Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
course evidence happened incidents last number olympic short taking video
I'm taking video evidence of a number of incidents over the last two years which happened at the Olympic Games, the world short course championships and the world championships,
dave past run
It's something I want to run past Ian and Tracey but Dave would be my recommendation.
altitude coast drama few race training west
It's not a drama and he'll race a few times on the west coast of the US. He'll also do some altitude training in Colorado.
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I'm not excited yet. It's still day by day as far as I'm concerned. It does appear as if he has turned a corner though, which is something.
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It's difficult to compare between eras. There is a huge difference now between goggles, swimsuits, pools, lane ropes, swim caps and the physiology involved in training. But it's fair to say our (women's) team is a very strong team.
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We understand Nine's concerns but we've guaranteed Grant will not contravene any broadcast rules and will be sensitive to the network's rights.
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We don't want him running the risk of infecting any other member of the men's team and to give himself the best chance to recover.
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And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they were doing - they still had to be able to swim well to be able to do what they did. I think they are going to be a threat to us in the coming years. It's not something we're not thinking about. We're looking at it.
appreciate department efforts holding line stay
Congratulations on holding the line this year, ... We appreciate the efforts your department has had to make to stay under budget.
consider craig sat spoke
I spoke to (his coach) Tracey (Menzies) and Craig and told them where they sat and now they just have to consider what they will do.
alice boys early exists rivalry
The rivalry that exists between Jodie, Libby and Alice will keep us going like we did with the boys in the early days.
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This is an exciting blend of experience and youth and those swimmers on their first or second teams will greatly benefit from being on a team with so many Olympians and long serving team members.
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Our aim is the Olympic Games and we are looking to have our best possible team at the Olympic Games in 2008, so we will give the opportunities to those people in the lead-up to that.
close expect games month quicker swimming
I would expect that most of them will be swimming quicker now than they were a month ago because they are close to tapering for the Commonwealth Games trials.