Tag: James Roberts
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Aussie relay fined for Stilnox bonding session
Read The Sydney Morning Herald James Magnussen, Tommaso D’Orsogna, Cameron McEvoy, Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett and James Roberts will be fined an undisclosed amount and were handed suspended sentences. They will now be free to take part in the national titles which start next week, and be eligible for selection for this year’s world championships…
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Aussie relay admits taking Stilnox in London 2012 camp
Read The Australian The six members of Australia’s ill-fated men’s 4x100m Olympic freestyle relay team are likely to face financial penalties from the Australian Olympic Committee. It comes after they admitted deliberately breached the Australian Olympic team rules by taking the banned prescription drug Stilnox as part of a “bonding†night at their pre-Olympic camp…
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Aussie WMD relay bonding session ’caused havoc’ just days before London 2012
According to FoxSports, Australia’s much-hyped 4×100 hopefuls – including Olympic rookies James Magnussen, James Roberts and Cameron McEvoy – went out on a mates’ date to watch the latest Batman movie at a cinema, but it turned into a dark night of their own, creating havoc when they returned to the luxury hotel. Prank calls…
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Magnussen shattered after the 4×100 flop
The talk of the Australian team at the Olympics has been all about ‘The Missile’ that failed to fire, with James Magnussen shattered after his poor start. This video unfortunately posted a bit late, so that they are looking forward to Seebohm’s gold.
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London 2012 day 4 prelims: Aussie arsenal firing again
On this fourth day of London 2012 Olympic swimming preliminaries, James “the Missile” Magnussen found form again, placing 4th and 48.38 in the men’s 100 freestyle with USA swimmer Nathan Adrian fastest in 48.19, South Africa’s Gideon Louw in 48.28 and the Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren 3rd in 48.37, James “The Rocket” Roberts also qualifying for…
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Eamon Sullivan interviews swimmer James Roberts
“Eamon Sullivan interviews swimmer James Roberts and previews the competition for the London 2012 Olympics” Via the17thman
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James “The Missile” Magnussen rockets to a 47.10 in the 100 free
On the 5th day of Australian Trials, James Magnussen scorched the men’s 100 meter freestyle final with a 47.10, obviously qualifying for the Olympics ahead of also qualifying James Roberts in 47.63, with Matt Targett (48.32), Eamon Sullivan (48.53), Cameron McEvoy (48.58) and Tommaso D’Orsogna (48.64) also qualifying for the London 4×100 relay. Magnussen’s time…
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Teens whipped Sullivan and Targett
The story yesterday was accordingly to Gold Medal Mel, that “Aussie Swimmers set to rewrite history in sprint freestyle”, describing how scary fast the 100 meter semi final was at the Australian Championships, with Matt Target posting best time 48.66, and Matthew Abood following in 48.69. Teenagers outshine swimming favourite by tvnportal Well, today two…