Category: Competition
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Eamon Sullivan aims for 50m in Rio
Read Herald Sun Eamon Sullivan believes he can get back to his best as a one-lap specialist as he targets a fourth Olympics in Rio in 2016. Sullivan will return from the swimming wilderness to compete at a key meeting for the first time since the London Olympics at next week’s Commonwealth Games trials in…
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Denis Cotterell still motivating young talent to make breakthroughs after 40 years as a swimming coach
See ABC Cotterell recalls the first time he laid eyes on a very young Grant Hackett. He was not convinced Hackett, eventually a gold medallist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, was even the best swimmer in his family. “He was the younger brother of a very good swimmer, his older brother Craig, and I…
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Danish Open 2014 to decide squads for Europeans and European Juniors
A record number of 95 clubs including 47 foreign clubs will be competing in Copenhagen this week, at the 2014 Danish Open in Bellahøj Svømmestadion, doubling as the Danish trials for the Berlin 2014 Europeans and Dordrecht 2014 European Juniors. Event Landing Page Info sheet in English Press release in Danish Start List Live Timing…
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Dawn Fraser says Aussie coach Verhaeren likely fired if team doesn’t improve this year
Read SBSÂ and ABC Jacco Verhaeren won’t see out the year as Australia’s head swimming coach if the team fails to perform at the Commonwealth Games and world championships, says Olympic legend Dawn Fraser. Verhaeren took over the role from Leigh Nugent in January after a seven-year stint as technical director for the Dutch Swimming Federation.…
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Aussie relay team free of stigma: Magnussen
Read brisbanetimes James Magnussen says Australia’s 4x100m men’s freestyle relay team needed an overhaul after the London Olympics, but believes the new-look line-up is capable of returning to a world-class standard. The controversial team were the face of Swimming Australia’s much-publicised review into a “toxic” culture in the squad during the 2012 Games.
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Michael Phelps could begin racing soon, Bowman says
Read USA Today Michael Phelps could begin competing in meets over the next few months, paving the way for a fifth Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, his coach said Tuesday. “He’s definitely got himself in pretty good shape physically,” Phelps’ longtime coach Bob Bowman told USA TODAY Sports. Bowman said Phelps has…
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2014 Australian Trials SwimFan Week – Gold Coast
Another week of awesome videos from Swimming Australia, as lead-up to the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships Trials in Brisbane, Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 April 2014. Monday Memory Featuring Cate Campbell, Brittany McEvoy, Ryan Napoleon, Nik Pregelj, Bronte Campbell and Cameron McEvoy
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Cate Campbell out to prove 2013 no fluke
Read SBS World champion swimmer Cate Campbell does not like to set goals. Usually. But the 21-year-old has one for 2014: proving last year was no fluke. Despite sweeping all before her in 2013, Campbell is not struggling for motivation ahead of next week’s national titles in Brisbane, which double as the Glasgow Commonwealth Games…
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Jamieson, Carlin and Marie-O’Connor gear up ahead of the summer of sport
In this behind-the-scenes video of a photo shoot ahead of the 2014 British National Championships in April, Michael Jamieson, Jazz Carlin and Siobhan Marie-O’Connor discuss the year ahead and their thoughts on the upcoming national champs, where they will compete for their place in the Commonwealth Games this summer. Photo courtesy of dna