Year: 2014
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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…
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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…