2012年7月25日 星期三

Glen Iris physio's Olympic tales

OSS Smith has every right to have a case of sweaty palms over the next two weeks as he watches Australia's best Olympians go for gold.

But at least he won't have the same pressures as other years.

The Glen Iris physiotherapist has been a constant on the Australian Olympic team, having worked on the nation's best athletes during six consecutive Olympic Games, dating back to Los Angeles in 1984.A replicauhrensalesonlinefederal appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction of Karen Sypher,

His run of games saw him take in Sydney,Cheap panerai Quality Watches Replica. Mont blanc buy breitlingstoreTag heuer carrera for sale, where he worked directly with gold medallist Cathy Freeman.

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"I've had the most incredible run," Dr Smith said.Provides enterprise data solutionspaneraireplica, real-time data distribution,

"In the early days, back in Los Angeles, it was more team specific and at that stage I was associated with the women's hockey side.

"We struggled a bit the first year, but we learned a lot from that and four years later we were able to win gold at Seoul."

One of his greatest memories came from Seoul in 1988 when one of Australia's top players broke her thumb.Compare prices and buy all brands of shoesbrands for home power systems.

"She was basically told her games were over after two games," he said. "But a couple of us got our heads together and came up with a splint she could wear and she was one of our best in the semi final and in the final.

"Normally it would have seen her in a cast for eight weeks."

Dr Smith said he would never forget Sydney.

"I was a part of team Freeman," he said. "In fact I was one of the few people who knew Cathy was going to wear the suit she wore.

"I worked with her on the morning of the opening ceremony and asked who she thought would light the torch and she said to me 'whoever it is, she will feel like the most honoured person in the country', she was giving me the tip, of course I never picked up on it."

Dr Smith said things were different now, with the advent of sports science, which was now preventing more injuries than in the early days.

"But one thing you can always tell is when you're working on an elite athlete like a Freeman or a Keiren Perkins," he said.

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