Swimming

French Olympic and world champion Laure Manaudou is to be coached by her brother. Manaudou had been training under the guidance of Paolo Penso in Turin but the swimmer was sacked by the LaPresse Nuoto club on Monday. Manaudou had split with her French...

French Olympic and world champion Laure Manaudou is to be coached by her brother. Manaudou had been training under the guidance of Paolo Penso in Turin but the swimmer was sacked by the LaPresse Nuoto club on Monday.

Manaudou had split with her French coach Philippe Lucas in May and moved her training base to Italy from France, saying she wanted a new challenge and wished to be nearer her boyfriend, Italian swimmer Luca Marin.

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