Tag: Geoff Huegill
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Matthew Welsh’s World Record at Barcelona 2003 | Men’s 50m Butterfly
Today we’re taking you back to an unexpected turn of events in the 50m Butterly from the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Australia’s Matt Welsh set a new World Record with a time of 23.43!
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Lars Frolander wins Gold in an incredibly close race at Fukuoka 2001 | FINA World Championships
Relive this remarkable 100m Butterfly race from the 2001 edition of the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka. It was a tight competition between Lars Frolander, Ian Crocker and Geoff Huegill, but Frolander prevailed with a new Championships Record in a time of 52.10!
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Geoff Huegill and wife, Sara Hills, plead guilty to cocaine charges
See ABC, Mail Online etc Retired Australian swimming champion Geoff Huegill and his publicist wife, Sara Hills, have pleaded guilty to cocaine charges. The couple was caught with cocaine in a private suite at Sydney’s Randwick racecourse last month. They appeared in Waverly local court this morning. http://youtu.be/oNUA83WIyOU
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Why sports stars mix with drugs
Read Courier Mail Huegill’s achievement and the healthy lifestyle message that he marketed set him up for life. Then came the news this week that he and his wife Sara had been charged with possession of cocaine following a day at Randwick races. While the charges have yet to be heard by a court, as…
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Give swimmers more post-career support, urges Brenton Rickard
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Two-time Olympic Games medallist Brenton Rickard has implored officials to build a post-career support network for Australia’s swimmers to help them transition to life out of the pool. Rickard is helping Swimming Australia create a new program to prepare athletes for retirement as three of the sport’s golden boys –…
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Geoff Huegill suspended as AustSwim ambassador, apologizes following drugs charge
See for instance The Australian Former swimming star Geoff Huegill has made a public apology after being allegedly caught with cocaine at Sydney’s Randwick races on Saturday. Huegill and his wife, Sara, were charged with possession of a prohibited drug, believed to be cocaine, at the star-studded autumn racing carnival. “Some people feel that they…
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Geoff Huegill and wife Sara charged over party drugs at Randwick races
Read The Daily Telegraph Former Australian swimming star Geoff Huegill and his wife, Sara Hills, locked themselves in a disabled toilet in the corporate area of Randwick Racecourse prior to being charged with drug possession on Saturday. http://youtu.be/AqoMQGrQJuM
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In at the deep end – Carlile and Curry comment on the pressures faced by elite athletes
See 7 News Consider the falls from grace of swimming stars Ian Thorpe, Scott Miller, Geoff Huegill and now Grant Hackett. Thorpe is in rehab for depression, after reportedly taking antidepressants and painkillers. Atlanta silver and bronze medallist Scott Mille has outlined his addictions to ecstacy, cocaine and crystal meth. While Geoff Huegill contemplated suicide…
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Leisel Jones reveals ‘psychotic pursuit’ of Olympic gold came at cost of mental health
Read Business Standard and The Telegraph Former Australian Olympic gold-medallist swimmer Leisel Jones has revealed that a ‘psychotic pursuit’ of her gold medal came at the cost of her mental health. Jones is one name in a list of Australia‘s finest sportspersons suffering mentally in the pursuit of success like Ian Thorpe, Petria Thomas, Libby Trickett, Greg…