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  • Read myFoxPhoenix.com

    Mesa firefighters say the body of a man has been found at the bottom of an apartment complex swimming pool near Dobson Road and the U.S. 60.

    Mesa Fire Department spokesman Dean Morales says crews responded to the complex at 3 a.m. Sunday after a resident walking by noticed a person in the pool.

    Morales says fire crews pulled the 24-year-old man out and attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Morales says it’s not yet known if drugs or alcohol were contributing factors.

    FOX 10 News | myfoxphoenix.com

  • See news.com.au

    Veteran swimmers Eamon Sullivan and Emily Seebohm booked their tickets to the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games with victory at the national titles on the weekend, while youngster Mack Horton impressed in the men’s 1500m.

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    Read ABC

    The 59-person squad for the July Games, which includes world champions James Magnussen, Christian Sprenger and Cate Campbell, was announced on Monday night after a gruelling week of qualifying in Brisbane.

    There were some impressive performances in the Chandler pool, but Olympic legend Shane Gould says the glory days are gone.

    “I think the days of Australia’s dominance in swimming are over,” Gould told 7.30.

    “I don’t think you can say the world is catching up. They have caught up and they’re ahead.”

    See the ABC video segment here

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  • Read Chicago Tribune

    A world-class swimmer and 2016 Olympic hopeful showed up at a Crystal Lake banquet hall Sunday morning to surprise a 13-year-old boy who in February was the target of an alleged hate crime in his Crystal Lake middle school.

    BJ Johnson, 26, a USA National Swim Team member, flew in to Chicago on Sunday morning from his home in California just to tell Omid Babakhani that his “swim family” from across the country supports him in his recovery and encourages his return to swim.

    “We all wish you the best,” Johnson said.

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  • Read ABC

    The closest Eamon Sullivan had come to the Australian swimming team in the last two years was as their host at his Perth restaurant in January.

    No wonder he was surprised he had booked a Glasgow Commonwealth Games berth at the national titles in Brisbane on Sunday night.

    And it seems “Stilnox Six” member Sullivan will be welcomed back to the team with open arms after Swimming Australia high performance manager Michael Scott claimed everyone would arrive at the Glasgow team camp with a clean slate.

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    Read BBC

    Hannah Miley will attempt to record the times she needs to qualify for a further two Commonwealth Games events at next week’s British Championships.

    Miley has won five titles at the Scottish National Open Swimming Championships at Tollcross in Glasgow.

    But she did not post the 400m freestyle and 200m breaststroke marks needed to race in those events at the Games.

    “I will have a lot more competition, so that might push me a bit more,” Miley said of next week’s event at Tollcross.

    “We’ll see how that goes as I need to get back into my training now as well.”

  • Read The Age

    Cate Campbell won the 100-metre freestyle at the Commonwealth Games selection trials at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre on Saturday night in a blistering time of 52.68 seconds, but the world champion’s night was made special by the performance of her sister Bronte, who pushed her to the limit in a race that could reveal her coming of age as a contender.

    The Campbell sisters had already secured their places on the Australian team in the 50 freestyle, but Bronte Campbell’s time for the 100 of 53.02, which included a second lap that was 0.01 fast than her elder sister, showed that she was keeping the more-credentialled Cate within sight.

    “This time I managed to hang on, but I’m not sure about next time,” Cate said.

  • Read Herald Sun

    Twelve months before Grant Hackett’s life unravelled at Melbourne’s Crown casino complex on the evening of February 21, the Olympic champion knew he was coming unstuck.

    Hackett’s now infamous night at the Crown, during which he was photographed by casino patrons wandering in the foyer after midnight searching for his young son while wearing only his underpants and clutching a singlet, would become the catalyst for a five-week stint in a rehabilitation clinic for sleeping pill dependency; a problem that has reared its head before, during his Olympic career.

    After battling through — “white knuckling” as he calls it now — for more than a year, the retired athlete finally ­informed his parents Neville and Margaret in early February that he simply wasn’t coping with his bitter and drawn-out divorce from singer Candice Alley. It had taken its toll on him mentally and emotionally.

    Last week, the dual Olympic gold medallist was discharged from The Meadows in Arizona — an exclusive rehab facility that specialises in 30 types of ­addiction, including drugs.