Year: 2012
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Keri-anne Payne on her Olympic bid
Olympic open water swimming silver medallist and world champion Keri-anne Payne has launched the British Gas Great Swim Series 2012 and confirmed that the British Gas Great London Swim on Saturday 26th May and the British Gas Great North Swim on Friday 22-24th June will feature in her training plan for the summer. Read more…
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4 Aussies flee bar tab by base jumping off skyscraper
This has absolutely nothing to do with swimming, except it is happening in the same country as the Australian Olympic Trials :-) Via Nothing to do with Arbroath
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Paulus Wildeboer coach of the year in Denmark
The Danish newspaper B.T. has elected Paulus Wildeboer, head coach of the national swim team, as the 2011 Coach of the Year, across all sports, for his accomplishments with Danish swimmers at the World Championships in Shanghai and the European Short Course Championships in Szczecin. Sports Editor Jacob Staehelin commented “You have lifted Danish swimming…
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American hotels rushing to meet new swimming pool accessibility regulations
A new mandate from the U.S. Department of Justice requires all hotels and public facilities to have at least one way for a person with a disability to enter and exit the water, and two ways if the pool is 300 feet or longer. The options include a ramp a transfer platform, steps with hand…
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Fraser-Holmes and Napoleon unfazed by Thorpe
With the big moment of truth coming up, the Australian Men’s 200 freestyle prelims Friday morning, semis in the evening and then finals Saturday night, it is time for a bit of polite and respectful trash talk, from two who’ve already qualified :-) And the 20-year-old Fraser-Holmes said he would treat 29-year-old Thorpe as simply…
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“To Tell the Truth” featuring Don Schollander
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Don Schollander (and impostors) appears on “To Tell the Truth” back in 1964. Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Fraser-Holmes sets Australian Record on 1st night of Olympic Trials
On the first night of the Australian Olympic Trials, Thomas Fraser-Holmes managed to absolutely demolish the Australian record in the 400 IM, with a time of 4:11.81 where Justin Norris’s record from 2004 was 4:15.20. Daniel Tranter finished also qualifying in 4:16.38, while Stephanie Rice and Blair Evans qualified in the women’s event in 4:33.45…
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CC photo #76: Swedish Droppy with his handler
That Swedish guy again, who borrowed one of the ‘Droppy’ mascot outfits at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships, from the guy in cream-colored pants.