Wednesday, May 09, 2007

More Manaudou drama: A private jet, a lawyer and a French coach who wants to talk

Here is a link to a Swim News article with a fast, gossipy, paragraph about it: [Link]

Here is a Eurosport article regarding her pledge of allegiance to France and her desire to swim for France and only France: [link]

Imagine how much trouble our swimmers, or our Olympic team for that matter, would get itself into if our athletes had the same media scrutiny that France and Australia put on their athletes? Tons of trouble.

Two hours ago Laure Manaudou said in a press conference that she is moving to Italy to train and be with her boyfriend thus leaving her coach as well. Looks like Kate Ziegler is the Olympic favorite in any event she swims. [Link]

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