Tag: London 2012
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Olympic legend Michael Delany opens fire on “pathetic” Aussie relay
Read the Herald Sun JUST pathetic. That’s the verdict from an Olympic relay legend on today’s statement from the shamed London 4×100 relay team – who today admitted to a wild, Stilnox-fuelled bonding night in the lead-up to last year’s Games. Michael Delany, who at 18 won silver as part of Australia’s legendary “Mean Machine”…
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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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Sunrise : Australian Swimming in turmoil
Six swimmers accused of inappropriate behaviour and abuse of prescription drugs are due to hold a press conference today. Derryn Hinch and Howard Sattler discuss the possible fallout. Via the17thman And The Sunrise team discuss the swimmers who are accused of misdemeanors, and Richard Branson’s search for an Australian Virgin.
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Aussie swimmers face sanction over drugs
Swimmers who used prescription drugs at the London Olympics face sanctions from the AOC.
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Jade Neilsen lifts lid on Aussie team’s Olympic antics
Olympic swimmer Jade Neilsen has spoken out about Australian Swimming’s night of shame, accusing three members of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of “inappropriate behaviour” towards her and a female roommate. Read news.com.au “I will confirm that they were being inappropriate and it was towards (name withheld) and I,” Neilsen said. “I won’t specifically…
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D’Arcy says, ‘Blame swimmers not coaches for London flop’
Read SuperSports Nick D’Arcy believes his fellow swimmers have to take responsibility for Australia’s disappointment in the London Olympic pool last year rather than blaming coaches and team management. “Some of things outlined there were designed to be inflammatory more than anything else,” D’Arcy told Triple M radio on Wednesday. “I think we’re just trying…
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Wildeboer: Our Olympic team was too inexperienced
Now former Danish head coach Paulus Wildeboer has some interesting comments in what Sporten.dk calls ‘his last interview with Danish media’, that the Danish team with the exception of Mie Ø. Nielsen is too old to last until Rio 2016, and that is most likely was lack of Olympic experience that limited the Danish swim…
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Australian Swimming’s “Toxic Culture”
“Two independent reviews into Australian swimming’s poor performance at the London Olympics have unearthed explosive details. Senior team members are accused of bullying, abusing alcohol and prescription drugs, and thus creating a “toxic culture.”
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Australian swim team in hot water
“Our panel of sports journalists discuss the fallout from a damning report on the Australian Olympic swim team.”