Category: Competition
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Live Timing, Streaming and Results from the Netanya 2015 European SC Champs
LEN announced today that the LEN TV Channel will be broadcasting live here on DailyMotion, from all heats and finals at the Netanya 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Heats from 9.30 AM local time (GMT + 2) Finals from 5.30 PM local time (GMT + 2) European Short Course Swimming Championships… by lentv They…
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Busy in Netanya
Right, this blog is doing badly as usual, because of me being dead busy by the exact thing that I could blog about ! :-) A few impressions from Netanya, Israel, where the 2015 European Short Course Championships begin this Wednesday.
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Jeanette Ottesen | Denmark’s Swimming Star on Trans World Sport
Trans World Sport at home with Danish swimmer, Jeanette Ottesen. Will she be able to defeat her great rival, Sarah Sjostrom at the Rio Olympics?!
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Swimmer Sarah Sjöström’s Stockholm picks
You might not be able to swim in her path, but you can follow in Sarah’s footsteps to her favorite places in Stockholm. Boulebar Surbrunn Does a great brunch, and once you’ve finished eating you can enjoy a game of boules with your friends. Surbrunnsgatan 46 boulebar.se Hornsbergs strand Take an afternoon walk here during…
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Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps win top honors at USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards
Olympic champions and world-record holders Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) and Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) claimed top honors as repeat Athlete of the Year winners Sunday at the 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. Ledecky was the night’s big winner, claiming three awards – Female Athlete of the Year, Female…
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Germans get cold feet for Israeli swim competition
A majority of German swimmers are considering skipping the upcoming European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Israel due to security fears, it emerged at their national championships over the weekend. “Honestly, for me, the risk just seems too great,†said Alexandra Wenk, a world bronze medalist who competes in the women’s 100-meter butterfly. Wenk is among…
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Grant Hacett Exclusive: “How Rehab Saved Me”
Grant Hackett learnt something valuable about himself in rehab — and it changed everything. “I’m an intense perfectionist,” the three-time Olympic gold medalist tells WHO. “I can’t stand anything that’s not 100 per cent right. I would never allow myself to relax, always wanted intensity, always wanted to swim hard, go to the gym hard,…
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Paris attacks hit close to home for Marshall swimmer
The world is still in shock over the attacks that took place in Paris, France over the weekend. With 129 people dead, many want answers, including Chloe Parsemain, a France native and a swimmer at Marshall University. “Who thought that a shooting was going to happen in Paris on a Friday night? No one,” Parsemain…
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Sun Yang afraid of losing to me, Gregorio Paltrinieri says
Gregorio Paltrinieri won’t be surprised again by Sun Yang. The Italian swimmer recovered from his initial shock over his Chinese rival’s last-minute no-show to win the longest race in the pool at this year’s World Championships. For next year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Paltrinieri is already considering the possibility that Sun won’t enter the 1500m…