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  • Photos published from Grant Hackett’s ‘Night of Carnage’

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    Police photographs obtained by The Sunday Mail show the extent of the Olympic gold medalist’s fury, with an upended baby grand piano, smashed furniture and holes punched in the wall. Officers who attended the scene were told that Hackett – who weighs nearly  100 kg and is almost 2m tall – grabbed his diminutive wife and…

  • Grant Hackett and wife Candice Alley separate

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    Swimming legend Grant Hackett has this morning confirmed that he and wife Candice Alley have separated, with him wishing her “every success”.   “I can confirm media speculation this morning that Candice and I have separated,” Hackett said in a statement. “I want to be dignified in my approach to everything and ensure the children’s…

  • Hackett kicked out of The Logies 2012 after-party

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    At the 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday, Grant Hackett was causing quite a “ruckus”, being told off by fellow guest after he and Foxtel presenter Shura Taft were throwing grapes at Celebrity Apprentice Lauryn Eagle in an attempt to get her attention. Fast forward to 3am, an the well-refreshed Olympian was being…

  • Ian Thorpe now pessimistic about his Olympic chances

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    A week before the Australian Olympic trials, Thorpe has told Australia’s Network Ten that he doesn’t have high expectations of making the team after modest results in lead-up event. “The most realistic outcome of this is that I will most likely fail. … I wish I had another six months to do this,” he said…

  • Hackett helping out to launch Swim Kids Operation 10,000

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    Swim Kids Operation 10,000 is a fundraising campaign developed by Uncle Tobys to help the Royal Life Saving Society raise awareness and funds to provide free Swim and Survive lessons for 10,000 children who would otherwise miss out. Targeting children from ethnic and indigenous communities as well as from disadvantaged families. Six-year-old Charbel Elias here…

  • Eamon Sullivan nearly drowned as a kid

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    Australia’s star swimmer Eamon Sullivan could easily have become just another drowning statistic when, as a toddler, he accidentally rode into his family’s backyard pool. It was only the vigilance of his parents that saved him, and now the 26-year-old repays his fortune by helping Royal Life Saving, Uncle Tobys and Barnados teach disadvantaged children…

  • Drowning epidemic threatens Australia with 500,000 pupils unable to swim

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    The Royal Life Saving Society of Australia estimates that at least 50,000 Australian pupils have left primary school each year this past decade without knowing how to swim, and that the country therefore faces a “drowning crisis”, maybe already manifesting itself with a spike in drownings in the 17- to 18-year age group. The society…

  • Grant Hackett: “No pool, no career”

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    Tell me about it, it’s like hockey rink that I never got ! “I began swimming at Innisfail in Queensland and we had a pool and my swimming career would be non-existent without the pool. “Sporting facilities are the heart of regional communities and it becomes more than just a pool, but a meeting place,”…

  • The truth about the night Grant Hackett snapped

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    Brace yourself before reading this Women’s Day report … On the surface, Grant Hackett seems to have it all – a beautiful wife, gorgeous two-year-old twins, and a golden reputation that has earned him a host of corporate gigs and a commentary spot at next year’s Olympics. But the triple Olympic gold medallist’s future is…