Teams all over the world are arriving at their respective staging camps for final preparations leading into the 2015 FINA World Championships. The Dolphins of Australia are fine-tuning in Doha, Qatar and have published photos indicating the team is having fun before they ultimately get down to business in Kazan beginning on July 24th (open water).
Keryn McMaster, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australian Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Hayley Baker, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Grant Hackett, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Thomas Fraser Holmes, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Josh Beaver, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Kyle Chalmers, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australian Coach Richard Scarce, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Mack Horton, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Mack Horton and Kurt Herzog, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australia’s 2015 Worlds Staging Camp in Doha, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Jake Packard, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Melanie Schlanger, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australian Coach Chris Mooney, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Christian Sprenger, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
jayden Hadler, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Christian Sprenger, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Bronte Campbell, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Campbell sisters, Cate (L) and Bronte (R), Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Taylor McKeown, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Matt Abood, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australian Coach Denis Cotterell, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Maddie Groves, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
Australian Coach John Wallace, Courtesy of Swimming Australia/Dolphins Facebook Page
I am hoping the Aussie boys can FINALLY step it up in both breastroke and butterfly to give the medley relay team any hope of medalling… as it stands, we may finish behind Brazil in the race
MIKE
9 years ago
Sprenger looks really tired. Hopefully he will final at least since he lost lot of training this past year
Lane Four
9 years ago
For those of us who have never experienced a training camp weeks out from a worlds or Olympics, can someone please give an idea of what it is that the athletes are doing as far as workouts? Thanks in advance.
weirdo
9 years ago
One of the hotels in Doha can be made to be at altitude so you sleep high and train low. Pretty unique for a hotel. Wonder if any of the athletes are using that?
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I am hoping the Aussie boys can FINALLY step it up in both breastroke and butterfly to give the medley relay team any hope of medalling… as it stands, we may finish behind Brazil in the race
Sprenger looks really tired. Hopefully he will final at least since he lost lot of training this past year
For those of us who have never experienced a training camp weeks out from a worlds or Olympics, can someone please give an idea of what it is that the athletes are doing as far as workouts? Thanks in advance.
One of the hotels in Doha can be made to be at altitude so you sleep high and train low. Pretty unique for a hotel. Wonder if any of the athletes are using that?