Category: Competition
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Swedish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Swedish Swimming Federation organise the Swedish Short Course Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.se Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Frisim = Freestyle Ryggsim = Backstroke Bröstsim = Breaststroke Fjärilsim = Butterfly Medley = Medley Damer…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Finnish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Finnish Swimming Association and Cetus are organising the Finnish Short Course Championships in Espoo, Finland, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.fi Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Vapaauinti = Freestyle Selkäuinti = Backstroke Rintauinti = Breaststroke Perhosuinti = Butterfly…
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The 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Ticketing Launch
Aussie swimmers Emma McKeon, Tommy Fraser-Holmes, Emily Seebohm and Aussie water polo player Ed Slade launched the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series on Monday 10 November in the Perth CBD – See Australia v China, Japan and the mighty USA on Jan 30 & 31 at HBF Stadium outdoor 10 lane pool – tickets…
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James Magnussen at loggerheads with Swimming Australia over his choice of coaches
James Magnussen’s war with Swimming Australia has gone public after the sport’s bosses rubbished the world champion’s decision to ignore their advice and choose little known swim coaches Mitch and Lach Falvey to guide his pursuit of 2016 Rio Olympic gold. As revealed by The Courier-Mail last month, Magnussen was at loggerheads with head coach…
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Paul Biedermann contemplates waiving Dubai 2014 World Champs
With the German Short Course Championships and Doha 2014 World Short Course Championships Trials starting in Wuppertal tomorrow, reigning 400 freestyle world champion Paul Biedermann has announced that he will probably not go to Doha, even if he qualifies. “He has trained 200 kilometers less than he would have liked”, says national coach Henning Lambertz,…
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Doha doubts over Chad le Clos
Le Clos was admitted to hospital in Durban on Monday to have four wisdom teeth removed, just two weeks before the biennial spectacle. While he was not undergoing a major operation, his management team remained cautious about his recovery. “We haven’t even booked yet for Doha because we’re not sure what to expect,†said his…
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Lotte Friis withdraws from Doha 2014 World Champs
Lotte Friis has together with the Danish Swimming Federation and her American coaches decided to cancel her participation at the Doha 2014 World Short Course Championships next month, because of not so successful start of this season, a minor shoulder injury and sickness. She will be participating at the Danish Short Course Championships this weekend,…
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Missy Franklin Learning to Swim – Touch The Wall
In anticipation of the film’s opening at the Starz Denver Film Festival tomorrow, Touch The Wall has released this clip of the movie where D.A. and Dick Franklin talk about Missy Franklin learning to swim during her early development as a swimmer. The footage includes a lot of home movie clips, showing that Missy was…
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James Magnussen aiming to break 100m freestyle world record
Magnussen finished the 2014 long course season with a crippling back complaint that often meant he struggled to get out of bed in the mornings and has since quit training with his coach Brant Best as he reshapes his program for a two-year push to the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 23-year-old dual world champion is…