Category: Gossip
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Ian Thorpe and Tiger Woods “in sad pursuit of faded glories”
Alrighty then, blunt talk by Claire Harvey on The Sunday Telegraph, who finds it “excruciating to watch these two men struggling for glories that never appeared to make them happy in the first place”: Since the age of about 17 Thorpe has seemed – and I know this sounds odd – particularly uncomfortable as a…
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Candice Alley declares she and Grant Hackett “100 percent OK”
Candice Alley declares she and Hackett are “100 percent OK”, and that nothing happened that early Sunday morning October 30th, when police was called to their property. She admits that something did occur, and states that she was embarrassed, but says it was nothing serious. Read the Herald Sun and She Knows. Here is Candice…
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Behind the Goggles: Ryan Lochte reflects on his career
Olympian Ryan Lochte takes a moment to reflect on his swimming career, courtesy of USA Swimming, answering questions like “how do you stay grounded?”.
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Nooo, Rebecca Adlington pees in the pool (!)
Can’t believe it, but she’s being quoted and everything: “We all pee in the pool, it’s not a big deal. We don’t have time to get out and go to the toilet, it’s a standard swimmer thing. “You can’t get out in between training, or it breaks up the set.†Read The Daily Star.
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Eamon Sullivan floored by mystery illness
Eamon Sullivan has quit the Asian leg of the FINA World Cup series as a precautionary measure after suffering a mystery illness. He was floored by the bug with flu and gastrolike symptoms for six days during the World Cup meet in Moscow two weeks ago, finished sixth in the 50m freestyle final last night,…
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Princess Charlene denies she almost ran from wedding
Princess Charlene of Monaco has broken her silence to deny reports that she was a reluctant, almost runaway bride in the run-up to her marriage to Prince Albert four months ago. The South African former Olympic swimmer, dismissed as “hilarious” rumours that she tried to buy a one-way ticket home to Johannesburg two days before…
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Ryan Cochrane is Canada’s aquatic athlete of the year
Swimmer Ryan Cochrane and diver Jennifer Abel have earned male and female athlete of the year awards from the Aquatic Federation of Canada. Cochrane captures silver medals in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle events at the world aquatic championships in Shanghai, and is ranked No. 2 in the world in both events. Via cbcsports
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The Steroid-Dealing, Ecstasy-Smuggling, Dead-Body-Burning Swim Coach
… that parents still want to coach their children. Wild story! I was told to tread carefully. I was told that the man in the headline above could be litigious, and that he had deep pockets. There’s also the matter of him burning and burying a dead body on his own property… During the trial…
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Geoff Huegill on Ian Thorpe’s comeback
I’ve been in a minibus with this guy and Eamon Sullivan as late as in Stockholm in October, it was even more mini with them in it :-) VIDEO: Can Thorpe beat Huegill? Also in these news, Eamon Sullivan is surprised that he maybe gets to race Ian Thorpe already now … and calls butterfly…