Category: Competition
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Recap Day 11 #FINABudapest2017
The 11th day of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest was full of excitement! Great Britain had a memorable day in the second swimming finals’ session winning two gold medals. Sarah Sjostrom, from Sweden, was the favorite for victory and she didn’t disappoint, touching home for gold in 55.53, a new Championships Record.
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Cate Campbell felt ‘betrayed’ after Rio flop
Australia’s Cate Campbell says she felt betrayed by swimming in the wake of her flop at last year’s Rio Olympics where she was tipped to win gold in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle events but failed to even get on the podium. The former 100 freestyle world champion later remarked that it was “possibly…
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One in three primary school leavers can’t swim, report warns, amid rise in drownings
One in three primary school leavers cannot swim one length of a pool, a report has found, amid concern that a lack of lessons is leading to rise in young people drowning. Official data shows forty people aged 19 and under drowned in the UK last year, representing an increase of 25 per cent from…
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Katinka Hosszú wins Gold at home | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017
The swimming “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszú won gold in front of her home crowd fans, with her third straight 200 IM World Title on the second night of the Finals at the World Championships in Budapest!
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Recap Day 10 #FINABudapest2017
On day 10 of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest, on the first day of the swimming competition Sun Yang (CHN) and Katie Ledecky (USA) received their third consecutive titles in the event. The Netherlands water polo team fell to Russia, who advanced to the quarterfinals and Australia defeated Brasil to advance.
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Ledecky shines in the 400m free & grabbed new record | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017
Katie Ledecky (USA) grabbed 2 GOLDS last night and she had already started the morning with a Championship Record in the 400m Freestyle! Later on, she would break her own time and smashed a new Championship Record (the 2nd in 1 day) and the GOLD medal in the same event. Her second GOLD arrived in…
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Recap Day 6 #FINABudapest2017
On day 6 of the 17th FINA World Championships, Malaysia’s Jun Hoong Cheong scored a dramatic upset victory in a close final over the Chinese favourites to win the women’s platform diving title at the Budapest World Championships. Ashley Twichell won gold in open water, the Hungarian water polo team forced a draw against Italy,…
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ASEAN Schools Games 2017 – Swimming Highlight
Swimming is a sport treasured by Singaporeans because it has proven that this little red dot can make its mark in the world. Inspired by Joseph Isaac Schooling, our #SgSchools swimmers hope to do Singapore proud – and they did so at the #ASEANSchoolsGames2017!
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Recap Day 5 #FINABudapest2017
Laura Marino and Matthieu Rosset added world gold to their medal treasuries and gave France their first diving title of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest while Russia won their third gold medal in synchro with their team technical routine. Not to forget: Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won his second major 10km title…