Eamon and Stephanie sitting in a tree

Who else is sick of the major Australian news story of the last week? The breakup of the relationship between Olympic swimmers, Eamon Sullivan and Stephanie Rice. I know I am. The TV news has been going on about it for days. Big fucking deal I say.

Both of them are clearly focussed on their sport at the moment, Sullivan appearing in a photo spread in GQ Australia, and Rice in FHM.

God knows why she’d want to be on the front cover of a wank magazine for teenage boys.

But regardless, I’d have thought these athletes would be better off getting results on the board in Beijing then going for the publicity, rather than the other way around. Seems arse about to me, and puts extra pressure on them to perform.

Personally I don’t think Australians should set expectations too high for our Olympic team - just a little reminder that a gold medal is their entry ticket back into the country should be motivation enough!!!

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