Tag: London 2012
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Australian Swimming’s “Toxic Culture”
“Two independent reviews into Australian swimming’s poor performance at the London Olympics have unearthed explosive details. Senior team members are accused of bullying, abusing alcohol and prescription drugs, and thus creating a “toxic culture.”
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Australian swim team in hot water
“Our panel of sports journalists discuss the fallout from a damning report on the Australian Olympic swim team.”
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Bluestone Review says Australia’s London 2012 Olympic team had ‘toxic’ culture
Read Bloomberg Australia’s London Olympics swimming team was beset by “culturally toxic incidents†including misuse of prescription drugs and bullying that highlighted a failure of culture and leadership, a report said. The so-called Bluestone Review, commissioned by Swimming Australia after the nation’s worst performance in the Olympic pool in two decades, found that a culture…
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South African swimmers in Monaco
“An exceptional visit of olympic athletes behind the scenes, at work in the pool and with former olympic swimmer HSH Princess Charlene…” – And it worked for them, didn’t it SOUTH AFRICAN SWIMMERS in Monaco from Nathalie Leon-Morley on Vimeo.
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Mads Glæsner: ‘Wildeboer ruined my Olympics’
Quote this article (in Danish) on Sporten.dk. According to the now 1500 freestyle short course world champion Mads Glæsner, the Danish male swimmers were ‘sacrificed’ for the female, their last 6 months of training downgraded with all focus instead on the needs of the women. – ‘Paulus didn’t hide that the training was not prepared…
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UVA Swimmer and Olympian Lauren Perdue Honored
The UVA Women’s Center and Athletics department held a reception Sunday morning to recognize fourth-year student Lauren Perdue. She was part of a gold-medal winning relay at last summer’s Olympic Games in London. Read NBC29 via the17thman NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
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Franklin and Phelps named 2012 Swimmers of the Year by FINA and SwimmingWorld
After collecting the votes from the 202 National Member Federations, media and aquatic experts, FINA’s Athletes of 2012 are Missy Franklin (USA) and Michael Phelps (USA) in the swimming category, and Eva Risztov (HUN) and Oussama Mellouli (TUN) in the open water swimming category. See FINA.org FINA’s picks for top athletes in open water, diving,…
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Tyler McGill visits Maine South High School
“On December 29, 2012 the Maine South Hawks Swimming Parents Association brought in Olympic Gold winner Tyler McGill to speak to their young swimmers. Tyler spent the day with the group sharing his inspirational story, life lessons, and training techniques.” – And he is darn good at it ! :-) Tyler McGill visits Maine South…
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Ricky Berens named NBC Charlotte Person of the Year
NBC Charlotte has named Ricky Berens as its Person of the Year. With 63 percent of the viewer vote, Berens took home the award. The Charlotte native edged out fellow nominees Beverly Howard, Brenda Stevenson, Leon and Sandra Levine and David Marsh. Read wcnc.com, via the17thman