore some of the Commonwealth Games greatest moments, hearing from the Athletes themselves and their personal stories behind the the iconic moments. In our first film ex-swimmer David Carry looks back at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games where he picked up and amazing double-gold, helping Scotland to…
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Geoff Huegill on the crisis in Australian Swimming
Swimming Australia boss Barclay Nettlefold has resigned from his post over inappropriate comments to a staffer. Olympian Geoff Huegill discusses.
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Prince William Backs Learn To Swim Campaign
See for instance Shropshire Star The Duke of Cambridge has recorded a video message in support of the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) vision that every child has the right to learn to swim. William outlines the importance of children being confident in water in his message which follows an ASA report that claims more than…
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CC photo #519: A lucky shot
Our youngest and a girl wading out to fetch buckbeans in our local lake. I had just returned from taking a photo of a bird’s nest that his big brother and a friend had found (yes, it was that idyllic), when my wife said that Bjarki had gone wading in the lake. So up it…