‘Soupy’ pool puts our swimmers at risk
CLOUDY and soupy water has forced Australia’s swimming team out of the main training pool in Rio; amazingly however some athletes continue to use the facility.
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‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’
BROKEN, embarrassed, rebuilt and rebranded – now it’s time for the Australian men’s 4x100m relay team to right the wrongs from London 2012.
London heartbreak fuels McKeon’s Rio dreams
EMMA McKeon looms as the multi-event ironwoman of the Australian swim team, but missing the 2012 London Olympic Games almost saw her quit the sport.
USA v Aus: ‘Expect fireworks in the pool’
OLYMPIC great Michael Phelps is wary of the threat posed by the Aussie team, and if one race defines the meet it may be Nathan Adrian versus Cameron McEvoy.
Thorpey’s formguide: Where we’ll win gold
IAN Thorpe is one of Australia’s all-time great Olympians winning five gold medals in the pool. The man known as the ‘Thorpedo’ runs the rule over Australia’s best chances in 2016.
Rio star who left greatest Olympian awestruck
MICHAEL Phelps has 18 Olympic golds but a fellow megastar has left him starstruck in Rio. Meanwhile, the swim legend made a bombshell doping admission.
Phelps condemns Rio doping farce
MICHAEL Phelps has condemned the entire sporting world for failing to conquer the war on drugs as his fifth Olympic Games at Rio descends into a doping farce.
Aussie attribute that made Phelps ‘the greatest’
MICHAEL Phelps is the greatest ever Olympian and it’s an Australian attribute that helped him reach such extraordinary heights, writes Kieren Perkins.
‘I just won gold and I’m going to drown’
NO Australian man has won Olympic 100m freestyle gold since Michael Wenden defied all the odds 48 years ago. He’s convinced Cam McEvoy is the man to end the drought in Rio.
Dolphins looking to top more than US
AUSTRALIA is ready to smash the Americans like guitars. But it’s not just one relay team that the Dolphins have in their sights.
How Aussies repel mozzies on pool deck
AUSTRALIAN swimmers have been warned to be vigilant of the threat of zika virus with mosquitos visibly present at the Olympic swimming venue.
Short and Sweet: A fightback and a comeback
WE have a comeback and a fightback to remember and the latest from a huge week of woman and sport in SHORT AND SWEET.
Most dominant star at Rio Olympics
DON’T be fooled by the sweet smile, this star is untouchable right now and she’s set to enter “a different stratosphere” at Rio 2016.
What really goes on inside Rio village
PARTIES, condoms and celebrities. Olympian Melanie Wright reveals what really happens when 10,000 athletes live together.
Out of our way, the Aussies are here
IN A show of force and intent, Australia’s fresh-faced Olympic swimming team have taken over Rio’s Olympic Aquatic Stadium
Sharp practice means Wilson is Rio ready
MADISON Wilson issued a warning to her backstroke rivals in Rio, declaring her training was “a lot faster” than last year when she was a shock world titles silver medallist.
‘I thought I’m going to vomit all over myself’
AUSSIE swimmer Alicia Coutts knows she’s left nothing in the tank for her third Olympic Games and there was almost television footage to prove it.
Campbell joins social media blackout
CATE Campbell is the latest of our swimming stars to stop using social media during the Olympics, telling her followers that she will be “taking a break”.
Bronte cool as ice on Cate’s WR
FINALLY the Campbell sister rivalry just got real. Very real. When Cate broke the 100m freestyle world record last month, Bronte was nowhere to be seen.
Olympic legends help raise McKeon’s stocks
DAVID McKeon has taken advice from Olympic greats Mark and Tracey Stockwell every day for the past year as he looks to conquer his nerves on the world stage.
Bruce’s 50 must-see Rio moments
WORRIED you might miss the Rio Olympic moments we’ll be talking about for years? Fear not, Channel 7’s Bruce McAvaney is here to mark your card …
Sister act is lapping up the pressure
THE Campbell sisters stand on the verge of creating Olympic history but there is no chance the swimming superstars will be weighed down by the burden of what they can achieve in Rio.
Olympic success is all in the mind
THE Australian swim team’s secret weapon is a sports psychologist who has armed our medal prospects with all the mental tools required to become a champion.
Cate makes the switch to automatic
CATE Campbell’s coach has tried to turn her into a swimming “robot” but from now until the Olympic Games she’s being treated as fragile as a China doll.
True cost of an Olympic medal
AUSTRALIAN taxpayers have handed over an incredible war chest of riches to our swimmers in Rio. The cost of a gold medal will shock you.
Thorpe’s emotional words driving Larkin
WORLD backstroke champion Mitch Larkin has revealed how an “emotional” speech by Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe has inspired his Rio Olympic quest.
What price success? How we fund Rio stars
IT HAS cost the Australian taxpayer $38m to get our swimmers to Rio. With estimates the team could win eight gold medals, that works out to $4.75m each.
Seebohm’s anti-social plans for Rio
AFTER reading too many messages of adulation on Twitter prior to her final at the Lodnon Olympics, Emily Seebohm has a whole new approach for Rio.
The scandal that’s left McEvoy lost for words
CAMERON McEvoy is renowned for his intelligence. He’s pondered life’s big questions, is an academic and understands string theory. But this question stopped him in his tracks.
The worst roommates at the Olympics
BRONTE Campbell has warned that however much you prepare for an Olympic Games, success hangs on picking the right person to bunk with. And there’s a group you should definitely avoid.
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