Category: Gossip
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Oussama Mellouli named Arab sportsman of the year
Eqyptian magazine Al Ahram al Arabi has named Tunisian Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli the best Arab sportsman of the year 2011, after winning 15 gold medals at the Doha Arab Games earlier this month. Read Xinhuanet.com (in English) Here is Mellouli after posting the world short course championships winning 1500 freestyle time during prelims in…
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Roland Schoeman tears forearm muscle, out for 4-6 weeks
Bad news on Roland Schoeman’s twitter account, he has somehow torn his pronator teres, putting him out of the water for 4-6 weeks. Via The Swimmers Circle. http://twitter.com/#!/Rolandschoeman/status/151221752830230528
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Stephanie Rice breaks up with Wallabies player Quade Cooper
After 12 months together the relationship between Stephanie Rice and Australian rugby union player Quade Cooper is now officially over. “Stephanie has officially split with Quade and will be focusing 100 per cent on her Olympic preparation,” Rice’s manager, Titus Day, told Confidential. Sources close to the couple say the split has been coming for…
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Thorpe back in love with swimming, aims for time not medals, beyond London
Mellow talk with Olympic legend Ian Thorpe here on The Australian, in Switzerland shortly after ‘disappointing’ at the Italian Open in Riccione. Lot’s of interesting details, like that he hasn’t read anything about himself since 2000-01, that he doesn’t compete against others but himself, that he (as Cotterell) thinks he’s left his comeback a bit…
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CONI president Petrucci (now) praises Pellegrini
You might remember the story about Italy’s olympic committee president, Gianni Petrucci, mocking Federica Pellegrini for declining to be flag bearer at the London 2012 opening ceremony because of competition the day after, calling her immature and saying “to carry the flag is not the Way of the Cross”. Well, they’ve made up since then,…
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Team GB girls model for charity ahead of 2012 Olympics
In between training for London 2012, female members of team GB including synchronised swimmer Jenna Randall have taken time out to pose for the Nichole de Carle London 2012 charity calendar, celebrating the London 2012 Olympic Games with all profits going to Wellbeing of Women. Bless their hearts, go buy that calendar here on nicholedecarle.com!…
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Gyurta and Verrasztó (and coach) in fight over ex-girlfriend
Via Pestiside.hu, see also mosaictv.hu Hungarian swimmers Gergely Gyurta and Dávid Verrasztó have been ordered to appear at a disciplinary committee meeting after the two got in a fight after Gyurta sent a congratulatory text to Verrasztó’s former girlfriend Sára Joó, who is also a swimmer. All three were at the European Short Course Swimming…
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Pellegrini disappointed of her Szczecin form, blames coach Bonifacenti
Wow, Italy’s star swimmer Federica Pellegrini has certainly taken off her gloves here on her blog, blaming now former coach Federico Bonifacenti (who according to other news dumped her) for her poor form at the Szczecin 2011 Europan Short Course Championships. And boyfriend Magnini agrees, that “I think it’s offensive both for me and for…
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Injury forces Nick D’Arcy to cut load
A back injury that kept Nick D’Arcy out of the Queensland Swimming Championships was just a “speed bump” on the road to London, according to his coach Michael Bohl. Following his liver problems this summer, forcing him out of the Shanghai World Championships. And of course, the other thing. Via Sunshine Coast Daily