Tag: Grant Hackett
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Horton has 1500m swim heroics in sight
What a shame short-sighted young gun Mack Horton can’t see the scoreboard at the national swimming titles in Sydney. It seems he is the last to know about his world-beating performances. And the stage is set for him to be initially oblivious of a doozy in the 1500m freestyle final on Friday night. At just…
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Grant Hackett finishes fourth in 200m final to claim relay spot at world titles
Grant Hackett missed out on a medal in the 200 metres freestyle final at the Australian swimming championships in Sydney on Sunday night, but his swim felt as good as a win for the Queenslander with his fourth place and time assuring he will go to the world championships. The former two times Olympic champion’s…
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Grant Hackett will be welcomed back to Australian swim team: Jacco Verhaeren
Returning swimming great Grant Hackett would be welcomed into the Australian team in any capacity despite his personal struggles since his 2008 retirement, head coach Jacco Verhaeren has said. And Hackett, who will swim in the national trials that begin in Sydney on Friday, said he would be keen to support the team team even…
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200m still road to Rio for Hackett
Returning swimming champion Grant Hackett will stick to his plan of earning a spot in next year’s Olympics through the 200m freestyle. The two-time Olympic 1500m champion made his first competitive appearance since the 2008 Beijing Games during a qualifying meet in Brisbane last weekend. The 34-year-old swam the 200m, 400m and 100m freestyle events,…
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How swimming turned my life around: Grant Hackett
If someone had told me six years ago that I would be physically and mentally preparing myself to embark on any sort of competitive swimming program, I would have said “not a chance in the world” and walked away laughing. It’s fair to say life has had many twists and turns in the last four or…
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Seven years after Beijing, Hackett is racing again
In a stunning return to the pool that is set to completely surpass the efforts of Olympic great Ian Thorpe in 2012, Hackett is swimming as fast as Thorpe did three years ago after less than half of the time back in full training. Just six months into his comeback Hackett has already posted multiple…
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Michael Phelps pushes Grant Hackett to return
The dual Olympic 1500m champion may be on the comeback trail, but he reserves the right to step off at any time if he doesn’t want to continue. Having watched the hype that surrounded his great friend and rival Ian Thorpe’s failed comeback for the 2012 Olympics, Hackett is cautious about his own prospects and…
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Grant Hackett to come out of retirement
Australian swimmer Grant Hackett, a seven-time Olympic medalist, will come out of a seven-year competitive retirement and enter the Australian national championships in April, according to Australian media. He hasn’t yet set a goal of making the 2016 Olympics, nor any international team for Australia. “That’s not where I am at in my head,†Hackett said,…
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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…