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  • Just over a year since he came out as gay to the world – telling TV interviewer Michael Parkinson, “I’m not straight” – Thorpe, 33, has finally made peace with himself.

    And, despite a serious ongoing shoulder injury, the five-time Olympic gold medallist is stronger than ever.

    “I’ve had a really great year,” he says later, as we settle ourselves at a table in the kiosk above the pool.

    “There have been times when I thought, ‘This is not what I expected’, but throughout all of it, I’ve been really happy living my life with authenticity and honesty.

    “It’s not like everything’s been great because I came out,” he adds.

    “There have been ups and downs, but progressively I feel like I’m a lot more comfortable in myself, and I’m looking forward to the future, which is really nice.”

    That future, he says, will be here in Australia.

    Early this year, he settled in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and, after 10 years hopping between here, Los Angeles and Switzerland, has no plans to leave.

    He’s also actively looking for someone to share that future with.

    This is where things get tricky.

    Read The Daily Telegraph

  • Annual Open Water Swim Event on the Côte des Arcadins, Haiti.

    Experience the Undiscovered Beauty in Haïti Cherie.

    The next Swim is Sunday, January 24, 2016.

    See www.swimforhaiti.org

  • At Doha’s Hamad Swimming Centre, the venue which hosted the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Seebohm stole the scene by claiming gold in three events – the 50m, 100m and 200m back in respectively 27.85, 58.34 and 2:07.19. Her three golds won in Doha helped her total 60 points for the leg. She ranks second after the unbeatable Katinka Hosszu who also topped three events – the 200m free and the 200/400m medley. Hosszu was the best in Doha with 87 points in the leg’s rankings.

  • Life took this Spanish sailor in a different direction than planned, but it put him in a position to serve his country and save lives in the process. Now he is serving as part of Trident Juncture, the largest NATO exercise since 2002.

  • Watch our behind the scenes interview with Team Speedo GB swimmer, James Guy, to find out more about the freestyle gold medallist, including how he relaxes and why he’s a long-time Lion King fan.

  • Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochrane discusses the important topic of Community with his classrooms. Ryan gives several examples of how the communities around him make him a better swimmer, as well as examples of the different ways he gives back to his community. Ryan challenges his students to impact their communities in a positive way during the month.

    https://youtu.be/bAyMiKZl3MQ

  • How to save yourself from drowning: Amazing video shows marine turning his TROUSERS into a life-jacket.

    https://youtu.be/6tKI5RTr6M8

  • Living in the small town of Creston hasn’t stopped Camryn from dreaming big.

  • If there’s any piece of James Bond’s wardrobe more iconic than his Omega Seamaster or Crockett & Jones shoes, it’s the itsy bitsy blue La Perla swim trunks he wore in Casino Royale. A picture taken of a very buff Craig exiting the ocean in said trunks during filming 10 years ago might just be the best-known shot of him that exists today—a fact that would no doubt piss the actor off more than being asked to pout on command. In a new interview with Time Out New York, the franchise’s moodiest Bond revealed that the image was brought about in the most Daniel Craig way possible.

    “That was a big accident, that particular shot,” he responded when asked how he feels when looking at it. “I was pretending to swim in shallow water, and then I stood up and walked out of the water. I was pretending to be too cool to swim, I thought it looked stupid and stood up, and I walked off—and that was the shot.”

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