Jacco Verhaeren

Larkin Blasts Verhaeren’s Low 200 IM Expectations Out Of Tokyo Water

Australian National Team Coach Jacco Verhaeren cast some doubt on Mitch Larkin’s ability to perform in the 200m IM, only for the 25-year-old to blow those low expectations out of the Tokyo water.

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‘Exposure Therapy’ As Aussies Are Without Psychologist In Tokyo

“If you’re in competition, there’s basically nothing a psychologist can do for you anymore,” says Aussie Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren.

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Aussies Get Acclimatized In Nagaoka Ahead Of Pan Pacs

Australian swimmers arrived in Japan this week, spending time in Nagaoka before heading to Tokyo for the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships.

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Rottura Con Larkin-Emily Seebohm Assente Al Collegiale Australiano

La campionessa del mondo  Emily Seebohm non parteciperà al collegiale di allenamento in Australia che si terrà a Cairns questa settimana….

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After Larkin Break-up, Seebohm Missing From Australian Training Camp

World champion Emily Seebohm is notably absent from Australia’s training camp taking place in Cairns this week, part of a one-month series of team training stints leading up to this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo.

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200 Free On Pan Pacs Chopping Block For Aussie Teen Ariarne Titmus

Australian national champion and multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist Ariarne Titmus may be dropping the 200m freestyle event from her Pan Pacific Championships line-up.

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Aussie James Magnussen Reportedly ’50-50′ On Possible Retirement

Two-time world champion and 2012 Olympic silver medalist James Magnussen isn’t sure if his career in the pool is over or not as he looks to his future.

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Australia Names Final 33-Swimmer Roster for Pan Pacs

Defending 200 backstroke World Champion Emily Seebohm is one of 33 swimmers on Australia’s team for this summer’s Pan Pac Championships.

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Aussies Cautiously Optimistic W/ New Trials Timing Headed To Pan Pacs

The dominating performances by Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games may lend insight into how effective the nation’s new Trials timing schedule is, but the positive results could also be attributed to a home Games.

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Swimming Australia, LTD Welcomes Leigh Russell As First Woman CEO

Leigh Russell has been appointed as CEO of Swimming Australia, marking the first woman to hold the role within the organization.

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49 Swimmers Named To Australia’s Home Games Roster

The 4-day Australian Championships, which doubled as the Commonwealth Games Trials, came to a close tonight in Southport, but not before 49 able-bodied and 21 Para Sport athletes were named to the green and gold roster for a home-based Games coming up in April.

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Verhaeren: These Australian Trials Truly Are A Test For All Of Us

We unpacked the Australian Trials’ new format in our SwimSwam preview, but hear from Australian Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren himself on how he envisions the 4-day meet unrolling.

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Olympic Legends Thorpe & Van Den Hoogenband Reunite In Sydney

Olympic swimmers Ian Thorpe and Pieter Van den Hoogenband reunite in Sydney, just one site of their several storied freestyle battles.

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James Magnussen Voices Concerns Over His Home State’s Swimming Status

I have no doubt there are hundreds of swimmers in country NSW, and NSW as a whole, who have just as much talent as I ever did but sadly we lose a lot of those,” James Magnussen said recently of his home state of New South Wales.

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Former World Champion Mitch Larkin Returns To Bohl-Less St. Peters

“Jacco said to me that if you have 1% of doubt in your mind, it’s too much and I did have those doubts,” said two-time Olympian Mitch Larkin of his time with Simon Cusack.

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