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Month: June 2011

  • Open EDF 2011

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    Race in France, it is special !

  • Sun: 400 freestyle is the Shanghai 2011 Triple Trigger

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    China’s Sun Yang has set himself a priority of taking down Olympic champion Park Tae-whan (KOR) in the 400 freestyle as a trigger to what could turn out to be a triple triumph at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. “I put more emphasis on the 400m title because it will be the first event I…

  • Michael Phelps celebrates Olympic Day with TODAY

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    Talking about his foundation, making headlines when he looses, and other things.

  • Gary Hall Sr interviews Penny Palfrey

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    A Race Club interview here with Penny Palfrey, about her 67.2 mile unassisted ocean swim world record (for both men and women) from Little to Grand Cayman Islands. Gary Hall Sr is a master at finding nice interview locations :-)

  • The Muscular Princesses, a Hungarian Fairy Tale

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    Júlia Farkas is the woman behind this beautiful 2009 graduation film from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Via cartoonbrew.com. Why this is swimming relevant. Well, Neethling tweeted this, didn’t he. And by the way, I think that the girls were right to work out :-P Maybe now that Charlene is becoming…

  • Cowley sues D’Arcy over assault three years ago

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    Former champion swimmer Simon Cowley is suing Nick D’Arcy for damages over the bar room incident which left him with such injuries that he has spent AUS$40,000 (US$41,700) on medical expenses, lost his place on the 2008 Australian Olympic team and had to quit his job. D’Arcy says he hit Cowley in self-defense after being…

  • Neethling gets to attend the Monaco wedding

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    I stand corrected, if Prince Albert II doesn’t feel threatened by Ryk Neethling, he won’t be threatened by anyone. Like the fact also that Ryk has ‘suits‘. Got my suits for the Monaco Royal wedding. Its a 3 day affair. Heading out tomorrowless than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Replyryk neethlingrykneethling

  • Wolverine doing the Plunge For Distance

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    I think it is Wu Peng doing the Plunge for Distance here. Did you know that this was actually an Olympic event once? Part of the diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, USA. Rules that competitors dove into the pool from a standing position and their attained distance was measured after either…

  • Wittstock, from poppie to princess

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    He he, Daddy sounds like a hardcore South African :-) Wittstock’s patriotism is part of her family heritage. Her father, Mike, is a loyal, no-nonsense South African. When Prince Albert II called her father last year to ask for her hand in marriage, she advised him to phone before South Africa played France in the…