Starting Friday and finishing on Sunday was the Diving Olympic Trials, which were held down in Hobart. It was a very stressful, cut throat and drama filled weekend. Friday morning Sharleen Stratton and I competed in the Women's 3m Synchronised event. We w Read more...
After an exciting and (for the sport) a well publicised couple of weeks, life is starting to get back to normal.The trials ended very well for me, with some fast swims and the joy of being named on my first ever Olympic team. My final two events (the 200m Read more...
Well the long and nervous wait is finally over... I qualified for my second Olympics! It is something that I felt I would never achieve once in my life, let alone twice. I am so happy and excited for the year ahead, I feel a lot more deserving this time a Read more...
After the recent World Cup in Adelaide, most of the field moved on to our national champs to be held on the same track as the world cup.My goal for the World Cup was to make it on to the podium, and while I did manage to make the top 8 the final didn't qu Read more...
Hey everyone! It has been a while since my last blog and a lot has happened in the interim. Well, firstly I hope everyone had a great Christmas and new year period and managed to stick to their new years resolutions! Personally, I don't tend to make Read more...
I have been quite busy since the World Championships in October. My coach wrote out a rough training program for the next couple of months thinking that my next competition was in February. This meant that we decided to take Read more...
Hello my name is Sam Simpson and I'm a gymnast. Here's a little background on myself and my Olympic qualification. I started gym when I was three years old at a local club and moved to the high performance centre at the age of 6. Competed my first states Read more...