Category: Organization
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Meet the Australian swim stars, 18-21 years and 21+
Australian swimmers introducing themselves 18-21 years 21+
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Big business leaves SA swimmers to drown
Read Mail & Guardian When Chad le Clos edged out Michael Phelps to win the 200m butterfly gold at last year’s Olympic Games the future of swimming in South Africa looked bright – but the sport has, since then, seemingly limped from one fiasco to the next. Swimming South Africa (SSA) is currently without a…
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Emily Seebohm bans social media to avoid past mistakes
Read news.com.au After Seebohm admitted social media played with her mind too much in her final hours before the Olympic final, her coach Matt Brown has cracked down on the use of mobiles for all his squad. His guidelines mirror the reforms set to be enforced by the entire Australian swim team this year. “This…
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Van der Burgh feels hard done by
Read Eye Witness News Olympic medal winner Cameron van der Burgh’s agent and manager Ryk Neethling says the swimmer feels hard done by that he has not been included in the annual list of National Orders. The Presidency on Monday announced the list of recipients which includes van der Burgh’s fellow medal winner Chad le…
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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…