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  • Police unlikely to charge Candice Alley

    Police unlikely to charge Candice Alley

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    Off The Courier Mail: But The Sunday Telegraph understands Alley is unlikely to be charged with any offence. Buckets and Spades owner Zlata Relin said the store had spoken to Alley’s lawyers, who had promised to send a cheque for the cost of the items. Ms Relin said she had asked police not to charge…

  • Federica Pellegrini to take a year off after the Olympics

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    Read La Gazzetta dello Sport “I’m stopping next year. If I want to carry on swimming long into the future, I need to take a year’s sabbatical, a year completely dedicated to me, when I’ll put myself first. The World Championships take place next year, and I’ll just focus on trying to make it into…

  • Hackett’s wife Candice Alley under investigation for shoplifting

    Hackett’s wife Candice Alley under investigation for shoplifting

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    Candice Alley, the singer and estranged wife of swimming star Grant Hackett, is under police investigation for allegedly shoplifting children’s designer clothing from a posh Melbourne boutique. The claim is that she took four items from a Brighton shop on June 30 and five items from a Port Melbourne shop on July 1. Among the…

  • Lochte and Coughlin need your votes for Most Awesome Bodies in Sports

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    See this competition on ESPN, Ryan Lochte has already beaten someone called Pauli Bissonnette and Tim Tebow and now has to beat an old soccer player called David Beckham, while Natalie Coughlin has beaten someone named Agnieszka Radwanska and Natalie Gulbis to now challenge Lolo Jones. https://twitter.com/ryanlochte/status/223948462947958784

  • Tyler blasts Phelps for being lazy, then says sorry

    Tyler blasts Phelps for being lazy, then says sorry

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    Yeah I know, I’m late here. Tyler Clary called out Michael Phelps, yesterday, saying he saw a real lack of preparation when he trained with Phelps, and that Phelps ‘has basically been asking to get beat for the longest time.’ Phelps gets upset, other people too while others say Clary is right, then Clary says…

  • Ian Thorpe: The Swimmer

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    This documentary shows a very human Thorpe and his struggle to come back from retirement. In related news, Thorpe reveals dark days when, in 2010, he confirmed his financial empire was in ruins. And he answers the other question, if he sleeps with men and women. Read news.com.au “Being asked about (being gay) gets annoying,”…

  • Bar Refaeli under water in an under.me ad

    Bar Refaeli under water in an under.me ad

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    Israeli model and under.me designer Bar Refaeli demonstrating her underwater skills. We remember her from that ad with Michael Phelps, among other things. Via The Improper.

  • Hackett admits abuse of Stilnox at the end of his swimming career

    Hackett admits abuse of Stilnox at the end of his swimming career

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    Olympic champion Grant Hackett battled a “heavy” reliance on the controversial sleeping pill Stilnox towards the end of his swimming career, an investigation has revealed. The pills were administered by swimming officials during meets, including the Olympics. “At one point they scared me,” he said. “They’re evil. The overuse was because of a shoulder injury…

  • Ryan Lochte’s mom on his passion for design

    Ryan Lochte’s mom on his passion for design

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    Ryan Lochte’s mother, Ileana ‘Ike’ Lochte, tells NBC 6’s Jackie Nespral how she hopes that he will design swimsuits for Speedo after her son’s swimming career is done. “He really loves designing, he loves drawing, he loves just being out there,” she says, adding that he is an abstract artist.”