Category: Competition
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CC photo #417: Pál being interviewed at the 2012 Faroe Champs
Pál Joensen in the interview corner of the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Championships in our capitol of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
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Swimming Australia coach Leigh Nugent responds to ‘culturally toxic’ accusation
Swimming Australia’s management has been criticised in an independent review of the team’s failure at the London Olympics. The review describes a ‘culturally toxic’ environment within the team with abuse of alcohol and prescription drugs, as well as flouting of curfews and bullying, going unchecked. Head coach Leigh Nugent describes the wording of the report…
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Wildeboer: Our Olympic team was too inexperienced
Now former Danish head coach Paulus Wildeboer has some interesting comments in what Sporten.dk calls ‘his last interview with Danish media’, that the Danish team with the exception of Mie Ø. Nielsen is too old to last until Rio 2016, and that is most likely was lack of Olympic experience that limited the Danish swim…
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Ruby TV with Ian Thorpe in Cannes for his doco ‘The Swimmer’
“There is an excerpt of this Ian Thorpe interview in our MIP 2012 reportage, but we thought we’d share just a bit more of Ian with you for those less interested in the industry chat beforehand…”
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Australian Swimming’s “Toxic Culture”
“Two independent reviews into Australian swimming’s poor performance at the London Olympics have unearthed explosive details. Senior team members are accused of bullying, abusing alcohol and prescription drugs, and thus creating a “toxic culture.”
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Australian swim team in hot water
“Our panel of sports journalists discuss the fallout from a damning report on the Australian Olympic swim team.”
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Bluestone Review says Australia’s London 2012 Olympic team had ‘toxic’ culture
Read Bloomberg Australia’s London Olympics swimming team was beset by “culturally toxic incidents†including misuse of prescription drugs and bullying that highlighted a failure of culture and leadership, a report said. The so-called Bluestone Review, commissioned by Swimming Australia after the nation’s worst performance in the Olympic pool in two decades, found that a culture…
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British Swimming to stream the BG International Swim Meet
Read swimming.org With a world-class field of nearly 750 entries, next month’s British Gas International Swimming Meet (7-10 March) promises to be one of the most memorable competitions in the UK this year. Great Britain’s top swimmers will be in attendance including Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson, world champions Liam Tancock and Keri-anne Payne and…
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CC photo #415: Kis Gergő congratulated at Debrecen 2012
Hungary’s GergÅ‘ Kis on the LEN 2012 European Championships medal podium in Debrecen, Hungary, after winning silver in the men’s 400 freestyle. See the result list here.