Tag: Glasgow 2014
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Australian swimmers slam media for continued focus on Olympic debacle
Australian Commonwealth Games swimmers have reacted strongly to repeated questions about the team’s London Olympic Games campaign, which was notable for disappointing performances in the pool and bad behaviour out of it. However, senior squad member and 100-metre breaststroke world champion Christian Sprenger thinks while it was “bizarre that they still bring that up” there…
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Lauren Boyle’s dad stuck in Siberia
Lauren Boyle has yet to hear whether her father will arrive in Glasgow in time to see her opening race. Allan Boyle was on Virgin Atlantic flight VS251 from Shanghai to London which was forced to make an emergency landing in Irkutsk, Russia, after the Airbus A346 developed “a technical issue”. He and his partner,…
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Michael Jamieson aims for gold and new world record at Commonwealth Games
Scottish swimming hopeful Michael Jamieson says he plans to secure gold at the Commonwealth Games. But he’s not finished there. The Glaswegian star also wants to claim a world record in his hometown. Jamieson’s desire to make history is so strong that the record time of two minutes and seven seconds is the first thing…
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Australian swim team on high alert after swimmer shows norovirus symptoms
Australia’s swim team fears a gastro outbreak after quarantining one of their leading swimmers with the symptoms of the norovirus that has ripped through more than 50 staff at the Commonwealth Games athletes’ village in Glasgow. News Corp has been told that one of the female athletes on the swim team has been quarantined from…
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Michael Jamieson Goes Back to School | Glasgow 2014
Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson visit’s his former school, the Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahouston Academy, for the first time since winning a Silver medal at London 2012 and receives a hero’s welcome from the staff and students.
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Hannah Miley on coping with stress of being 2014 poster girl
“Hannah Miley reckons she’s on course for even more glory after learning how to drown out the pressure of expectation. The Garioch swimmer just missed out on a podium place at London 2012 but hit back with medal-laden displays at the European and World Short Course Championships. She won a gold and two silver medals…