Tag: Daniel Kowalski
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Michael Klim’s Comeback After Rare Illness ‘Attacked His Body’ | Australian Story | ABC News
Six years ago, Olympic swimming superstar Michael Klim was diagnosed with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a progressive autoimmune disease that causes muscle wastage and sensory loss. He almost lost his ability to walk, forcing him to rethink his identity and search for a new purpose. Klim, along with fiancée Michelle Owen and fellow Olympians…
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Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, on being a gay athlete
Australian Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, speaks about being a gay athlete at the 2016 Sydney Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras Film Festival, with a panel of Australian elite LGBT athletes, 28 Feb 2016, at the screening of LGBT sports documentary “Out to Win”. Fellow Panelists included Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Ian Thorpe, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and…
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D’Arcy and Monk apologize for their gun photos
Olympic swimmer Nick D’Arcy has apologized after posting a photograph of himself and team mate Kenrick Monk posing with guns on Facebook. According to SwimNews, the Australian Olympic Committee will punish them by sending them home as soon as the swimming program ends mid-way through the Games, and they will be banned from using social…