Category: Competition
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 4
Hausding and Klein on Cloud 9 Russia made it 6 out of 6 in synchro so far. Again, no one could match the level of their performance, either with only one swimmer in the pool– as in the solo technical – or with 10, as in the free combination final. The Russian march continued in…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 3
Magic of the mermaids Russia doubled up synchro golds and Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina produced a women’s duet which was truly a class above the rest. In diving, Tania Cagnotto clinched her 18th European title and the 7th in the 1m, while Tom Daley and Grace Reid delivered the first gold for the hosts…
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 2
Ischenko’s reign goes on, Kvasha and the Germans shine in the diving pool Natalia Ishchenko proved that she is still the queen of synchro, pulling out a clean win once more in the solo free. The first non-Russian gold in London went to Ukraine’s Illya Kvasha, who clinched the 1m title in diving, while Germany’s…
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Road to Rio | Fiona Doyle
Fiona Doyle is a swimmer from Limerick, who lives, works and trains on a Sports scholarship at the University of Calgary. Travelling across the globe in pursuit of the Olympic qualifying time isn’t easy, but it is even tougher for Fiona, as she is to live so far from her family.
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Gator swimmer headed to the Olympics
A member of the Gator Nation could be headed to Rio for the Olympics this summer. https://youtu.be/5AuOCYhaKFY
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London 2016 LEN European Championships – Day 1
Russia: Victory Day with two golds After four years, world-class action has returned to the London Aquatics Centre as a series of fine diving and synchro events kicked off the European Aquatics Championships on Monday. The Russians held a Victory Day parade here as well, capturing both gold medals on offer on 9 May. “What…
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LEN Opening Press Conference Highlights – London 2016, Synchro, Diving
Fantastic championships are ahead “We are very happy to return to London and really grateful for British Swimming to host this great event here, in the London Aquatic Centre†LEN President Paolo Barelli said while speaking at the European Aquatics Championships’ opening press conference.
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FINA announces Time Standards and Qualifying Procedure for the Budapest 2017 World Championships
As done for previous FINA World Championships, a qualifying procedure with “A†and “B†standard times will be implemented for Budapest 2017. 1. FINA “A†& “B†SWIMMING QUALIFYING TIME STANDARDS Men’s Standard Women’s Standard A – 2 Entries B – 1 Entry A – 2 Entries B – 1 Entry 00.22,47 00.23,26 50 m…
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Jessica Lee: Big 8 Swimmer of the Year
Jessica Lee, a Santa Rosa Junior College freshman who competed at Windsor High School, was named Big 8 Swimmer of the Year after finishing first in the 200 free, 500 free and mile free. She and her fellow Bear Cubs head to East Los Angeles College Tuesday for the state meet.