Month: November 2014
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Swimming legend Michael Phelps before Olympic success
Trans World Sport filmed with a talented 18-year-old swimmer by the name of Michael Phelps as he trained for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since then he has gone on to become the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, 18 gold.
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CCTV News: Olympic swimmer Sun Yang failed drug test
According to China Anti-Doping Agency, the country’s most successful swimmer Sun Yang tested positive for a banned stimulant back in May. Sun has already served the three-month ban earlier this year and has been stripped of his 1500-meter freestyle gold that he won at the national championship. But many are wondering why the announcement came…
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Chinese doping officials say no cover-up of Sun ban
Chinese doping officials say they were not trying to cover up Sun Yang’s positive test and that they held back news of his three-month suspension because they did not want to make any mistakes with “the most famous athlete in China”. Sun, China’s most successful male swimmer, secretly served his ban during May and August…
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Gold medals in Europe are in the past, says Stjepanovic
This year’s FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Doha is not only a highlight event in the global sporting calendar but is lining up to be the must-attend event in Qatar this year. Over five days, the world’s fastest swimmers will compete at Hamad Aquatic Centre for the ultimate prize – title of World Champion.…
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Hungarian Swimming Icon Katinka Hosszú to Publish Book in English
World-famous Hungarian female swimmer Katinka Hosszú has announced on her Facebook page that her motivational book “The Hungarian Iron Ladyâ€, the Hungarian edition of which hit the stores on 22 November, will appear in English next April. […] In an interview given to Metropol in September, Ms. Hosszú explains the massive changes she has undergone…
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Olympic Champion Sun Yang Fails Drug Test
Chinese multi-Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang had failed a doping test and been banned for three months, China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) told Xinhua on Monday. Sun tested positive for stimulant trimetazidine in an in-competition doping test on May 17 during the national swimming championships. Sun gave up the chance to have the B…
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Swimming Cup Torino
Featuring Evgeny Korotyshkin, Cameron van der Burgh, Filippo Magnini, Federica Pellegrini and others. Swimming Cup Torino from Makers Eventi on Vimeo.
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Gertrude Ederle – First Woman to Swim the English Channel
Historical footage of Trudy’s Ederle’s Channel swim. The song Blackbird was a hit the same year. As it is with many open water ultra endurance swimmers, they usually have a song stuck in their head. Could this have gone through her mind on the day of her swim so long ago? Gertrude Ederle – First…