Month: November 2014
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Australian Olympic Committee to fight late night swimming starts at Rio Games
Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates says his organisation will fight what he calls an unreasonable proposal to hold some of the swimming finals at the 2016 Rio Games late at night. American TV networks want the final sessions to begin at 10:00pm local time, meaning some gold medals would be decided after midnight. Coates…
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Why many headlines on Michael Phelps’ girlfriend aren’t accurate
One of the world’s most famous athletes Michael Phelps has quite the history of making headlines away from the pool, but his latest venture into the spotlight involves his girlfriend and a seemingly unnecessary debate over whether she was born a man or woman. Taylor Lianne Chandler told Radar Online she was born with both sets of…
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Stockton teacher charged, put on leave after struggle with student
A Stockton Unified School District physical education teacher is facing a charge of corporal injury to a child, and is on paid leave, after video surfaced of him trying to force a 14-year-old girl into a pool during a P.E. class. Denny Peterson, employed by the school district for more than 10 years, is seen…
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Legendary SA swimmers relay for Movember
The idea for the relay came out of the teammate’s support of Harris, a testicular cancer survivor who has been in remission for 3 years. “We wanted to come up with a fun way to show our support for those who suffer from testicular and prostate cancer, to raise awareness for Movember and men’s health…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Danish Short Course Champs
Thursday 20th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Danish Swimming Federation organise the Danish Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, with live timing here on livetiming.dk and live stream here on dr.dk Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Frisvømning = Freestyle Rygsvømning = Backstroke Brystsvømning = Breaststroke Butterfly = Butterfly…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Swedish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Swedish Swimming Federation organise the Swedish Short Course Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.se Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Frisim = Freestyle Ryggsim = Backstroke Bröstsim = Breaststroke Fjärilsim = Butterfly Medley = Medley Damer…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Finnish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Finnish Swimming Association and Cetus are organising the Finnish Short Course Championships in Espoo, Finland, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.fi Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Vapaauinti = Freestyle Selkäuinti = Backstroke Rintauinti = Breaststroke Perhosuinti = Butterfly…
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The 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Ticketing Launch
Aussie swimmers Emma McKeon, Tommy Fraser-Holmes, Emily Seebohm and Aussie water polo player Ed Slade launched the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series on Monday 10 November in the Perth CBD – See Australia v China, Japan and the mighty USA on Jan 30 & 31 at HBF Stadium outdoor 10 lane pool – tickets…