FORMER Olympic hero David Wilkie cancelled his gym membership after being ticked off by a lifeguard for swimming too fast. The 62-year-old who scooped gold in the 200 metre breaststroke in the 1976 Montreal Games, was told he was swimming too quickly and had “bumped” in to another swimmer. The champion had been doing front […]
ADAM PEATY has celebrated his Olympic gold medal with a brand new tattoo. The swimmer won the 100m breast stroke with a world record time of 57.13 seconds. Peaty took to Instagram yesterday to show off the new lion image engraved on his arm. “Be Your Own King. Thanks to @andyradfordtattoo for the amazing tattoo, detail is insane. […]
DISGRACED American swimmer Ryan Lochte choked back the tears as he admitted he was DRUNK when he lied about being robbed at gunpoint. The 32-year-old has come clean about his Rio shame and confessed that a gun was never pointed at his head after he and three fellow swimmers vandalised a petrol station. In an emotional interview with […]
OLYMPIC legend Michael Phelps was thoroughly unimpressed when an excited American journalist tried to interview him as he landed home in the US. The awkward encounter was caught on camera by Pheonix’s 3TV news, who were streaming their chat with the record-breaking swimmer live to the studio. The spontaneous interview tanked as Phelps gave journalist […]
MICHAEL PHELPS’ Olympic heroics are set to land him with a tax bill of almost £50,000. The swimming legend racked up another five golds and a silver in Rio to take his overall winners’ medal tally to an astonishing 23 golds. The United States Olympic committee shell out $25,000 dollars for a gold, $15,000 for […]