{"id":434935,"date":"2020-06-08T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=434935"},"modified":"2020-06-08T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:21:02","slug":"the-week-that-was-rohan-taylor-appointed-as-swimming-australia-national-team-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-rohan-taylor-appointed-as-swimming-australia-national-team-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Rohan Taylor Appointed as Swimming Australia National Team Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

There was big news in the land down under as\u00a0Rohan Taylor\u00a0<\/strong>was officially appointed as the national team coach for Swimming Australia, taking over for outgoing coach\u00a0Jacco Verhaeren<\/strong>, who had been at the helm since 2014. Taylor has been a successful coach in Australia, most notably leading\u00a0Leisel Jones\u00a0<\/strong>to an Olympic gold in the 100 breaststroke in 2008.<\/p>\n

South of Australia, Swimming New Zealand announced a return to the pool with no COVID restrictions since there have been no new cases reported in quite some time.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in the United States, swimmers\u00a0Simone Manuel<\/strong>,\u00a0Giles Smith\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Reece Whitley\u00a0<\/strong>used their voices to call for solidarity in the wake of the death of\u00a0George Floyd<\/strong>, which has caused outrage all across the United States.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in The Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n