Category: Organization
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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” Watch this video on YouTube
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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…