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  • Great Australia Day Swim 2012

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    Michael Klim points to this video here on Twitter, from the Great Australia Day Swim 2012 charity swim, supporting charities and community organisations providing support to disadvantaged children and youths. They raised about AUD $ 70,000, most of it going to Les Twentyman’s 20th Man Fund. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/MichaelKlimAus/status/164493908783546368″]

  • Eric Moussambani was a ‘stunning Olympic moment’ according to the Guardian

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    You might remember him, Eric Moussambani aka ‘Eric the Eel’, who swam the 100 freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in 1 minute 52.72 seconds, after having been so unsure about the starting procedure, that the two others in the heat false started. The Guardian sees this moment as one of ’50 stunning Olympic moments’…

  • Targett wins the Victoria 100 freestyle, Klim in the Final, Thorpe no 13

    Targett wins the Victoria 100 freestyle, Klim in the Final, Thorpe no 13

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    Ouch, Friday the 13th for Ian Thorpe … “Matt Targett walked away with the men’s 100 free crown in 48.71 after watching Ian Thorpe continue to struggle in his return to competitive swimming during prelims. Competing in Australia for the first time since 2006, Thorpe missed making finals in the 200 free with a 13th-place…

  • Ian Thorpe’s former coach Tracey Menzies also thinks he’s left it a little late

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    Menzies said yesterday she did not want to second-guess her former pupil and did not have any knowledge of his training regimen under respected coach Gennadi Touretski. But she had been surprised that he had made the decision to come back to a very different swimming landscape so late. Read The Sydney Morning Herald, via…

  • Thorpe and Klim to compete against each on Friday

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    Update, not ‘tomorrow’ (as in Thursday), but on Friday … It has been six years since Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim last went head-to-head in a competitive 100m freestyle race, but tomorrow they’ll do it again, returning to the same Melbourne venue for the Victorian state titles where Thorpe pipped Klim at the nationals in…

  • Inge de Bruijn and Pieter van den Hoogenband winning the World Sports Awards 2000

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    Glamour and glitter dominating the international World Sports Awards gala in London, early 2001. Featuring Inge de Bruijn, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Michael Klim, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ian Thorpe, 007 actor Roger Moore and Mark Spitz cracking jokes. Swimmers dominating the World Water Sports Awards 2000, even with rower Steven Redgrave on home turf. Courtesy of…

  • Michael Klim makes strong comeback in the 100 free

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    Despite confusion over his 100 freestyle time, 34-year-old Michael Klim is pleased what he was able to produce in his first competitive race in more than 4 1/2 years, at Swimming Victoria’s Qualifying meet at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre this morning. Klim swam a 100 time-trial as part of the 200 freestyle, officially…

  • Michael Klim postpones comeback after suffering neck strain

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    34-year-old Michael Klim was due to swim his first race in more than 4 1/2 years at a low-key Nunawading club meet at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre today, but decided to withdraw after advice from his physiotherapist a coach, because of a neck strain that he got from doing weights on a three-week…

  • Klim to swim this weekend

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    It will be a world away from the chaos created by Ian Thorpe’s return to the competitive pool in Singapore earlier this month, but another former champion, Michael Klim, will make his comeback from retirement in a low-key swim meeting at Nunawading. Read The Age. Picture courtesy of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, cc by-nc…