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  • The gold medal winning Russian duet of Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina not only impressed the world with their incredible technique but also offered a beautiful homage to the King of Pop Michael Jackson in their “They Don’t Care About Us” technical routine at the London 2012 Synchronised Swimming competition.

  • NSWIS caught up with Matt Wilson and his coach Adam Kable ahead of the 2017 Swimming World Championships in Budapest.

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  • For a man who glides so quickly and effortlessly through the water it seems perverse to think of Michael Phelps confining himself to one room for four straight days.

    Such were the depths of a spiral that would threaten to cripple the comeback of a man widely regarded as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.

    His self imprisonment followed a second charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, in September 2014, that led to a six-month suspension by USA Swimming.

    If swimming is one of the most individual sports there is, it turns out that behind the world’s greatest Olympian is a support network of family and friends. They were key to Phelps summoning the courage to seek help.

    “I’m so thankful for the support that I have,” Phelps told CNN in an emotional interview with Coy Wire.

    “Those days when I was sitting in my room, where I didn’t move for four days, I had the support team of my friends and my closest family members and everybody who was there — my house was like a revolving door.

    “They were people who matter the most to me and were there because they truly care about me. I was like, ‘That was a really dumb idea, let’s figure this out.’”

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  • Three WJRs, two EJRs to finish, Russia and Hungary tied at 11 titles

    Quite a day to finish an outstanding meet: records were flooding in Netanya at the European Junior Swimming Championships as three junior world marks and two more European records were set by the continent’s best teenagers. Russia and Hungary were tied on gold medals, though the Russians topped the count and won the Championship Tropy. Hungary’s Ajna Kesely closed the event with 6 gold medals.

    STEENBERGEN Marrit NED 4X100m Freestyle Women Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day01 28-06-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MC SHARRY Mona IRL 100m Breaststroke Women Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    DEPLANO Leonardo ITA 50m Freestyle Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    EGOROVA Polina RUS 100m Butterfly Women Final Gold Medal and New World European Record LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    HOLLO Balazs HUN 400m Medley Men Heats LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    KUIMOV Egor RUS 100m Butterfly Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MARTINENGHI Niccolo’ ITA 100m Breaststroke Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    SANCOV Alexei MDA 200m Freestyle Men Final Gold Medal LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Team Hungary HUN 4X200m Freestyle Relay Women Final Gold Medal and New Championship Record LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Team Italy ITA 4X100m Medley Relay Men Final Gold Medal and New World Junior Record NARDINI Davide, CECCON Thomas, MARTINENGHI Niccolo’, BURDISSO Federico LEN 44th European Junior Swimming Championships Netanya, Israel Day05 02-07-2017 Photo Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Final session action of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.

  • Olympic great Ian Thorpe has revealed he can no longer swim, having lost his famous freestyle stroke after shoulder replacement surgery.

    The five-time Olympic gold medallist, 34, said he had come to terms with what his body was now able to do following the surgery two years ago.

    “When I first retired all those years ago I did not want anything to do with it (swimming), I did not want to go near a pool,” Thorpe, the Specsavers eye health ambassador said.

    “When I retired for the second time I wanted to keep swimming, but I had a shoulder replacement. I had lots of complications with my shoulder and it is a pretty serious operation, not a reconstruction, a replacement, so I can’t swim.

    “I had more than two years of shoulder problems and then I got an infection in hospital, so they had to remove the reconstruction they did.

    “Then I was on antibiotics for 12 months with a completely fractured shoulder before they could operate on it, so I was happy that I got the shoulder that I have and that I can do as much as I can with it.

    “I was told by the doctor before the surgery I would never be able to swim again. I can swim enough to be able to catch a wave, but the stroke it allows me to do is quite horrible and it kind of crunches over, so it is not like I can get into a pool and do some laps.”

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