Year: 2014
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 12
Britain secure top spot on the medal table With three more titles on the last day Great Britain secured the first place both in the swimming medal table and in the overall. The Team Trophy went to Italy. The Danish women’s medley relay set a new European Record – that was also a new Championship…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 11
Medal hunt: three top the overall with 8 gold apiece Two more gold medals in the dash events kept the Brits atop of the swimming medal table and rocketed them to the first place in the overall. The competitions in the pools are really exciting but rarely was the hunt for the medals so balanced…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10
Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 9
Hosszu and Hausding complete hat-trick – so far Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and Germany’s Patrick Hausding were the heroes of the day in the respective pools as they both won a third gold medal here in Berlin – and they have more events ahead. The Hungarians had a fine day with five medals, the British also…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 8
Paltrinieri cracks ER, Cseh wins 12th career title Two great individual efforts highlighted the third day of swimming action at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri crashed the European record in the 1500m free, while veteran Laszlo Cseh earned his 12th gold medal at the Europeans while winning his 5th straight crown…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 7
Very Great Britain: 7 medals in one day! The British swimmers enjoyed a perfect day in Berlin: they earned seven medals including three gold at the European Championships and their mixed medley relay even set a new World Record. The Germans and the Russians clinched one gold and a silver apiece in the diving pool.…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6
Seven Championships Records bettered in swimming’s opening day The swimming competition has got under way at the European Championships in Berlin. The first day saw seven Championship Records falling and Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) clinching the first swimming gold medal in the men’s 400m free, then Katinka Hosszu (HUN) defended her title in the 400m IM.…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 5
Golden day for Reymond, Grimaldi, Romashina and Ukraine The final day of the open water and synchronised swimming events brought some fantastic performances of different types. While Axel Reymond (FRA) and Martina Grimaldi (ITA) were crowned the respective king and queen of endurance, Svetlana Romashina thrilled the spectators again with her magical routine in the…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 5: Velodrome
So Saturday I visited the competition venue for the first time, and then attended the team leader’s meeting as representative of the Faroe Islands.