Tag: Mack Horton
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Why Trash Talk Doesn’t Work in Swimming | Skills N Talents
Unlike other sports, in swimming, trash talk can surprisingly give your rivals an edge. This video explores why psychological strategies common in team sports might backfire in the pool, especially in high-stakes events like the Olympics’ 4 x 100 freestyle relay.
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Olympic Swimmer Mack Horton Announces Retirement | Sky News Australia
Australian gold medal-winning swimmer Mack Horton has announced his shock retirement. Just six months out from the Paris Games, the 27-year-old has decided to step away from the pool. Mr Horton announced his decision on Sunday with a video tribute on social media. He won the 400-meter freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the…
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2022 Australian Swimming Championships – Official Trailer | Prime Video
Get ready to dive back in the pool for the Australian Swimming Championships. The 2022 Australian Swimming Championships will see the nation’s elite swimmers go head-to-head as they compete for their chance to represent Australia at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest in June and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July. Watch our…
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Olympic Swimmers Praise Gina Rinehart Following Australia Day Honour | Sky News Australia
Swimming is a full-time sport and Gina Rinehart makes it possible for us to commit fully to it, says Olympic Swimmer Mack Horton.
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Australia’s Olympic Swim Team is Announced | 7NEWS
Australia’s Olympic swim team has just been announced after the completion of the trials in Adelaide.
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Watch Mack Horton And Ian Thorpe Discuss The Future Of Sport
Two athletes who know all about competing at the highest levels are Aussie Olympics champions of the pool, Ian Thorpe and Mack Horton. Twenty years ago, 17-year-old Thorpe turned from a teenager into a worldwide sensation, when he took home three gold and two silver medals from the iconic Sydney Olympic Games. He has since…
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Australian swimming ‘relies heavily on funding’ for its success
Olympic gold medalist Matt Horton says the funding of Australian swimmers is critical to the nation’s success in the field because it sets up systems and networks behind the swimmers and supports them from a young age.
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Banning of Chinese swimmer ‘represents a humiliation the communist country deserves’ | Sky News Australia
Sky News host Chris Smith has said he is “extremely happy†to see the Court of Arbitration for Sport effectively end the career of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, in a move which highlights “China’s arrogant†approach to world domination. The Olympic swimmer has been hit with an eight-year ban after the Court of Arbitration of…