Controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy says he fears the fractures within Australia’s swim team will take a long time to mend.
http://youtu.be/M2M1-Vf0YAg
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Warning signs were there when Thorpe returned
Read The Sydney Morning Herald
To some, signs of the turmoil in Australian swimming could be seen in the lead-up to last year’s national titles. Swimming Australia was attempting to reinvigorate a sport that had lost relevance – it turned to Ian Thorpe.
The powers that be thought Thorpe, and a group of former champions, could spark interest and publicity among an Australian public that no longer cared enough for Channel Nine to continue its coverage of the national championships, which once had a prime-time presence. -
CC photo #420: Father and son at our local FLOT meet 2013
Father and son from Tórshavn at our local club meet here in Toftir, Faroe Islands today, 23 February 2013. I coached him (the father) in this pool back in the 90’s. It is a good feeling.
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Navy SEAL Goes Missing During Hawaii Ocean Swim
Crews are searching for a missing 34-year-old Navy SEAL who disappeared during an open ocean training mission near Kaena Point, Oahu on February 19.
The SEAL is assigned to a Hawaii-based Naval Special Warfare unit.
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Swimming Idiots – A beautiful swim
“A morning swim by The “Swimming Idiots” at Balmoral Beach in Sydney.
Shot on 19th and 20th Feb 2013.”Swimming Idiots – A beautiful swim from Chris Meredith on Vimeo.
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CC photo #419: Colbertaldo being congratulated at Istanbul 2009
Italy’s Federico Colbertaldo silver winner in the men’s 1500 freestyle at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Germany’s Jan Wolfgarten in the background, waiting for his gold medal. See the result list here.
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Oscar Pistorius released on bail
Today, Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius was granted bail of 1 million Rand (112700 USD) in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Magistrate Desmond Nair set strict bail conditions after a lengthy ruling. Pistorius will be back in court on June 4. Only audio was allowed in court. Read for instance The Guardian.
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Olympic legend Michael Delany opens fire on “pathetic” Aussie relay
Read the Herald Sun
JUST pathetic.
That’s the verdict from an Olympic relay legend on today’s statement from the shamed London 4×100 relay team – who today admitted to a wild, Stilnox-fuelled bonding night in the lead-up to last year’s Games.
Michael Delany, who at 18 won silver as part of Australia’s legendary “Mean Machine” 4×100 relay team at the 1984 Games, could not be more scathing of the team when he spoke to news.com.au this afternoon.
“They couldn’t speak for themselves,” Delany told news.com.au. “I thought it was pathetic that there was just the one statement.”
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Aussie relay admits taking Stilnox in London 2012 camp
Read The Australian
The six members of Australia’s ill-fated men’s 4x100m Olympic freestyle relay team are likely to face financial penalties from the Australian Olympic Committee.
It comes after they admitted deliberately breached the Australian Olympic team rules by taking the banned prescription drug Stilnox as part of a “bonding†night at their pre-Olympic camp in Manchester ahead of last year’s London Games.
Five of the six – world 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen, Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett, Tommaso D’Orsogna and Cameron McEvoy – admitted to taking Stilnox tablets on their “bonding night†at the Manchester camp. The sixth man, James Roberts, said he did not take the tablet.
Sullivan and Targett admitted to supplying the drug to their teammates, although they insisted it was a “communal†decision to take the medication.