Month: January 2016
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German town bans refugees from swimming pool
A suburb of the German city of Bonn has forbidden adult male refugees from visiting the town’s public pool, a city spokesman announced on Friday. After women at the municipal pool in Bornheim had begun complaining of sexual harassment, said the spokesman, it was clear that immediate action should be taken to protect the rights…
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Danes launch national Kicking Performance Ranking
Read the interview with Danish national coach Dean Boles here on svoem.dk (mostly in English) What is the idea behind the Kicking Performance Ranking? – My belief is to do an inventory (opgørelse, red.) of strengths and weaknesses – I have observed that many programs don’t value kicking an important ingredient for world class swimming and…
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Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:06.68 and new World Record in the 800 free
See for instance SwimmingWorld https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/katie-ledecky-blasts-807-barrier-world-record-800-free-austin/
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European Water Polo Championships, Belgrade – Day 8, Summary
Russia is back after 13 years Thirteen years after finishing 4th in Kranj, the Russian team managed to reach the best eight at the European Championships for the first time. The others are well-known ‘figures’ at this phase: today Italy, Hungary and Greece all cleared the hurdles with ease in the eight-finals. Among the women…
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European Water Polo Championships, Belgrade – Day 7, Summary
No hiccups in the men’s eight-finals so far Nations of the former Yugoslavia made full progress in the eight-finals, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro all passed the first serious test with ease, just as Spain. The Netherlands demonstrated their strength against the Russians in the women’s tournament and clinched the top spot in Group A.
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European Water Polo Championships, Belgrade – Day 6, Summary
Italy and Hungary on top, Greece sinks to 3rd place Italy sailed through in Group C matches as expected while Hungary finished atop in Group D after the Greeks couldn’t widen the gap enough against Russia to better their goal difference, what’s more they went down by the end and had to settle for the…
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The Norwegians are back in Flagstaff
For the first time since Alexander Dale Oen passed in 2012, the Norwegian national team is back in Flagstaff, Arizona. As national coach Petter Løvberg puts it, they need to move forward in his memory, and also to go back as part of that process.
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European Water Polo Championships, Belgrade – Day 5, Summary
Spain and Serbia clinch top spots Spain finished atop in Group A, ahead of Montenegro, thanks to its better goal-difference. The Serbs struggled against France in the first half but showed their strength in the second part. Croatia set the single-game scoring record against Malta by netting 22 goals. Among the women, Russia downed Greece…
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AP NewsBreak: Report says Putin may have consulted on doping
The leader of track’s governing body told a lawyer he’d need to cut a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to ensure nine Russian athletes accused of doping wouldn’t compete at 2013 world championships in Moscow, according to a new report on the scandal that reached the top of the sport and country. Read AP…