Tag: John Leonard
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Swimming has global doping problem on same scale as athletics, warn top coaches
Swimming has a global doping crisis on the same scale as athletics, leading coaches have warned. ‘People saying this is not just Russia and not just athletics are 100 per cent correct,’ John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, told Sportsmail. The association are concerned about possible corruption in swimming’s international governing…
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Ye Shiwen fought off burnout and depression after drug slurs of London 2012
Read The Independent Last summer, on the opening day of London’s Games, Ye produced a landmark swim, obliterating a four-year-old world record with a performance that defied belief. There were plenty who did not believe her achievement and innuendo was already her companion as she stepped onto the podium to collect gold for the 400m…
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“Hang your head in shame, John Leonard”
Wow, John Leonard needs to write an official apology real fast, see ESPN The attack on the little Chinese girl was just hateful. Some of the Chinese athletes lack a bit of emotion and for that they appear to be easy game for rumours and suggestions. I hope the fella from USA swimming has no…