"SOME of Australia's top gold medal hopes are enduring terror tactics in a military-style boot camp to toughen them up for the Commonwealth Games.

As these exclusive pictures show, an imitation 9mm pistol was pointed at the head of swimmers while an 'enemy' trainer pulled the trigger of a starting gun in his other hand. The 'victims' of the mock execution then slumped to the ground."

(Via Terror tactics for our swimming stars [13dec05] Herald Sun: Terror tactics for our swimming stars [13dec05]: .)

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