From days gone by, a Wikimedia Commons photo courtesy of br1dotcom, CC BY 2.0
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Grant Hackett’s father: “He is a dickhead, but I love him”
Australian media is again filled with details about the breakdown of Grant Hackett’s and Candice Alley’s marriage, the incidents at home last fall and at the Logies this spring apparently decisive for their separation. His retired policeman dad calls him a ‘dickhead’ but dismisses reports that he had thrown his wife against a window, “he may have wrecked the joint but he didn’t harm anyone.” Michael Klim also supports his former teammate, “I’ve know him for 20 years and I was probably worse than him on the drink – and I wasn’t that bad”
“He is not a violent person. He’s a very driven, goal-oriented person. I was shocked to see he had gone to that level and it was sad to see that things had broken down between he and Candice.”
In related news, Hackett has been dropped as the public face of Westpac, but remains as an employee. Read more here on Adelaide Now and here on the Herald Sun.
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Windle youngest ever to qualify for the US Olympic diving trials, is awesome
13-year-old Jordan Pisey Windle is the youngest ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic diving trials, held in Seattle later this month. Adopted from Cambodia as a baby and raised by two dads, he recently released his own “It Gets Better” spot, and will serve as the grand marshal for Central Indian’s upcoming Pride Parade. His mentor is Greg Louganis, yup, the Louganis. Via The Daily What.
Jordan Windle's "It Gets Better" message
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Barcelona 2013 – Swimming Qualifying Procedure
FINA has today announced the qualifying procedure for the 15th FINA World Championships Barcelona 2012, see attached PDF-document.
15th FINA World Championships – Barcelona 2013
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CC photo #154: Alex remembered at Debrecen 2012
Only a month since he passed away, feels like an instant and an eternity.
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The Dale Oen Experience fund passes NOK 500,000
A month after his brother’s death, Robin Dale Oen met the Norwegian press on the shore of Øygarden – ‘here where we grew up together’ – to thank for the support that they have received since Alex passed away. Everything from the now over NOK 513,000 (USD 84,000) that the Dale Oen Experience fund has received from private sponsors, to simple things that meant so much like food and flower vases brought by neighbors to relieve them from having to go shopping. He points out that everyday someone in Norway looses a brother or son, without it even getting mentioned in the papers. TV2.no via Simma.nu/no.
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Lost in space with jellyfish
Nana Trongratanawong gopro-ing herself while snorkeling in Jellyfish Lake in Palau.
She has another nice video on Vimeo filming mantas
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Crazy Russian gymnasts working out on a construction crane
Totally in the ‘Can you do this?‘ category, but please don’t !!
Via Neatorama
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Omega ‘Start Me Up’ Olympic Campaign featuring Natalie Coughlin
Worried about your campaign not being cool enough? Just add water!
Omega London Olympic ads – "Start Me Up"
Via the17thman