Category: Competition
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Grant Hackett to come out of retirement
Australian swimmer Grant Hackett, a seven-time Olympic medalist, will come out of a seven-year competitive retirement and enter the Australian national championships in April, according to Australian media. He hasn’t yet set a goal of making the 2016 Olympics, nor any international team for Australia. “That’s not where I am at in my head,†Hackett said,…
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Alia Atkinson (JAM) Gold in the 100m Breaststroke at Doha 2014
Alia Atkinson (JAM) grabs the first gold medal for Jamaica at the World Championships SC (WR equaled). She already was the only Jamaican swimmer (both genders) with a medal in the competition winning silver medals at the 50m Breaststroke (2012 and 2014) and 100m Breaststroke (2012).
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Doha 2014, Day 1: Belmonte, 2 – Hosszu, 0
The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), staged in Doha (QAT) from December 3-7, 2014 couldn’t have started in a better way: after the initial day, three World Records and six Championships records were already established, with some races having unpredictable outcomes. Read more here on fina.org
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Fabien Gilot from team France: Winner of the Doha 2014 Men’s 4×100 Free
Winner of Men’s 4x100m Freestyle at the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha.
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Chad Le Clos winner of the Doha 2014 Men’s 200m Free
After winning the first final of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Chad Le Clos won the gold in 1:41.45.
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Review: Olympic Swimming Documentary Touch The Wall Celebrates Female Friendship And Strength
I am not an athletic person. In highschool I loathed PE with a pure, righteous anger, and I still haven’t gotten over my ensuing hate for organized sports. Given my proud couch potato status, I was surprised by the ways in which Touch the Wall, a documentary about Olympic swimming champs Missy Franklin and Kara…
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Danish coaching duo in good spirits
Shannon Rollason and Nick Juba, ready for Doha 2014. Maybe the best coaching team in the entire universe ! :-)
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12th FINA World Swimming Championships held in Doha (25m)
Record number of athletes registered to compete in Doha. Hundreds of millions around the world are expected to tune in to see the biggest names in swimming take to the blocks at Hamad Aquatic Centre.
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Natalie Coughlin says she’s ‘all in’ for fourth Olympics in 2016
One would think Natalie Coughlin has accomplished enough at the Olympics, with 12 medals in three appearances in the Games. One would be wrong. Coughlin, 32, told UniversalSports.com that she is “all in†for a fourth Olympics appearance in Rio in 2016: “Going into London [in 2012] and into that season I certainly didn’t think…