Month: March 2012
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Dara Torres impresses in heats at Indy, but is realistic
Though men’s megastars Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, no other swimmer got accosted Friday morning quite as thoroughly as Dara Torres, who at 44 is trying to make her sixth Olympic team. She posted the second-fastest qualifying time – 25.35 – seconds in the 50 freestyle, despite misjudging the…
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CC photo #91: In line for a Jaked suit at Roma09
A photo taken with my old Nokia, standing in line hoping to get a Jaked J01 ‘supersuit’ for one of our Faroese swimmers at the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. First day of trying, on the second attempt we got our hands on a suit but it was the wrong size, and…
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Indy Grand Prix Day 1: Phelps wins the 100 butterfly, Lochte does good in the B-final
At the Indianapolis Grand Prix yesterday evening, Dana Vollmer won the 100 freestyle in 54.21 and 100 butterfly in 57.73, while Nathan Adrian pipped Phelps in the 100 freestyle with a 48.62 to 48.78. Micah Lawrence managed a 2:24.85 and 2nd best in the world this year in the women’s 200 breaststroke, Clark Burckle won…
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Canadian Trials Day 3 : Cochrane clocks 3:47.07 in the 400 free
On the 3rd day of Canadian Olympic Trials, six more swimmers earned Olympic nominations and two for a second nomination, Jillian Tyler and Tera Van Beilen with 1:07.18 and 1:07.37 in the women’s 100 breaststroke, Barbara Jardin and Samantha Cherverton with 1:57.34 and 1:57.98 in the women’s 200 freestyle, Brittany MacLean and Amanda Reason for…
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Solidarity for Canada’s Stefan Hirniak
Great post here on Cap & Goggles: I didn’t have an answer. Still don’t. Not really sure why I’ve even writing this. All I know is that I don’t think I’ve ever felt for a fellow swimmer – a guy I’ve never met – more in my life. And Adam and I both know that…
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Thorpe back in training, targets 2013 Worlds and maybe 2016 Olympics
Ian Thorpe has already resumed full training after crashing out of contention for the London Olympics a fortnight ago, now preparing for next year’s world championships in Barcelona and maybe the Rio Olympics in 2016. “I have literally no idea when I’ll be back in competition,” Thorpe said. “It will be sometime during this year…
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Indy Grand Prix: Phelps qualifies for 2 finals, Lochte misses out
At the Indianapolis Grand Prix today, Michael Phelps qualified third for the finals in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 100 freestyle, stating according to USA Today, ‘I feel like the old me again’. Ryan Lochte competed in the same events, but didn’t make it to the finals, according to the Washington Post usually…
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Sinead Russell races from father’s long shadow to London Olympics
When Canadian swimmer Sinead Russell yesterday punched her ticked to the 2012 London Olympics, questions about her swim coach father’s shady past were inevitable, Cecil Russell twice banned from coaching for life for his involvement in illegal steroid and ecstasy rings, and having admitted helping burn and dispose a murder victim. It’s a mess the…
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Phelps tells kids: Set goals, make dreams come true
Michael Phelps spoke Wednesday at the Wheeler-Dow Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis, as part of his foundation‘s IM Program promoting healthy lifestyles. Forthcoming in his address, telling youths that one middle-school teacher said he would never be successful. Oh and yes, in other but Phelps-related news, SFGate quotes from Phelps’ book “Beneath the Surface”,…