Category: Competition
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Becoming a Dolphin
Kylie Palmer, Jake Packard, Leah Neale and Taylor McKeown discuss their memories of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team and what it takes to make it.
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200m still road to Rio for Hackett
Returning swimming champion Grant Hackett will stick to his plan of earning a spot in next year’s Olympics through the 200m freestyle. The two-time Olympic 1500m champion made his first competitive appearance since the 2008 Beijing Games during a qualifying meet in Brisbane last weekend. The 34-year-old swam the 200m, 400m and 100m freestyle events,…
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Swimming Australia brings back Dolphins
Australian swimming is harking back to a golden moniker to regain public pride ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Australian team once again will be named the Dolphins, after the name was dropped in 2009. Swimming has worked to rebuild its brand since the Stillnox scandal in the wake of a disappointing London Olympics…
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How swimming turned my life around: Grant Hackett
If someone had told me six years ago that I would be physically and mentally preparing myself to embark on any sort of competitive swimming program, I would have said “not a chance in the world” and walked away laughing. It’s fair to say life has had many twists and turns in the last four or…
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Livestream from Edinburgh International Swim Meet 2015
See EDINT15 on Livestream , results here on swimscotland.co.uk
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University swimmers take on world’s best
World and Olympic swimming champions will feature in an impressive roster of talent in Edinburgh this weekend.
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Swimmer pulled from pool and revived with CPR during swim meet
A Detroit-area teen had to be rescued from a Holland pool and revived using CPR Friday. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. at the Holland Community Aquatic Center, which is located at 550 Maple Ave. The high school student from Wyandotte was diving as he warmed up before a qualifying round of the Division 2…
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Seven years after Beijing, Hackett is racing again
In a stunning return to the pool that is set to completely surpass the efforts of Olympic great Ian Thorpe in 2012, Hackett is swimming as fast as Thorpe did three years ago after less than half of the time back in full training. Just six months into his comeback Hackett has already posted multiple…
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A fond memory of Camille Muffat
“Everyone cheering on Camille Muffat” – A very special moment at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, when the French Olympic champion Camille Muffat charged ahead in the women’s 400 freestyle, splitting repeatedly under world record pace, until she just missed it by 1/100th of a second. Behold how everyone…