Miscellaneous
In episode three of Remember The Name, we caught up with Australia swimmer Maddie Groves.Groves has won medals at both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, but her world changed after she was involved in a WADA incident that put her swimming career under threat.We spoke to Maddie about the trials and tribulations of clearing her name and coming back from that incident, her take on the Sun Yang and Shayna Jack stories and how she has her sights focused on going one better at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.If you like this chat, make sure to head over to www.sportingnews.com/au to read some of our other content and check out some more of our interviews.Enjoy!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GoFundMe page for Hollingsword (Holen) Wolul - https://www.gofundme.com/f/all-for-holen?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheetInformation on Queensland Endometriosis - https://www.qendo.org.au/. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00:01:59 - Childhood and getting into Swimming00:04:32 - Growing up in Australia, being a ‘water baby’00:05:18 - Sporting heroes as a child00:06:45 - Realising the dream of becoming a swimmer00:08:24 - Balancing school and early morning training00:13:14 - Falling asleep in English class00:14:30 - Why did she choose Butterfly?00:16:17 - Studying law at Bond University00:17:35 - Remember The Name gets interrupted by a fire alarm, again!00:18:59 - Studying Law and training at St. Peters Western00:20:22 - How universities are working with Australian athletes, how does it compare to the US system?00:21:13 - Training under Michael Bohl, being pushed to the next level00:22:36 - Why does Queensland produce so many good swimmers00:23:38 - Australian Swimming Championships in 201300:25:23 - Competitive nature against other Aussie swimmers00:26:32 - Is Swimming an individual or a team sport?00:27:48 - 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and winning Bronze00:30:45 - 2016 Olympics in Rio and winning silver00:37:21 - WADA third strike and the appeal process that followed00:45:38 - Competing in the 2018 Comm Games at home on the Gold Coast00:51:27 - Sun Yang and Mack Horton protest00:57:14 - Shayna Jack00:59:30 - Russia four-year ban from International competitions01:02:05 - International Swimming League and finals in Las Vegas01:07:07 - Brisbane 2032 Olympics bid01:10:23 - Living with Endometriosis and becoming a spokesperson01:18:00 - Hollingsword (Holen) Wolul and his health battle01:22:11 - What’s next for Maddie Groves - Looking to Tokyo 202001:25:16 - What are you most proud of your career to date?