Chad le Clos on Trans World Sport. Trans World Sport travelled to South Africa to meet up with Olympic swimming sensation, Chad le Clos and his Dad, Burt.
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Aussie swimmers face sanction over drugs
Swimmers who used prescription drugs at the London Olympics face sanctions from the AOC.
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2013 Mooloolaba Mile Ocean Swim
The Mooloolaba Mile is the latest addition to the Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series.
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Emily Seebohm Interview — Swim Kids Operation 10,000
Olympian Emily Seebohm chats about her experience at Palm Beach Aquatic Centre as part of the 2013 Swim Kids Operation 10,000 events.
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Jade Neilsen lifts lid on Aussie team’s Olympic antics
Olympic swimmer Jade Neilsen has spoken out about Australian Swimming’s night of shame, accusing three members of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of “inappropriate behaviour” towards her and a female roommate. Read news.com.au
“I will confirm that they were being inappropriate and it was towards (name withheld) and I,” Neilsen said.
“I won’t specifically say (what happened). It has sort of already come out pretty much what they’ve done.
“All I can say is their behaviour was completely inappropriate, it was so inappropriate it was not funny. That is all I can really say about that.”
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CC photo #418: Jón Brian the reporter leaving Belgrade 2008
Good times, Faroese reporter and friend Jón Brian Hvidtfeldt boarding the plane out of Belgrade after a successful LEN 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships. The one where our guy Pál Joensen became the most winning male swimmer, with gold in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle.
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Grant Hackett puts AUS$ 2.7 million home on the market
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Now disgraced Olympian Grant Hackett has listed his Melbourne penthouse for $2.7 million as he prepares to divorce his wife and mother of his two children, Candice Alley.
In the latest episode of the ongoing Hackett saga, the expansive three-bedroom apartment in the bustling restaurant district of Southbank was quietly placed on the market by RT Edgar recently.
The swimmer paid $2.755 million for it in the property boom of 2009.
It’s where Alley called police following the Derby Day celebrations in October 2011 after Hackett went on a drunken rampage.
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D’Arcy says, ‘Blame swimmers not coaches for London flop’
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Nick D’Arcy believes his fellow swimmers have to take responsibility for Australia’s disappointment in the London Olympic pool last year rather than blaming coaches and team management.
“Some of things outlined there were designed to be inflammatory more than anything else,” D’Arcy told Triple M radio on Wednesday.
“I think we’re just trying to look for excuses and trying to pass the buck. I certainly didn’t perform the way I would have liked to. I take full personal responsibility for that.”