Category: Gossip
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Sullivan, Seebohm and Edington score P&G contracts
As a major global partner of the 2012 London Olympics, Procter & Gamble is sponsoring not only the entire Australian team, but also Eamon Sullivan, Emily Seebohm and Sophie Edington as ambassadors for Gillette, Pantene and Oral-B respectively. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/Eamon_Sullivan/status/164544711040839680″] Explaining its involvement with the Olympics, Maile Carnegie, Managing Director of P&G Australia and…
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Tom Vangeneugden calls it quits
Belgian long distance swimmer Tom Vangeneugden has decided to stop as a professional swimmer, saying here on his blog that ‘There comes a time when you no longer meet your expectations, the goals become unrealistic.’ He is happy with having completed the goals he set as a young swimmer, to compete in the Olympics and…
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The Danish struck by the travel luck of Bjarnason
So, Pál Joensen is now on his first altitude camp ever, in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain, together with the Danish national team and a few other swimmers. But it was no easy trip from Copenhagen to the Sierras, as they had Pál’s coach Jón Bjarnason with them, who is notoriously unlucky when it comes…
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Natalie Coughlin named ambassador of Pantene
Pantene has named Olympic medalist swimmer Natalie Coughlin as the brand’s new ambassador, chosen not only for her vast accomplishments in sports, but also for her dedication to a healthy lifestyle and her ability to inspire women to embrace their own strenth and feminity. She will appear in all elements of the brand’s marketing campaign,…
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Team is Missy Franklin’s priority, not prize money
We know the story, she’s given up on a lot of money in order to be able to stay NCAA eligible. According to USA Today some $130,000 in prize winnings plus three endorsement offers, while her mother has taken a year-long sabbatical to be her scheduler and media handler. But team is important to Missy…
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Colors 77 – Federica Pellegrini
A bit old video here, but interesting. Dad sounds like a swell guy, making her swim farther out into the sea than she dared. Colors 77 – Federica Pellegrini from bryce licht on Vimeo.
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Thorpe & team draw out emergency plan to save his Olympic participation
Ian Thorpe has made late changes to his training regime in an effort to find form before the Olympic trials in March, following disappointing performances at the Victoria State Championships last week. He sat down with coach Gennadi Touretski, national head coach Leigh Nugent and performance science manager Bernard Savage to analyse his performance, and…
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David Verraszto gets nine-month ban from Hungary for striking Gergely Gyurta
According to SwimmingWorld Magazine, the Hungarian Swimming Association has enacted a suspended nine-month ban of David Verraszto recently, for striking teammate Gergely Gyurta on the final night of the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland. This was presumably because Gyurta had sent a text message to Verraszto’s ex-girlfriend, as we heard in December.…