Tag: Grant Hackett
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Grant Hackett, Ian Thorpe go from hero to zero while golden girls thrive
Read Herald Sun Life after swimming has left the likes of Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett floundering, but Australia’s golden girls have taken a shine to new careers post-pool. Athens Olympic gold medallist Giaan Rooney has carved out a successful, scandal-free career as a swimming commentator and advertising spruiker, while three-time Olympian Nicole Livingstone…
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Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley tells of her safety concerns for the couple’s twins
Read Herald Sun Olympic champion Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley is “filled with horror†after the swimmer lost their son and ended up wandering semi-naked through a Âcasino. Breaking a two-year public silence on the split, Alley said she now feared for the safety of the couple’s four-year-old twins, Charlize and Jagger. “I am devastated…
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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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Grant Hackett denies Stilnox rehab claims, father says he is in denial
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett has denied claims by his manager that he is entering rehab for an addiction to prescription sleeping drugs, saying instead that he had travelled to the US for a planned “retreat”. The Australian swimming great touched down in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, and immediately…
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Grant Hackett to get treatment in US for Stilnox addiction
Read The Australian Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett is seeking treatment in a US rehab centre for an addiction to the prescription drug Stilnox. The former swimming star left for the US yesterday, just days after he was found wearing a singlet around his waist in Melbourne’s Crown Casino while apparently searching for his four-year-old…
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Grant Hackett ’embarrassed’ after being caught on camera half-naked in search of son
Grant Hackett, says he’s embarrassed about being caught on camera, half-naked, searching for his four-year-old son. The former swim champion was snapped in a hotel foyer, after one of his twins went missing. Epic quote: “When I discovered him missing, I went in hasty pursuit – but perhaps with a swimmer’s sense of dress” Here…
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Grant Hackett in half-naked search for son at the Melbourne Crown
See for instance 9NEWS Grant Hackett was barefoot and shirtless when he burst into the foyer of Melbourne’s Crown hotel-casino, searching for his four-year-old son. The panicked moment, captured on a mobile phone camera in the early hours of Saturday morning, began when the troubled former Olympian woke to find his son Jagger had gone…
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Stars rally to support Ian Thorpe
Read Herald Sun The Mercury yesterday revealed Thorpe had been in hospital since Wednesday for shoulder surgery and was being treated for depression and alcohol issues. Thorpe’s management released a statement claiming the swimming great was in hospital for treatment on his injured shoulder. “Ian is not in rehab,” a SEL spokesperson said. “Ian was in hospital…
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Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Susie O’Neill asked to help the revival of Australian Swimming
Read couriermail.com.au Swimming Australia president John Bertrand said the sport needed to better capitalise on the experience and knowledge within its own ranks. Bertrand said Hackett and O’Neill were keen to get involved and he hoped to take five-time Olympic champion Thorpe up on his public offer last year to mentor the Australian team and…