Category: Competition
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Live streaming from the Tokyo 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup leg
See FinaTV, FINA is providing live coverage of the FINA 2014 Swimming World Cup finals in Tokyo on 28th and 29th October 2014. Post by FINA.
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Record number of athletes register for Doha 2014 FINA World SC Championships
With just over a month to go before the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Qatar is already setting records as an unprecedented 1,300 swimmers have registered their interest in competing at Hamad Aquatic Centre. Also, more than 500 team officials have registered to participate in the event. As of yesterday, 174 countries will be…
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Christian Sprenger eyes Rio after tough year
Reigning world-champion breaststroker Christian Sprenger is determined to shake off a major shoulder injury in time for what will likely be his last Olympic Games. The 28-year-old fell apart at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games, failing to make the 100m breaststroke final and swimming three seconds under his personal best. He blamed shoulder issues, which had started…
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RÅ«ta MeilutytÄ— interview – The record breaker
We speak to Lithuania’s RÅ«ta MeilutytÄ—, swimming gold medal winner from the London 2012 Olympics and Nanjing 2014 Youth Games about her incredible achievements in the pool, dealing with success at such a young age and her plans for Rio 2016.
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Kazan 2015 presents the 16th FINA World Championships Athlete’s Village
The 16th FINA World Championships will be held in Kazan, Russia, from July 24 – August 9, 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.
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Alicia Coutts contemplates retirement from swimming
Five-time Olympic Games medallist Alicia Coutts has contemplated an immediate retirement from swimming, declaring “if I retired tomorrow, I would be satisfied with what I’ve done in the sport”. Canberra swimmer Coutts also hit out at the sport’s critics, saying that constant criticism was “disheartening” as she weighs up her future. It was speculated last…
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Andalusian Stories – Carlos Peralta, 8-time in a row Spanish Champion
He started swimming when he was nine, but today the Spanish swimmer Carlos Peralta has turned twenty and has been eight times in a row Spanish Champion in 200 meters butterfly. He also beat the national record in that category when he was 18, achieving it in later occasions. His next objective is the Rio…
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Jazz Carlin mulling over coaching options
Commonwealth and European champion Jazz Carlin has yet to decide on her future coaching set-up. Carlin’s success in Glasgow and Berlin was achieved despite coach Bud McAllister moving to Australia. The 24-year-old, who said it has been ‘tough’ without a coach, had been expected to have settled things last month. “I haven’t 100% decided what…
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USA Swimming Announces Discipline for Michael Phelps: 6-month suspension; Withdrawal from 2015 FINA World Championships
USA Swimming announced today that, due to a violation of the organization’s Code of Conduct, Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) will be suspended from USA Swimming-sanctioned competition for six months, withdraw from the 2015 FINA World Championships Team and forfeit his funding from the NGB for six months. Phelps’ discipline is set forth under Section 304.3.19…