Category: Organization
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James Magnussen: Swim scandals out of proportion
See sbs.com.au James Magnussen says Australia’s swimming scandals have been blown out of proportion, but promises to change his brazen ways and become a humble champion. […] “I think a lot of it has been blown out of proportion,” Magnussen told reporters in Adelaide on Thursday. “There was a lot more team unity and friendship…
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Michael Jamieson: “Sign up to SwimBritain”
“Fancy having Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson on your SwimBritain team? Sign up today at swimbritain.co.uk”
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Stilnox video has Australia’s Olympic athletes on edge
Read news.com.au Swimming’s Stilnox scandal has deepened, with the Australian Olympic Committee seeking the damning video evidence that could further condemn the relay men. […] Less than a week after Swimming Australia handed the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team fines and suspended sentences for their Stilnox bonding session last year, the AOC is hunting the…
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Australian swimming suffers high-performance funding cut
Read for instance AFP Two of Australia’s biggest Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, had their annual high-performance funding cut on Monday by the government-backed Australian Sports Commission (ASC). Swimming, the best-funded of Australian sports saw its 2013-14 allocation from the ASC reduced by 5.8 percent to Aus$8,165,000 ($8,389,000). Athletics Australia’s high-performance funding was cut by…
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Arkady Vyatchanin to switch nationalities
Read AFP Two-time Olympic medal winner Arkady Vyatchanin has decided to quit swimming for Russia and represent another country, the Allsport news agency reported on Monday. “I believe that I can offer nothing else to Russian swimming,” Vyatchanin was quoted as saying at the Russian Cup final in Kazan. “I will continue my swimming performances…
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New swim team helps saves lives
See KPLCtv.com There’s a new swim team coming to Lake Charles, but there’s more to it than just competitive swimming. This new swim team is helping save lives. The new swim team called the “Foreman Reynaud Streamliners” will practice at the Foreman Reynaud Community Center. Swim Coach Brian Cain said his goal is to get…
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Aussie relay fined for Stilnox bonding session
Read The Sydney Morning Herald James Magnussen, Tommaso D’Orsogna, Cameron McEvoy, Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett and James Roberts will be fined an undisclosed amount and were handed suspended sentences. They will now be free to take part in the national titles which start next week, and be eligible for selection for this year’s world championships…
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Punishment for Aussie relay team to be announced soon
Read The Telegraph The likes of star swimmers James Magnussen and Eamon Sullivan are expected to learn their fate in the coming days following lengthy investigations by both Swimming Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee It is understood penalties could include fines and “suspended sentences†following the fallout of their infamous Stilnox bonding night prior…
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Rebecca Adlington hails new British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss as ‘natural born leader’
Read MailOnline Rebecca Adlington has described Bill Furniss as a ‘natural born leader’ as the man who guided her to four Olympic medals enjoys his first weeks as British head coach. ‘He has the knowledge, he is so experienced. Having been head coach at the 1996 Olympics he knows that role so well. ‘He commands…