Category: Competition
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Sarah Sjöström 24.43 and New 50 Fly World Record
At the Swedish national championships, yesterday, Sarah Sjöström absolutely demolished the women’s 50 meter butterfly world record, clocking 24.43 seconds where Therese Alshammer’s world record from the Rome 2009 World Championships was 25.07 seconds. That is the 7th biggest improvement ever of a world record according to masterskapssidan.se. See the result list here.
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Lauren Boyle’s all work, no pool play
Laurne Boyle was so delighted with her fourth-place finish at the 2012 Olympics, she couldn’t contain her emotions. Her tearful poolside interview after narrowly missing out on a medal in the women’s 800m freestyle final was one of the most abiding moments from New Zealand competitors in London. But the North Shore athlete wasn’t going…
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Olympic swimmers offer advice on juggling athletics, life, school
Olympic swimmers Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Missy Franklin, and Mel Stewart appeared at the Santa Clara Arena Grand Prix on the weekend of June 19 and shared their thoughts on juggling academics, extracurricular activities, personal health, and sports. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, said that it’s important to…
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How Amy Van Dyken-Rouen turns injury into inspiration: ‘This is for my life’
See Today Health Six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen may have been badly injured in an ATV accident, but she is “not afraid” of the hard road to recovery that lies ahead. “This is a new challenge, and I’m taking it head-on,” Van Dyken-Rouen told Matt Lauer on TODAY Friday. “This is more…
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Dwyer’s big splash worth a Beemer
Read Chicago Tribune Winnetka swimmer Conor Dwyer gets to drive a BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Series sedan for a year. Dwyer won a one-year lease on the $96,000 car as the overall men’s champion of the six-event Arena Grand Prix series that ended Sunday at Santa Clara, Calif. Dwyer, 25, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, also…
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Young swimmer with dwarfism racking up the medals
See USA Today At only 10-years-old Mia Towl has won three gold medals, set world records in the breast stroke and butterfly and was named “most promising athlete” from Sportswomen of Colorado. Mia was also born with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. She was a star at the 2013 World Dwarf Games, where she won…
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Japan golden boy Kosuke Kitajima rules out retirement
Read globalpost Japan’s multiple Olympic swim king Kosuke Kitajima has no plans to hang up his goggles, promising to come back stronger after missing qualification for this year’s Pan Pacific and Asian Games. “For the time being I won’t be retiring,” the 31-year-old told reporters after failing to make Sunday’s 200 metres breaststroke final at…
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Olympian Ariana Kukors ‘un-retires,’ making a comeback
See King5 She has been our colleague, our friend, and a local businesswoman. It has been the life, after swimming, for Ariana Kukors. She spent the Sochi Olympics serving as a special correspondent for our local newscasts. It was there, while watching the Olympic cauldron, that something sparked within the 25-year-old. “(We) were standing together…
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Katie Ledecky 8:11.00 and World Record in the 800 free
Read SwimmingWorld Katie Ledecky put an exclamation point on a thrilling meet this afternoon with a world record in the women’s 800m free during the final day of racing at The Woodlands Senior Invite. Ledecky, who lowered her own world record in the 1500m free on Thursday, broke her second world record of the meet…