Category: Competition
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Aussie stars reveal sickness and injuries at London 2012
Read ninemsn.com.au and Herald Sun After revealing Bronte Campbell secretly carried a torn calf into the Games, coach Simon Cusack said the younger sister was then reduced to nurse duties as her Olympic roommate Cate was struck down at London with an inflamed pancreas. Cusack said Cate Campbell complained she had “glass in her stomach”…
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Behind the scenes at the EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships
A glimpse of the work that sport scientist and analysts do behind the main scene. Also: Ice baths :-)
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Catching up with Ian Crocker
Texas Ex and three-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Crocker (2001-04) discusses his life after competitive swimming which includes marriage, music, old cars and the extended Texas swimming family.
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Freak training injury has Melanie Schlanger chasing new goals
Read The Sydney Morning Herald A freak training injury involving a truck tyre has left Australia’s leading women’s freestyle swimmer Mel Schlanger off her usual pace at the national titles in Adelaide. After finishing fourth in the 100m women’s final at last year’s London Olympics after having led the 4x100m relay team to a gold…
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Rising star Chelsea Gubecka was ‘a rocket’ from early age
Read Sydney Morning Herald Barry Kime knew he had something special when Chelsea Gubecka joined his Sunshine Coast swim squad just after her eighth birthday. Gubecka, who is now 14, is set to become the youngest member of the Australian swim team at this year’s world championships after, in her first senior national titles, she…
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Kenya Swimming Team Now Eyes Barcelona
The world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain are the next focus for the Kenya national swimming team after their record-breaking exploits at the Cana zone 3 and 4 swimming championships. The team won 80 medals and took both the boys’ and girls’ team titles in Lusaka, Zambia. The team improved from 5th in 2012 to…
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Rising star Alexander Graham may turn down Barcelona berth to concentrate on junior worlds
Read Herald Sun Qualifying for an Australian swim team at 18 is the dream that Alexander Graham is contemplating turning down. The talented Melbourne teenager celebrated his 18th birthday on Sunday night with a fifth place finish in the 200m freestyle final in 1:47.23, fast enough to secure a position on his first senior national…
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CC photo #486: Me and Alex at the Budapest 2010 Europeans
Me and Alexander Dale Oen at the LEN 2010 European Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the day after he had won the men’s 100 breaststroke in a new championship record of 59.20. Today is one year since his passing.
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Teesside University: Aimee Willmott
Olympic swimmer Aimee Willmott is studying BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise (Coaching Science) and is also on the elite athlete scheme. http://youtu.be/s-WoXgIzF-c