Month: May 2013
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Jordan Harrison 14:51.70 and 3rd fastest Aussie 1500 swimmer ever
Read for instance news.com.au and The Australian Guided by Hackett’s coach Denis Cotterell at the same Gold Coast pool, Harrison last night became the second fastest 17-year-old in the history of the 1500m freestyle. Harrison’s 14min51.02sec is quicker than Hackett’s 14:51.70 when he won the 1998 world championship in Perth. The fastest time ever by…
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World Water Bombing Championships 2013
The World Water Bombing – where the aim is to make the biggest splash possible – took place in Sheffield, England on Wednesday. Forget the style, grace and acrobatic awe of diving, the 9th annual World Water Bombing Championships took over Sheffield’s Ponds Forge on Wednesday as 36 contestants from nine different teams raised money…
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Misty Hyman at G. Frank Davidson Elementary School in Phoenix
Misty Hyman is an American former competition swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She spoke to the students at G. Frank Davidson Elementary School in Phoenix in 2013.
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Ghana swimmers qualify for World Junior Championships
Tesano Dolphins duo, Kweku Addo and Ophelia Swayne have made the required time to participate in the 4th FINA World Junior championship in Dubai. The competition comes off from the 26th to the 31st of August, this year. They made the time at this year’s Accra Open Swimming Championship organised by the Ghana Swimming Association.
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CC photo #489: Rijeka 2008 Men’s 50 Back Medal Winners
The men’s 50 meter backstroke medal winners at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. From left to right Lubos Krizko (Slovakia, bronze), Stanislav Donets (Russia, gold) and Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (Spain, silver) See the result list here.
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Winning sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell muzzle embarrassing dad
Read The Age Cate and Bronte Campbell booked their berths for the world championships, with father Eric notably absent from their entourage. […] The girls, you see, are yet to recover from his memorable press conference during the national titles last year when the sisters made the Olympic team. Flush with the excitement of seeing…
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Michael Jamieson wins personality prize at University of Bath Blues Awards
Read This is Bath Michael Jamieson was last night named Sports Personality of the Year when the University of Bath hosted its annual Blues Awards last night. Students, graduates and athletes associated with the university gathered at the Assembly Rooms to receive honours for sporting achievement. […] Swimmer Jamieson was nominated for the personality prize…
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British Gas Swimming Champs 2013 tickets available now
Ponds Forge, Sheffied 26-30 June, see swimming.org