Tag: Denis Cotterell
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Denis Cotterell feels sorry for Sun Yang
Chinese swimming star Sun Yang’s Australian coach said he felt sorry for the double Olympic champion after it emerged he had served a doping ban, telling media Thursday the athlete was “let down”. Denis Cotterell made his comments after Australian swimming authorities barred the 1,500 metres world record-holder from training in the country’s pools in…
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Grant Hackett back in training under top coach but denies Rio comeback
Olympian Grant Hackett is back training under master coach Denis Cotterell on the Gold Coast but is adamant he is not making a fully fledged comeback for the 2016 Rio Olympics despite registering for drug testing. “Because I’ve been through so much this year, I just wanted to get back into the squad and enjoy…
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Grant Hackett’s former coach says team officials gave Olympian Stilnox
Read The Guardian Grant Hackett’s former coach says the Olympic swimming champion’s Stilnox addiction is the price he paid for his success in the pool. Hackett’s long-time mentor Denis Cotterell says the triple Olympic gold medallist was given the sleeping medication by team officials who didn’t tell him it was addictive until he’d been taking…
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Denis Cotterell still motivating young talent to make breakthroughs after 40 years as a swimming coach
See ABC Cotterell recalls the first time he laid eyes on a very young Grant Hackett. He was not convinced Hackett, eventually a gold medallist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, was even the best swimmer in his family. “He was the younger brother of a very good swimmer, his older brother Craig, and I…
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Australian Swim Team – Barcelona Training Session
Fine-tuning preparations for the 2013 FINA World Championships at CAR in Barcelona…
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Pál Joensen on training camp in Australia
Sigh, while we local residents of the Faroe Islands are suffering from the seasonal rain (starting in May and ending in April), Pál Joensen has travelled to […grumble…] Gold Coast, Queensland, to train under the legendary Denis Cotterell, coach of Grant Hackett and now Jordan Harrison. Pál comments from Australia: “It is going very well,…
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Harrison’s drought-breaking swim surprises coach Cotterell
Read The Age Denis Cotterell has warned against too much expectation being placed on Jordan Harrison, with the veteran coach who guided Grand Hackett to dual 1500-metre freestyle Olympic gold medals saying he was as surprised as anyone with his protege’s impressive swim at the national titles on Friday night. Harrison, 17, turned back the…
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Hackett still setting the gold standard via coach Cotterell’s tales
Read The Age Grant Hackett might be long gone from the competitive pool, having retired in 2008 after narrowly failing to become the first male swimmer to win three Olympic golds in the same event. But the 1500 metres freestyle champion’s former coach Denis Cotterell has ensured Hackett’s legacy is not forgotten by his present…