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  • “Definitely I know that I’ve been doing everything I can, pushing myself to the absolute limit,” Coutts said.

    “I almost passed out twice at training. I did some filming with Sunrise and they were filming my main set and at one stage I thought, ‘I’m going to vomit, I’m going to vomit all over myself and this is not going to look good on TV.’

    “Sitting on the side of the pool after my main set I didn’t even have the energy if I wanted to do it in the water. I was just going to vomit all over my swim suit.

    “I know that I’ve given it everything so I can’t be disappointed with that.”

    Read Herald Sun

  • Several countries — from the U.S. to South Korea — have revealed details about the looks their Olympic teams will wear at the Rio Games, and a lot of the clothes are already on sale to consumers. Photo: Ralph Lauren.

  • Waves up to 4.6 metres high washed onto Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday, July 30. The waves hit the Olympic Broadcast Services building on the waterfront, passed over the sidewalk and submerged the street. The Brazilian navy issued a warned of the expected swells over the weekend. A crew from NBC news that was due to broadcast live from the beach on Saturday reportedly had a structure damaged.

    Read The Telegraph

  • Contrary to recent media reports, the eligibility of Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 has not been confirmed, and will not be confirmed until the IOC’s three-person commission to review Russian entrants renders its final decision on these athletes, along with the other members of the Russian swimming team.

    The FINA Bureau initially did not include Morozov and Lobintsev on the list of eligible competitors, in respect of the IOC’s ruling that nobody implicated in the WADA IP Report may be accredited for entry in the Olympic Games. Both athletes were named in the WADA IP Report.

    The two athletes filled an appeal to CAS and FINA understands that this Court has forwarded the case to the IOC three-person commission for final decision.

    Read the FINA statement

  • Arizona State University’s Kat Simonovic is hoping to take the gold for her home country.

  • A group a sightseers got closer than expected to an enormous fin whale during a recent whale-watching excursion. This delightful sighting took place on the St. Lawrence River in Québec, when the animal passed beneath the group’s inflatable boat.

    See Mashable

  • Olympic swimmer Lilly King talks about making the best of her swimming.

    https://youtu.be/xgPuAZRP3I4

  • Olympic swimmer and Rio medal hopeful Christopher Walker-Hebborn talks to the Evening Standard about hitting “the plateau” – spending a lot of time not improving as a swimmer – and how he got back on track, plus his hopes for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio.

  • Caught on camera by wildlife tour company Sea Wild Scotland, the film shows the gentle giants swimming in clear shallow water between Coll and Mull in the Hebrides. And the crystal clear waters look more reminiscent of the Seychelles than chilly Scotland. James Fairbairns, skipper and owner of Sea Wild, said: “The sharks are a little bit later than usual but it’s pretty normal to have them here by now. “It’s unusual that we would see on in shallow waters like that. It’s the first time we’ve seen it in 20 odd years.” The drone footage was captured last Thursday during a wildlife trip, and James, 37, said tours to see basking sharks were steadily becoming more popular. They spend their summers in Scottish and northern waters before heading south for winter.