Speedo Star Athlete Blogs… A Good Thought
Speedo has enlisted the talents of some of its world class sponsored athletes to write what they call blogs from the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai in April.
The meet is set to be a showcase for a new generation of up-and-coming swimmers, and Speedo has invited five established high profile swimmers including Michael […]
Australian Swimming Fires Back at Doping Allegations
Australian swimming officials have dismissed suggestions that doping is rife in the sport, calling the claims ridiculous according to The Daily Telegraph. Yesterday it was noted here that former Olympic long jumper Gary Honey was quoted by Australian media as saying performance-enhancing drugs were so common in endurance sports such as athletics and cycling […]
Does Swimming Have a Drug Problem Down Under?
Strong allegations have been made by long jumper Gary Honey against Australian swimming. Honey believes the Australian swimming team has a drugs problem, just like national athletics and cycling teams. It is all speculation, opinion, and conjecture at this point, but in a revelation on eve of the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic silver medal […]
Mark Foster Announces Retirement and Speaks Harshly
British swimmer Mark Foster has announced that his sixth Commonwealth Games appearance - a new event record - will be his last. Foster plans to retire from the sport of swimming after next month’s World Short Course championships in Shanghai at 35 years of age.
He said the decision was due to his age, rather […]
What Makes Timed Finals Different From Other Swimming Resources?
A month into writing Timed Finals I started thinking about what makes Timed Finals so different from all the other swimming news sites like Swimming World Online and SwimNews. Certainly you can find all sorts of swimming news across the web ranging from age-group swimming, to the Olympics, to college swimming, to masters swimming, […]
USA Swimming Names Schubert National Team Head Coach and General Manager
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Mark Schubert (Surfside, Calif. / University of Southern California) was appointed to the newly-created position of USA Swimming National Team Head Coach & General Manager. One of the most influential leaders in the history of the sport of swimming, Schubert brings 37 years of coaching experience to the position, helping ensure […]
Swimming is a Minimum Wage Profession
Swimming is an intense year-round sport. The competition is exciting and the rewards can be great, but that does not mean it is financially rewarding to all that participate at the sport’s highest level. The sport of swimming can be a financial drain and 95% slip through the sponsorship and funding cracks, but many of […]
A Mental Challenge For Australian Swimmers
Growing up, I always had a saying: “if you can’t beat ‘em in the pool, beat ‘em in the parking lot.” Luckily, I was good in the pool, or I would have gotten plenty of beatings trying to take down my competitors after the race. Australian Brett Hawke feels that he will attempt […]
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It - Roland Schoeman
South African swimming sensation Roland Schoeman believes that the gold medal-winning quartet that smashed the 4×100m freestyle world record at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece should remain intact for duty at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, on March 16.
Schoeman recently expressed the view of “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it” in […]
Boy Swimmers are Wimps
Kieren Perkins’ former coach, John Carew told the The Gold Coast Bulletin that he blames “protective mothers” for the current lack of depth within the Australian men’s swim team. Carew also labeled the future of male swimming in this country “wimps” who have fallen behind the opposite sex in the toughness stakes. He also blames […]
Jenny Thompson Slams the University of New Hampshire
Kudos to Jenny Thompson. In a gutsy move (and one that I applaud) swimming legend Jenny Thompson today turned down a high honor scheduled to be bestowed upon her by the University of New Hampshire to protest the university’s decision to axe its men’s swim team along with several other sports. Olympic sports […]
Germany May Examine Drug Enduced Records?
The German Swimming Federation said Monday it may examine some national records tainted by doping practices in the former East Germany, but presidium president Christa Thiel said, on SI.com, the organization is unlikely to follow the lead of Germany’s athletics federation and examine the records comprehensively.
Unlike athletics, where many national records are still held by […]
Thorpe Will Join Coach Menzies on the Sideline
Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most successful Olympic athlete, withdrew from this month’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne because of illness, joining his coach Tracey Menzies on the sidelines The Australian reports.
Thorpe had bronchitis last month and has since suffered from an “energy-sapping virus,” Swimming Australia said. He was scheduled to swim the 100- and 200-meters freestyle and […]
Ryk Neethling’s Coach Wary of Thorpe
Dean Price, Ryk Neethling’s coach, has warned that swimming sensation Ian Thorpe’s mystery illness could be a smokescreen ahead of the Commonwealth Games. He had harsh words to say towards the tactics used in the past by Australian swimming officials.
“They’ve done it with Grant Hackett [Australia’s long-distance star] too many times for me to […]
Former World Swimming Champion Looks to Rebound
In a story by the Amateur Swimming Association, former World Champion James Gibson aims to banish the past two years of his swimming career when he steps into the Commonwealth arena in less than two week’s time with a reinvigorated passion for success.
Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games kick-started a year of unparalleled success […]
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