Category: Competition
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Susie O’Neill to steer Aussie youths to success
Read ninemsn.com.au Two-time Olympic champion Susie O’Neill plans on instilling some old-fashioned values in the next generation of Australian swimmers. The Atlanta and Sydney gold medallist is chef de mission of the team of 90 young Australians competing at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, from August 16. “I’m going to try and instil…
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USC Swim & Dive Open Video
Wow USC Swim & Dive Open Video from Van Wagner Big Screen Network on Vimeo.
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Podcast: Chad le Clos Welcomes Michael Phelps’ Imminent Swimming Comeback
Listen to Books Live on Penguin SA Chad le Clos talks about his role model, Michael Phelps, in an interview with Talk Radio 702‘s Jenny Crwys-Williams. Le Clos recalls the first time he saw Phelps swim, at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 2004. Eight years later, at the 2012 Olympics in London, Le Clos beat his…
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Glasgow final will be the biggest race of my career, says Michael Jamieson
Read Metro The 25-year-old was one of the few British swimmers to shine at the Games, where he won 200metres breaststroke silver, one of just three medals won by Team GB in the pool. Like many athletes, he said 2013 was hard, but that Glasgow 2014, for whom the Scot is an ambassador, enabled him…
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Robbie Renwick: I might be an underdog but I’ll do everything I can to win gold at Glasgow 2014
Read Herald Scotland Renwick, 26, from Glasgow, won gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2010 games in Dehli and now hopes to repeat his winning performance in his home city. Talking about his journey to the Games in a video for Strathmore, official water supplier of Glasgow 2014, he said: “I might be an…
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Video: Chad le Clos Wanted to be a Soccer Star
See Penguin SA Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos, whose memoir Unbelievable! is out now, reveals that he would have chosen to be a South African soccer star. In an interview with SABC News, Le Clos’ dad, Bert, who played youth football with current Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, recalls how his son started out playing football, and…
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Alabama swimmer John Servati killed by Tuscaloosa tornado
See ESPN University of Alabama officials confirmed Tuesday that a member of the school’s men’s swimming and diving team was killed Monday night when violent storms and a tornado struck the Tuscaloosa area. John Servati, 21, a junior swimmer and dean’s list student at Alabama, was killed, according to school officials. “John Servati was an…
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Chad Le Clos pushed down rankings by Michael Phelps
Read BusinessDay Michael Phelps might not have been good enough to win a comeback race in the US at the weekend, but he did shunt Chad le Clos down the world rankings. Ryan Lochte out-swam the American legend at a gala in Phoenix, Arizona, winning the 100m butterfly final in 51.93sec.
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IOC Vice President: Rio 2016 Preparations ‘The Worst I Have Experienced’, And There’s No Plan B
See The Australian Olympic Committee The AOC President and IOC Vice President, John Coates, has described Rio’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics as “the worst I have experienced†and “worse than Athens†(2004). #185023593 / gettyimages.com http://youtu.be/95_u72XT0Mo