Month: April 2012
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Ryan Lochte – TV4 Sport Sweden
TV4 Sport Sweden met Ryan Lochte at the Dual in The Pool in December 2011, apparently you have to wait three months to get a 10 minute interview with the American swim star.
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Russian Trials: Yana Martinova first Russian to earn ticket to the London Olympics
Disclaimer: I don’t understand Russian well enough to be absolutely sure in my translation here, but it looks like Yana Martynova from Tatarstan was the first and only Russian to qualify for the Olympics yesterday, with a winning time of 4:38.69 in the 400 IM, exceeding the FINA A selection cut by 3.06 seconds. Egor…
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Penguins trap air beneath their feathers to use when jumping out of the water
Wow, turns out that penguins use a “coat of air bubbles” as lubricant for when rocketing toward the surface at 19 km an hour (that’s 100 meters in about 19 seconds), enabling small species like Adelia penguins to leap 2-3 meters out of the water, and the big Emperor penguins to reach heights of 20-45…
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South African Trials: Van der Burgh qualifies for the Olympics
At the South African Championships today, world-championship bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh clocked 59.90, third best in the world so far this year, qualifying for the Olympics. Charl Crous qualified in the 100 backstroke semi with a time of 54.19, and Chad le Clos in the 200 freestyle semi with a time of 1:47.20.…
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Russian Trials: Lobintsev failure enrages national coach Vorontsov
At the Russian National Championships today, Olympic medal-winning swimmer Nikita Lobintsev finished 13th in the 400 meter freestyle, leaving national team coach Andrei Vorontsov feeling “outraged” and “offended”, suggesting it will cost Lobintes a place at the European Championships next month. There are now doubts over who will represent Russia in the 400 meters in…
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Texas ‘Mud Race’ death won’t stop next month’s race in Houston
Texas officials are trying to determine how a man died during a challenging and at times chaotic obstacle race called the “Original Mud Run†last weekend, but race organizers are going ahead with another mud run for next month. Read more here on ABC News.
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Davies aims for second London 2012 swim, but Fogg wants to beat him
So WalesOnline wrote about a week ago that David Davies is aiming for a second swim at London 2012, wanting to qualify for the 10K open water event at the Olympic qualifier in Setubal, Portugal in June. And now Daniel Fogg wows to beat him at that, going to the same event both knowing that…
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Dave Flaskas: ‘I wanted Thorpey to move on’
Ian Thorpe’s long-time manager Dave Flaskas has spoken of his split with his former star client, saying it was he who suggested a change of management. Read couriermail. “Ian and I still talk almost daily and I will continue to work with him but I thought it was time for him to move in a…