Month: October 2013
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Ruta Meilutyte 1:02.36 and new World Record in the 100 meter SC breaststroke
At the World Cup leg in Moscow today, Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte scorched the Olympiisky pool, when winning the women’s 100 short course meter breaststroke final in a new world record time of 1:02.36. Old record was Rebecca Soni’s 1:02.70 from the Europe vs USA Duel in the Pool event in Manchester back in the supersuited…
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THE SWIMMER / PLAUKIKÄ– – Official Trailer
Official trailer of the award winning short film “The Swimmer / PlaukikÄ—” directed by GabrielÄ— UrbonaitÄ—. See IMDB and Facebook Awards: Silver Crane 2013 – Best Short Film (Lithuania) Best Lithuanian Film (Audience Award) – Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2013 (Lithuania)
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Ryan Lochte embraces Charlotte, new training routine
“Even with a cap and goggles, it’s hard not to notice Ryan Lochte. Take him out of the pool, and apparently, it’s even harder to miss him…”
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Moscow (RUS) – Press Conference
Featuring Executive Director of FINA Cornel Marculescu, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov, Representative of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee Andrew Vlaskov, Olympic champion Chad le Clos, 2012 World Cup winner Katinka Hosszu and others.
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Diana Nyad Finishes NYC 48-Hour Sandy Recovery Swim, Raises $103K
Read for instance NBC New York Spectators whooped and cheered as the 64-year-old woman who swam from Cuba to Florida finished her 48-hour swim in a pool installed in a Manhattan intersection to benefit victims of Sandy. Wearing a pink swim cap, Diana Nyad dove into the 120-foot, two-lane pool set up in Herald Square and…
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CC photo #648: European Swimmers of the Year 2009 on the Istanbul podium
A photo from the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann, Russia’s synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko and Germany’s open water swimmers Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer. Britta Steffen is missing on the photo, as the 2009 European female swimmer of the year.
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Moscow Swimming World Cup 2013 to be streamed LIVE on FinaTV
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets starts tomorrow in Moscow, Russia, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Moscow leg are as follows: Saturday, 12 October Start Time: 13:50 to 17:10 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 14:21 GMT) Sunday, 13 October Start Time: 14:00…
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Halifax swimmer Dmitry Shulga receives 11-month suspension after testing positive for banned substances
Read TheChronicleHerald The 24-year old Shulga, a member of the Halifax Wavecutters swim club, tested positive in-competition during the Eastern Canadian swimming championships in Montreal last February. His urine sample revealed the presence of prohibited stimulants, N-ethyl-l-phenyl-2-butanamine and 1-phenyl-2-butanamine, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) said in a release Wednesday. Bette El-Hawary, executive…
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In Bangladesh, swimming pools provide lessons for life
In an effort to decrease drowning deaths, a programme in Bangladesh teaches young children to swim and surive in the water.