Six weeks after saying he hoped a South Korean swimmer would beat Australian athletes in Paris,Michael Palfrey has had his contract ripped up.
When the former Olympian was diagnosed with a debilitating disease,it rocked him to his core.
Our athletes’ euphoria at their success in Paris will linger. Beyond that,there is a tough time ahead.
Kieren Perkins discusses his mental health struggles after swimming,why taxpayers get value for money from elite sport and how the Algerian boxer controversy has been hijacked.
In Paris,the women’s 400 metres freestyle final will be one of the Games’ most anticipated races:not least for world-record holder Ariarne Titmus.
An email obtained by this masthead reveals that Australian coaches,including Michael Palfrey,were warned four months ago about links to foreign athletes.
With a flipper in both camps,Australian swim coach Michael Palfrey’s position is untenable. Swimming Australia must move him on.
It’s advantage Ariarne Titmus heading into Paris after the reigning Olympic champion shot Mollie O’Callaghan’s women’s 200m freestyle world record to bits at the Australian trials.
Among a cohort of household names lies an unheralded Olympian determined to cement her place among the nation’s elite and announce an emphatic injury comeback.
One of Australia’s greatest swimmers will become the hunted in Paris. But a rising star is already coming for her mantle on home soil at the Olympic trials.
The legacy of a champion parent can be a burden in elite sport,but the next Olympics hope vows to swim past it,all the way to Paris.