Tag: Michael Klim
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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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Michael Klim Inducted Into International Swimming Hall of Fame | 7NEWS
He’s one of Australia’s most celebrated swimmers. During his epic career, Michael Klim dominated the pool time and time again. Now his accomplishments have been recognized, with the champion inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Australian Olympic Swim Coach Ian Pope | Inside With Brett Hawke
Ian Pope is the Head Coach of the Melbourne Swimming Club. He is one of the most successful swimming coaches in the World having coached swimmers to over 70 medals at the Olympics, World Champs, and Commonwealth Games. Including Matt Welsh, Michael Klim, Giaan Rooney, Grant Hackett, Marieke Guerher, Matthew Targett, Patrick Murphy, Koti Ngawati,…
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Exclusive: Australian Swimming Hero Michael Klim Reveals Major Health Battle With CIDP | The Project
Michael Klim is one of Australia’s greatest swimming heroes, and in a Sunday Project Exclusive, for the first time, he opens up about the health battle he’s kept a secret for years in the hope it can raise awareness for others.
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Meet Aussie Swimming Hero Michael Klim | Woolworths
It’s hard to talk about competitive swimming without mentioning Aussie hero Michael Klim. Join Michael as he chats with nine-year-old Paige about his incredible life in the water, as well as what it takes to become an Olympian.
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Inside with Brett Hawke: Bill Kirby
Bill Kirby is an Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer from Australia. He was part of the 4×200 Free Relay that won in front of the home crowd at the Sydney Games. The Australia team, with Kirby on each of them, broke that relay’s World Record 3 different times (1998, 2000, 2001). Bill has recently moved back…
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Michael Klim Swim Training w/ Tai Budda Graham
Olympic gold medallist, world champion, and former world record-holder trains waterman Tai Buddha Graham in the pool.
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The Epic Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Swimming Race – Sydney 2000 Replays | Throwback Thursday
This week’s Throwback Thursday video features the first triumph after 36 years of the Australian Swimming team in the men’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay in front of their home crowd at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (AUS). Leading by 0.15 seconds at the final relay exchange, Ian Thorpe was passed by U.S. swimmer Gary…
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Cody Simpson’s Favourite and Possibly The Best Team Swimming Race in History | My Olympic Moment
Australian pop star Cody Simpson relives the epic showdown between Australia and the U.S. in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000, the race that had the teams anchored by Ian Thorpe and Gary Hall Jr. facing each other surround by an amazing atmosphere.