Author: rokur
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Meet the Australian swim stars, 18-21 years and 21+
Australian swimmers introducing themselves 18-21 years 21+
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Thomas Fraser-Holmes suffers a Thorpe moment at Australian Champs
Read Herald Sun Gold Coast rising star Thomas Fraser-Holmes suffered an Ian Thorpe moment of drama on the opening day of competition at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide today. Fraser-Holmes flopped into the pool as he desperately tried to avoid a false start for the men’s 400m freestyle event. It was the identical event…
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Big business leaves SA swimmers to drown
Read Mail & Guardian When Chad le Clos edged out Michael Phelps to win the 200m butterfly gold at last year’s Olympic Games the future of swimming in South Africa looked bright – but the sport has, since then, seemingly limped from one fiasco to the next. Swimming South Africa (SSA) is currently without a…
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Hayden Stoeckel swimming ‘blind’ in championships
Read The Telegraph South Aussie backstroker Hayden Stoeckel says he is “going in blind” for this weekend’s national championships at the SA Aquatic Centre after only ending his post-Olympics slumber 10 weeks ago. Having “let his hair down” for six months after the London games, Stoeckel knows he faces an uphill battle to defend his…
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Sprenger calls on Hackett to mentor the Australian swim team
Read The Age London Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger has called for former champion Grant Hackett to return to the Australian swim team as a mentor, to help fill the leadership gap and develop a new team captain. […] ”I have a lot of respect for [Hackett] and so did the team members back then,”…
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Giaan Rooney opens up about her post-Olympics dumping from Nine and move to Seven
Read news.com.au Former swim star Giaan Rooney has revealed the details behind her post-Olympics boning from Channel Nine, saying she was stunned to be unceremoniously dumped after seven years with the network. […] “I believe I am an incredibly loyal person and I had no desire to go anywhere else…I had assumed that my contract…
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US tourists swim for nearly 14 hours after ship sinks near St. Lucia
Read The Washington Post Dan Suski, a 30-year-old business owner and information technology expert from San Francisco, had been wrestling a 200-pound marlin in rough seas with help from his sister, Kate Suski, a 39-year-old architect of Seattle. He was still trying to reel in the fish when water rushed into the cabin and flooded…
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Ryan Lochte Unfazed By Reality Show ‘Haters’
http://youtu.be/k7dlNRDcgrU See also http://youtu.be/w7fk26IZlBk
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