Posts Tagged "Leisel Jones"
Aussies will rule pool again: Jones
By Laine Clark, 17 Nov 2012
Retired great Leisel Jones believes rivals should be scared that Swimming Australia (SA) has organised a review of the team’s culture.
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Leisel Jones body scrutiny nothing new
By Jocelyn McLennan, 26 Jul 2012 The focus on Leisel Jones’ body shape, and perceived lack of fitness, is nothing new for our swimmers.
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US expect Aussies to struggle at London Olympics
By jamesb, 22 Jul 2012The games of the XXX Olympiad begin in London in under a week’s time. Even though there’s been endless promotion of the upcoming Olympics, I personally feel as though Australia hasn’t quite caught the Olympic bug yet.
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Thorpedo’s career lies on the bottom of the pool
By Purple Shag, 27 Mar 2012 The waters of the South Australian Aquatic Centre have ceased rippling. Now, Ian Thorpe’s London Olympic dream can finally be declared, to borrow a cockney term, ‘brown bread’.
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Dethroned Jones reaches fourth Olympics
By AAP, 18 Mar 2012Leisel Jones secured a slice of history despite relinquishing her national 100m breaststroke title for the first time in 12 years at Olympic trials in Adelaide on Saturday night.
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Swimsuit ban puts brakes on world records
By AAP, 24 Dec 2010 Sanity returned to international swimming in 2010. And if that made for fewer fireworks, there was plenty of spark to be found in the pool from the likes of emerging American star Ryan Lochte and a resurgent China.
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Rickard smashes 100m breaststroke record
By Todd Balym, 29 Jul 2009 Brenton Rickard wanted the world title because no-one could ever take it away from him. He got the world record as well, and that too, may be his forever.
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Rice listed in Australia’s top 100 Olympians
By AAP, 26 Oct 2008
The gongs just keep coming for Stephanie Rice. The glamour girl of Australian sport has been named in the nation’s top 100 Olympians of all time in a list compiled by the Australian Olympic Committee’s esteemed historian Harry Gordon.
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Male swimmers will improve, says Liesel Jones
By Adrian Warren, 27 Aug 2008 Swim queens Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones today forecast a bright future for Australian swimming regardless of whether they go to the London Olympics in four years. Phelps considering Bernard challenge
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The Aussie girls rule the pool
By Mohammed Patel, 15 Aug 2008 Over the past few years, many of us have taken our Olympic heroes, like Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett, for granted. But those days are over. The Australian women swimmers are guiding the way in Beijing, while in comparison to previous years, the men are underachieving.
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Finals in ’09 or bust for Wallace
By Adam Cooper, 13 Aug 2008Terry Wallace admits his AFL coaching career will be over if Richmond do not reach the finals in 2009.
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Sports Quotes of the week
By The Crowd, 9 Aug 2008“Obviously to do something like that (leave) I wasn’t happy. I haven’t been happy at the Bulldogs for a while.” – SONNY BILL WILLIAMS.
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The Olympics have yet to start, but a healthy rivalry between competing nations and athletes already has Sports Minister Kate Ellis challenging her British counterpart Gerry Sutcliffe in a bet after his government said that Great Britain would win more medals than Australia.
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