The outside smoker, a speedy swimmer in lane one or eight who takes a field by surprise to win the gold, is hardly a new phenomenon but it has been one that has appeared with unusual regularity in Montreal in these World Championships. So is there something peculiar about the pool, are swimmers getting more practiced at dealing with the qualification process or are there more rational explanations?
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Australian trials 2005 review – Ian Pope interview
Local knowledge is a wonderful thing; inside knowledge is even better. That’s why, after his analysis last year, we again tracked down Ian Pope, coach to five swimmers selected for the Montreal World Championships in Giaan Rooney, Michael Klim, Patrick Murphy, Brett Hawke and Matt Welsh.
Continue Reading →steve parry – flying into the sunset
Who said nice guys can’t be winners? Eleven major medals in a career spanning 10 years says otherwise if you are Steve Parry, who called time on his swimming exploits shortly before this years World Championship trials, only seven months after his biggest achievement, Olympic bronze.
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Brett Hawke
With the Olympic swimming programme only days away it’s always good to get an international perspective on how the events will pan out. With Mark Foster’s controversial non-selection for the team, Britain will have no representative in the one length dash, so we sought out top Australian 50m freestyler Brett Hawke to get his views on the sprints in Athens and to try and find out the secrets behind his preparation for his second Olympic campaign.
Continue Reading →Bodysuits: here to stay
With Speedo launching their new generation fastskin, its clearer than ever that the bodysuit is here to stay in the sport of swimming, despite controversy when they were first introduced. We take a look at how they have influenced the sport since their introduction and look at ways you can get the most from your suit.
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