This meet has seen some amazing drama, world records, Commonwealth records and numerous national records but tonight was a night for history to be made. We didn’t have to wait long for the moment to come; the session was barely 3 minutes old before a new name went down in the annals of Commonwealth Games … Continue Reading→
Candian backstroker Riley Janes injured his back in this morning's heats for the men's 100 backstroke, as he collided with the underwater 'halibut' camera from the start. The camera runs on a rail fitted to the bottom of the pool.
Janes always starts deep to allow him to use his excellent dolphin kick, … Continue Reading→
When talking to the press after this morning's 100m breastroke heats, Heidi Earp let it slip that she hadn't swum as well as she had hoped to in the 200m final last night, as a result of an illness. When asked why she had swum she replied, "my coach made me!".
The third day of swimming competition had already had its fair share of controversy before we event got to the finals session with Matt Welsh’s perhaps harsh disqualification in the heats of the 200m backstroke. If the evening lacked such shocks then it more than made up for it with pure drama and some tremendous … Continue Reading→
World champion and hot favourite Matt Welsh has been sensationally disqualified from the heats of the 200m backstroke. He won his heat with ease but was taken out for moving at the start. Pullbuoy's source on poolside felt that Welsh had been harshly done by: "At take your marks, he came up a … Continue Reading→