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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I didn't either. 

Kieren Perkins is my fave male swimmer.

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Looking like a sore loser, how can he even think about beating an 18 year old?

Pretty unlikely but he's entitled to have a go.

Unfortunately we do not deprogramme our sport stars we teach them how to win but we never teach them how to loose or retire, when winning becomes your life the high that brings becomes edictive and can be hard to come down from which is why many athletes turn to drugs and booze to replace it.

to borrow a line from John candy in cool runnings " if your not good enough without a gold medal you will never be good enough with one"

really, what a beat up.  yes he was drunk, but sexual assault?  who made this bloke judge and jury, a personal apology and a donation to my favourite charity.  please.

For the life of me I can't understand why Mr Hackett doesn't pursue a career in the ring. He seems to have the basics right and all he needs is a good trainer and manager.

Channel 9 have 4 crew members in prison in Lebanon and we have a grubby jurno chasing after the fellow who was assaulted by Hackett asking him how his nipple is today - grubs!!!