Cody Simpson

2022 - 5 - 23

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Kyle Chalmers must've been blind not to see the backlash over his ... (Daily Mail)

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When he told me he was going to try to make it as a swimmer I told him, ‘Mate, it’s going to be hard’ and he accepted that. He would have said, ‘I’ll see how I swim and then I will make a decision on whether I will go to the worlds’. That way when he did a backflip it wouldn’t have looked like he was trying to impact Cody. His family lived across the road from me and I used to take him for rides on my jet ski. ‘Then I think he was surprised by how well he swam, his body felt good, and he thought ‘well why not?’ ‘It’s so unfortunate it played out the way it did because they are both great people. There is the pressure of competing, the expectation of the country, and any negative is amplified. ‘It was like a perfect storm for him. A licensed lizard breeder, when not training or competing, Chalmers spends hours with his blue tongues, bearded dragons and snakes. Then he blames the media for the fuss.’ ‘I remember one time I was watching TV and there were these people discussing whether I was fat. ‘It’s like one day people are interested in whether you win medals, and the next they are interested in your personal life. Then, when the bloke who’s now living with his ex-girlfriend gets all the headlines for making the team, he decides he is.

Simpson melts after life-changing text message (Wide World of Sports)

This is the moment a stunned Cody Simpson's journey from pop star to Australian swimmer was officially comp...

The relationship between Simpson and Chalmers has been one of the most interesting subplots of the Australian swimming championships over the past week, and Chalmers was absent from the announcement of the Commonwealth Games squad. While the 25-year-old will be joining the Dolphins squad in Birmingham in July, he will be absent at next month's FINA World Championships in Budapest after Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers backflipped on his decision to skip the event. The vision shows Simpson sitting in the stands with his partner, five-time Olympic gold medallist Emma McKeon, when he receives a message on his phone.

Cody Simpson to swim rather than sing at Commonwealth Games (The National)

Cody Simpson, who was part of the entertainment line-up in the build-up for the last Commonwealth Games, will be on the programme again for the 2022 edition, this time as a member of Australia's swimming team. Taking time out from his singing career to ...

His main focus after missing the team last year for the Tokyo Olympics was to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and it seems he is a step closer to that. Taking time out from his singing career to focus on swimming has started to pay off for Simpson, who was selected in the team after placing third in the 100-metre butterfly event at the Australian trials. Cody Simpson, who was part of the entertainment line-up in the build-up for the last Commonwealth Games, will be on the programme again for the 2022 edition, this time as a member of Australia’s swimming team.

Australian swimmer Chalmers to 'take some time' for mental health (FRANCE 24)

Australia's Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers will be "taking some time for me and my mental health" as he hit out at media coverage of his rivalry with ...

"The best thing for me right now is to take a break at home in Port Lincoln, surrounded by my friends and family," added Chalmers. "The negative media attention surrounding my decision to compete at worlds and the made-up storylines surrounding my personal life have been more than I can handle." "I need to look after my mental health and get myself right as I prepare for a massive year in the pool.

Sing or swim? Cody Simpson makes his first Australian team (Glam Adelaide)

The pop singer has always been a fish even from a young age, he has taken time out from his singing career to focus on swimming and it has started to pay ...

He started training seriously again for swimming in 2019. “If you’d have told me 2 years ago when I started training in a backyard pool during lockdown that I’d be here today, I don’t know if I’d have believed you,” Simpson says. He only narrowly missed out on a spot at next month’s world championships, too.

Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers to take some time for mental health (News9 Live)

Australia's Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers will be "taking some time for me and my mental health" as he hit out at media coverage of his rivalry with ...

The Quad summit in Tokyo will be an opportunity to address subtle divergences in the US-India relationship Chalmers, who won 100m freestyle silver at last summer's Tokyo Olympics and gold in 2016 at Rio, had been adamant that he would not be in Budapest next month for the championships. The Quad summit in Tokyo will be an opportunity to address subtle divergences in the US-India relationship

Watch: Cody Simpson Reacts to Making First Senior Australian Squad (SwimSwam)

Upon seeing the news of his first senior Australian team berth, Cody Simpson clasped his hand over his mouth and couldn't stop smiling.

“The negative media attention surrounding my decision to compete at worlds and the made up storylines surrounding my personal life have been more than I can handle,” Chalmers wrote. “And he’s well within his rights to decide to swim,” he added. I am close to my family, close to my friends, and … they’re the ones I open up with.” “I was holding my breath all week after the 100m fly final and this is the moment I found out,” Simpson wrote. Chalmers’ decision to compete at World Championships after all meant that Simpson would be left off the team since only the top two advance. “He (Chalmers), considering the limited prep he has had, got up and gave an incredible effort so nothing but respect to him for doing that.