Olympics
thorpe’s water torture
Ian Thorpe will be unable to defend his Olympic 400m freestyle title in Athens, having been disqualified for a false start in the heats of that event at the Australian Olympic Trials in Sydney this morning.
Continue Reading →bodysuit controversy down under
The launch of the new Speedo Fastskin bodysuit has led to a series of controversies in Australia, mostly because of who won’t be wearing them in the Athens Olympic Games.
Continue Reading →Thorpe confirms Olympic programme
Ian Thorpe has confirmed his programme of events for the Athens Olympics and will concentrate purely on freestyle events at this summer's championships. The Thorpedo has discarded the 100m backstroke and 200 medley events following recent experiments with those events and will now swim the 100, 200 and 400 freestyle at the Australian Olympic … Continue Reading→
Burnett’s Olympic dream ‘hangs by a thread’
Unofficial reports indicate that High Wycombe swimmer Simon Burnett faces a race against time to be fit to compete in the British Olympic trials, after a cycling mishap led to a serious hand injury. The injury requried surgery and will seriously disrupt his training preparations for the trials and, of course, has implications for … Continue Reading→