Just a week until the Birmingham 2022 swimming kicks off and Bob, Katie and Steve are joined by Commonwealth Champion Ross Davenport to take a look forward to some of the big stories in the pool.
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Podcast: The Challenge of Delhi 2010 with Lizzie Simmonds
It was a Commonwealth Games like no other when they travelled to the sub-continent for the 2010 edition. While India put on a great spectacle, the cohort of swimmers was beset by an illness that swept through the teams, making it as much a test of resilience as it was speed in the water.
Lizzie Simmonds was a medal winning member of Team England that year and recalls a games that presented a completely new challenge.
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Podcast: The Curse of the Commonwealth Games with Brett Hawke
He won three medals in his two appearances for Australia, but the Commonwealth Games were not always plain sailing for Brett Hawke.
We pick up the Commonwealth Games memories thread in Manchester to get his memories of the 2002 edition before moving to Melbourne in 2006, as Brett recalls the suit malfunctions and health scares that led him to think he was cursed.
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Kuala Lumpur 1998: Ryk Neethling (South Africa)
There is something special about the Commonwealth Games which to me can be summed up in two 1500m finals. At the Games in Kuala Lumpur, I had the World Record Holder and my idol Kieren Perkins next to me in lane 6. I didn’t have a great meet and had zero expectations for the race. In fact I didn’t even take a track suit to the pool.
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Podcast: Commonwealth Games Memories with Karen Pickering
She’s the most decorated English female athlete at the Commonwealth Games so it’s no surprise that they hold special memories for Karen Pickering. In this Commonwealth Games memories edition of the pullbuoy podcast we journey from Auckland to Manchester, via Victoria and Kuala Lumpur, to get her recollections of those Games.
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