Category: Competition
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 1
Golden Britain: three titles on the opening day British swimmers got things going in Baku, on the first day of the swimming competition at the European Games, as they clinched three titles in seven finals. Russia captured two while Germany and Ukraine could also be happy with one gold apiece.
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Brittany Elmslie (AUS) pulls out of Kazan 2015 World Champs after breast surgery
London Olympic gold medallist Brittany Elmslie has withdrawn from the Australian swimming team for this year’s FINA World Championships in Russia after undergoing surgery to a remove a benign growth in her breast. Elmslie, who turns 21 on Friday, has pulled out of the team after the operation three weeks ago and the recovery causing…
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Baku 2015 European Games to be streamed live on YouTube
See YouTube on Facebook The first ever European Games begin tomorrow in Azerbaijan. Watch them live on YouTube. https://goo.gl/DeX1yW #Baku2015 Posted by YouTube on Thursday, June 11, 2015
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Sports and Activists Battle over #Baku2015
The European Games kicks off in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, on Friday. It’s the first Olympic-style sporting festival for the continent – but a hashtag first used by organisers and originally meant to celebrate the games has been turned on its head by human rights campaigners. #Baku2015Â has been tweeted nearly 100,000 times in the last…
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FINA Worlds: Best international athletes will meet in Kazan 2015
Kazan has now developed the most advanced sporting infrastructure in all of Russia and has one of the most advanced Aquatic facilities in the world. More than 3.5 billion viewers are looking forward to following the world’s best performing in the 6 FINA aquatic disciplines. We welcome one and all to Kazan from 24 July…
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Ryan Cochrane: Randy Bennett made me a better man
I had made it through the first few weeks. The physical exhaustion was beginning to overcome the mental fatigue, and all I wanted was a long night’s sleep. But it wasn’t easy. Randy had been sick from cancer for a few months now, but even after a week, the news that my coach of 13…
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Swimming (Day 4) | 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015
Swimming on Day 4 of 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 (9 June 2015) Women 200m Butterfly Men 100m Butterfly Women 200m Butterfly Victory Ceremony Men 100m Butterfly Victory Ceremony Women 100m Backstroke Men 400m Individual Medley Women 100m Backstroke Victory Ceremony Men 400m Individual Medley Victory Ceremony Women 200m Freestyle Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay Women…
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Swimming (Day 3) | 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015
Swimming on Day 3 of 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 (8 June 2015) Women 50m Backstroke Men 50m Freestyle Women 100m Freestyle Men 200m Backstroke Women 100m Breaststroke Men 200m Butterfly
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Swimming (Day 2) | 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015
Swimming on Day 2 of 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015 (7 June 2015) Women 50m Butterfly Men 100m Freestyle Women 50m Butterfly Victory Ceremony Men 100m Freestyle Victory Ceremony Women 200m Backstroke Men 100m Breaststroke Women 200m Backstroke Victory Ceremony Men 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony Women 200m Individual Medley Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women 200m…