Author: rokur
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Mark Foster: The day I broke the world record
Mark Foster was a world, European and Commonwealth champion and world short-course freestyle record holder and swam for Great Britain at five Olympic Games before retiring after Beijing at the age of 38.
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Chinese doctor drags Michael Phelps into doping speculation
Wow, harsh words on the The Sydney Morning Herald via the Los Angeles Times, Chinese former Olympic doctor Chen Zhanghao defending newly minted gold medalist Ye Shiwen: “Abnormal?” Chen was quoted as saying to the newspaper, “America’s Phelps broke seven world records! Is he normal? “I suspect Phelps, but without evidence, I have to recognize…
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London 2012 day 3 finals: Grevers and Ye posts Olympic Records
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming finals yesterday evening, USA took 1 and 2 in the men’s 100 backstroke, Matt Grevers way ahead cloking a new Olympic Record of 52.16, Nick Thoman 2nd in 52.92 and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie 3rd in 52.97. Lithuania’s 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte charged ahead and held on to a 1:05.47 gold…
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Swim parents turned away while LOCOG throw soldiers at the seats
Parents and friends of Swedish and Singaporean swimmers as well as a host of other countries have been refused access into the aquatics centre over the past two nights, missing seeing their loved ones compete, while other parents have had hours of angst trying to sort tickets at the last minute. Problem is that the…
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CC photo #212: Group photo before the Tórshavn 400 Pier Swim
Brave sea swimmers ready for the “Ólavsøkusvimjingin 2012”, a 400 meter swim in about 7°C (45°F) warm sea water along the main pier of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Most of them members of the masters team of Tórshavn swim club.
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LOCOG’s empty seat scandal ‘solution’ is to call in the troops
Wow, soldiers have been drafted in to fill empty seats at the London 2012 Olympics after prime “Olympic family” seating at the aquatics centre, gymnastics arena and basketball venue again went unused on the second day of competition. Some of the troops, working at the Olympics to provide security, said they were scheduled to start…
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Why do Olympians bite their medals?
Featuring Summer Sanders, see Yahoo! Sports (video autoplays, pushed below the break)
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London 2012 day 3 prelims: Ye puts her foot down in the 200 too
At the London 2012 Olympic prelims today, China’s Shiwen Ye was head and shoulders above the rest of the field in the women’s 200 IM, looking to add that one to her 400 IM Olympic gold from Saturday. Federica Pellegrini led the field (narrowly) in the women’s 200 freestyle, and in the men’s 200 butterfly…
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London 2012 day 2 finals: Vollmer and Van Der Burgh post World records
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming finals yesterday evening, the French men upset everyone by taking back the 4×100 freestyle Olympic gold medal that they lost in 2008, clocking 3:09.93 with USA in 3:10.38 and 2nd and Russia in 3:11.41 and 3rd, the Aussie ‘weapons of mass destruction’ backfiring to a 3:11.63 and 4th. USA’s…