At the Scottish National Open Swimming Champs at the start of July we caught up with our Olympians and chatted about their final preparations ahead of Rio, their hopes and aspirations. We also threw in a few random questions!
At the Scottish National Open Swimming Champs at the start of July we caught up with our Olympians and chatted about their final preparations ahead of Rio, their hopes and aspirations. We also threw in a few random questions!
Meet David Plummer, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. David will compete in the 100m backstroke.
Courtesy of Bram Schuijten, illustrations by dr-discount.nl
With the opening ceremony of the Olympics just three days away, the head of the IOC is defending the committee’s decision not to ban the entire Russian team in the wake of doping controversy. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports from Olympic Park.
“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.”
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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.
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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
