There’s one in every crowd. The killjoy hell bent on dampening everyone’s enthusiasm. So as Australia celebrated its gold medal win in the women’s rugby sevens, former hockey player and coach Ric Charlesworth was there with the bucket of cold water. “I think the women’s rugby sevens is a soft event,” he said. “I don’t…
Tag: swimming
Phelps comeback a bit of a wet idea
There’s are many good reasons not to get back with an ex. For a while everything goes swimmingly. The familiarity is a bonus, like emotional shorthand, saving you all the time it usually takes to get to know a new partner. But familiarity does breed contempt. And before long, alarm bells ring, those annoying habits…
Exit the show pony
There was a time not that long ago when, no matter what atrocities other sports stars got up to, you could bet your house our Aussie swimmers would never let us down. While cricketers and footballers stumbled out of nightclubs, our swimmers were head down, bum up following a black line up and down the…
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