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'He doesn't deserve it': Sprenger more worried about Rickard than losing medal
The former world champion has backed his fellow breaststroker from Australia's medley relay team in London as Brenton Rickard's doping hearing begins.
- by Chris Barrett
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'Innocent but trapped': Brenton Rickard faces hardest battle
The Australian Olympian's lawyers will present three main arguments against the IOC case when it is heard in Switzerland on Monday.
- by Samantha Lane
Magnussen reacts to Rickard bombshell
James Magnussen reacts to Brenton Rickard alleged doping bombshell from 2012 Olympics.
Magnussen says it's overkill to strip swimmers of Olympic medals
The former world champion says he and his fellow relay team members don't deserve to have their medals stripped after Brenton Rickard's positive test.
- by Phil Lutton
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Drugs in sport
Australia has never lost an Olympic medal to drugs. That might be about to change
How, when testing technology continues to advance, does an athlete prove their innocence eight years after the fact?
- by Samantha Lane
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Drugs in sport
Australian Olympic swimming medals at risk after athlete tests positive to 2012 drug sample
In a violation that could strip the entire 4x 100m medley team of its medals, breaststroker Brenton Rickard has tested positive in a retrospective drug test from the London Olympics. Rickard is fighting against the finding.
- by Samantha Lane
'A fighter without equal': Tributes flow for legendary swimming coach Talbot
Don Talbot, who oversaw Australia's golden run in the pool as national head coach between 1989 and 2001, has died aged 87.
- by Phil Lutton
'He didn't have another option': Coach says Horton was true to himself
Outgoing Australian head swimming coach Jacco Verhaeren says Mack Horton is as authentic as they come and was true to his beliefs during his famous podium protest.
- by Phil Lutton