Tag: Leisel Jones
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BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series – Pilbara Community Visit
Olympians Leisel Jones, Alice Tait, Thomas Whalan and Alicia McCormack along with Paralympian Matthew Cowdrey visited the regional area of Pilbara in Western Australia for the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Community Program.
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Leisel Jones
Australia’s most successful female swimmer, Leisel Jones, has announced her retirement.
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Aussie champs rally around Leisel Jones after ‘unfair comments’
Former Olympians have leapt to the defence of champion swimmer Leisel Jones, who has come under fire today for her physical appearance just days before competition kicks off in London. Head coach Leigh Nugent says he has had a face-to-face meeting with Jones that convinced him that these attacks have not rattled her mental state.…
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Ian Thorpe 50.53 and 21st in the 100 free prelims, out of the Olympics
After a disappointing swim in the mens 100 freestyle preliminaries at the Australian Olympic Trials, it is now official that Ian Thorpe will not get to compete at the London Olympics. On a more positive note, Leisel Jones qualified with a time of 1:07.64 in the 100 breaststroke, yesterday evening, behind Leiston Pickett in 1:06.88,…
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Leisel Jones battling ear infection ahead of trials
Leisel Jones who is attempting to become the first Australian to compete at four Games revealed Tuesday that she had been battling an ear infection since the New South Wales titles last month, where she was well below her best. She says her ear is “95 percent” but admits it is not the ideal lead-up…
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Swim stars thumb down the new Speedo Fastskin3 racing system
When Australia’s best swimmers fight for Olympic selections this week, most including Leisel Jones and Libby Trickett will leave the latest in swimsuit technology on the rack, unconvinced by the Speedo Fastskin3 racing system that they helped launch last December.
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Leisel Jones looks beyond the London Games
According to the Australian, Leisel Jones is contemplating stretching her career to a fifth Olympics in Rio in 2016. She admits that it is only since Shanghai that she has returned to the level of training commitment she had before the Beijing Games, but says that now with the Olympics as the nearest event on…
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Big meet in Barcelona this weekend !
The Mare Nostrum circuit starts in Barcelona this weekend, and our guy Pál Joensen will be there, along with 4 juniors from our Faroese squad. The start list promises a lot of world-class racing, as swim stars from around the world prepare for Shanghai 2011.
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Leisel Jones Sets 100 Breaststroke World Record
Australia’s “Lethal” Leisel Jones is back with a vengeance, with a 100 meter short course breaststroke world record of 1:03.00 at the FINA World Cup 2009 meet in Berlin, where USA’s Jessica Hardy’s world record from last year was 1:03.72. Hardy also swam faster than the now former world record time, with a time of…