Category: Competition
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Helsinki (FIN), Day 3
Vaskina breaks EJR, Frankel wins 100m free by 0.01 A great day for Israel: a thrilling win for Tomer Frankel in the men’s 100m free then a stunning relay gold in the men’s 4x200m free. Team GB and Hungary also claimed two titles apiece but Russia bettered them all again with three golds. Daria Vaskina…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Helsinki (FIN), Day 2
Russia (4 titles), Hungary (3) roll on, shared gold in 100m back Four more Russian and three more Hungarian titles, a shared gold, three new Championship Records and a historical first-ever podium for Moldova highlighted the second day of the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki. The first final was a real stunner as…
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As USA Swimming Grapples With Sexual Abuse, Athletes Cite Lack Of Female Coaches
Congressional committees have been looking into the issue of sexual abuse in Olympic sports, with a particular focus on gymnastics. Now stories of alleged abuse are emerging in swimming. Last month, former Olympic athlete Ariana Kukors Smith sued her former coach, Sean Hutchinson, for allegedly abusing her. She also sued USA Swimming and the U.S.…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Helsinki (FIN), Day 1
Hungary, Russia: 3-3 after the opening day Hungarian and Russian swimmers staged a strong opening by claiming three titles apiece on Day 1 at the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki. Anna Kesely (HUN) earned back-to-back wins and her junior EC-gold count stands at 12. The Russians doubled down the 4x100m free relays. The…
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This Swimmer Warmed Up For A Race By Dancing Like Beyoncé—And The Internet Can’t Handle It
There’s no better way to get yourself pumped up than by listening to Beyoncé, but University of Alabama swimmer Christian Strycker took it a step further than that. He not only jammed to Bey while getting prepared for his race — he nailed the choreography to Beyoncé’s performance of “Everybody Mad†at Coachella, too. So, how’s that for a warm…
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Rebecca Adlington tips Duncan Scott for more Olympic medals
Duncan Scott has been tipped to add to his fast-expanding medal collection with more Olympic hardware in two years’ time – and that confident prediction comes from one of Britain’s greatest ever swimmers, Rebecca Adlington. The double Olympic champion from Beijing 2008 and two-time bronze medallist at London 2012 picked Scott’s stunning victory in a…
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Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov smashes World Record in 50 fly (video)
On the last day of the Sette Colli meet in Rome, Italy, it was Andriy Govorov of Ukraine who smashed the World Record in the 50 fly final with a 22.27. Govorov blasted the record of 22.43 held by Spain’s Rafael Munoz from April 2009, according to Swimming World. He narrowly missed the World Record…