Olympic footnote’s hidden torment
FAMOUSLY standing aside for Ian Thorpe ahead of the 2004 Olympics wasn’t even the lowest blow Craig Stevens copped during his swimming career.
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New Rio nightmare for our biggest stars
HERE’S a sneak peek at where Aussie athletes will be forced to sleep at the Rio Olympics, and it is making our biggest stars more than a little bit nervous.
‘I am only human’ McEvoy’s ultimate sacrifice
CAMERON McEvoy says his decision to withdraw from the 200m freestyle in Rio is in the best interests of the relay teams and his own pursuit gold medal pursuit.
Fraser-Holmes’ endless search for winning edge
SWIMMER Thomas Fraser-Holmes is pulling out all the stops ahead of Rio as he looks for that 1 per cent difference between Olympic gold and nothing.
Disgraced swim coach slips through Rio net
CONTROVERSIAL swim coach Scott Volkers has landed a gig in Rio despite a request by Australian officials to bar him from the Rio Games because of alleged child sex crimes.
Swimmers ready for their time in the sunnies
REVOLUTIONARY sunglasses to be worn at night are the Australian swim team’s secret weapon to combat late night finals and the stilnox ban at the Rio Olympic Games.
Short and Sweet: Thank goodness for female golfers!
ROOKIES rule, golfers excited, a working mum excels, NSW Swifts soar and a legend misses the Games cut. All this and more women’s sport news in SHORT AND SWEET.
Aussies march out of opening ceremony
AS few as one in three Australian Olympic athletes will march behind golden girl Anna Meares at next month’s Rio opening ceremony.
Cate enjoys breakfast of champions
CATE Campbell has enjoyed the last reward she will have handed to her on a plate before Rio — scrambled eggs and a coffee prepared by her sister Bronte.
Campbell breaks historic world record
CATE Campbell has become Australia’s first individual world record breaker since the infamous supersuit era with a stunning 100m freestyle victory.
Recharged Missile ready to lead Rio relay
JAMES Magnussen is back. After missing an individual spot for Rio, the former dual world champion showed he can still match it with the best in the world.
McEvoy swimming fast but feeling ‘horrible’
CAMERON McEvoy looks a million bucks but feels like a five cent piece as he prepares for his final meeting before the Olympic Games.
Campbell swats away Zika fears in hunt for gold
POOL queen Cate Campbell put golf’s stay-at-home stars in their place when she said: “It would take a lot more than Zika to stop me from going to Rio.”
Phelps secures ticket to fifth Olympics
MICHAEL Phelps has become the first man to make a fifth US Olympic swimming team with victory in the 200m butterfly at his national trials.
Wu dives into Olympic waters for third time
SHE made her Olympic debut as a tiny, shy teenager at the Beijing Games back in 2008. Now eight years on Melissa Wu is the veteran of the Australian diving team heading to Rio.
Aussie swimmers braced for US reality check
AUSTRALIA’S Olympic gold medal contenders have been warned to expect world records to fall as the US Olympic trials put heat on our pace-setting Dolphins.
Mckeon draws on dad’s deep pool of knowledge
EMMA McKeon believes listening to her father rather than rebelling against him is the reason she will head to the Rio Olympic Games as a medal contender in five events.
Water baby Poort passes parent trap
ONE month before Jarrod Poort qualified for his second Olympics, the open water swimmer faced the daunting prospect of ruining his parents’ trip to Rio.
Keeping it in the Olympic family
SISTER acts and brotherly love: Michael Carayannis speaks to the seven sets of Australian sporting siblings already bound for Brazil this August.
Refugee who swam for life off to Rio
A SYRIAN refugee who last year was forced to swim for her life trying to reach Greece will now swim for a gold medal after being selected for the Rio Olympics.
Barely believable audition for Rio
IF ED Moses somehow manages to scrape onto the US Olympic swimming team, the story of how he got there will be one for the ages.
Evans’ rough road to Rio
WEST Australian swimmer Blair Evans is living proof of the saying “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”.
Taylor’s tattoo lashes Japan
THE new dolphin tattoo on Taylor McKeown’s rib cage has far greater meaning than simply being a member of the Australian swimming team.
McEvoy hit by earthquake, Twitter hacker
SWIMMER Cameron McEvoy has endured a nightmare 24 hours in Japan after experiencing an earthquake in his hotel room before waking to find his Twitter account hacked.
McEvoy coy on Rio medal prospects
HE has been tipped to win six gold medals at the Olympics later this year, and despite being less than three months from arriving in Rio, Cameron McEvoy is no closer to gauging how he will fare.
McEvoy off to Tokyo to continue preparation
CAMERON McEvoy read the hidden message stitched inside the leg of his new Olympic racing uniform, “I am ready”. Immediately he thought: “no I’m not’’.
Olympic swimming outfits revealed
CHEF de mission Kitty Chiller hailed Australia’s aquatic superstars at the launch of the new-look swimming, diving and water polo Rio Olympic uniforms. CHECK OUT THE PICS.
Coates’ letter implores Brazil to dunk Volkers
THIS is the letter AOC president John Coates hopes will protect 34 members of the Australian swimming team from alleged sexual offender Scott Volkers in Rio de Janeiro.
McEvoy to use Thorpe, Hackett as mentors
AUSTRALIA’S rising Rio Olympics star Cameron McEvoy has revealed plans to use former greats Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe as personal mentors .
New Dawn for Aussie swimmers
OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser refuses to make any gold medal predictions for our swimmers but believes the current crop can bury the demons of the past in Rio.
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