Category: Competition
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3rd grader brings Ian Crocker back to Maine
See WCSH6 Five time Olympic Medalist Ian Crocker has done a lot in his swimming career. Today though he draws crowds in a different capacity, speaking at schools and holding swim clinics across the country. His most recent was held because of a third grade girl who decided to shoot for the stars and actually…
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Eamon Sullivan targeting Rio Olympics
See news.com.au Eamon Sullivan aims to have one last crack at Olympic gold at 2016 Rio Olympics before he calls it quits, with the three-time Olympian currently preparing for the Glasgow Commonwealth games.
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Brisbane for training
See video in arirang Shifting gears, South Korea’s top swimmer, Park Tae-hwan, is headed to Brisbane, Australia for his third bout of training this year. He’ll be there for about 6 weeks and return sometime in July to take part in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games qualifiers, running from July 16th to the 21st. The…
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Coast Aquatics Hosts Surf and Swim Classic at Frank Brown Aquatic Center
See wjhg.com Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet. But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.…
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Alicia Coutts says Glasgow will be her last Commonwealth Games
Read Herald Sun The Queen of Australian swimming Alicia Coutts has confirmed the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be her last. While Coutts has been reluctant to confirm her future Olympic plans she is adamant Glasgow will be her final Commonwealth Games. “I’ll be 30 years of age in four years time so these…
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England, Scotland and Wales swimmers go head to head for Battle of SwimBritain
Press release courtesy of dna Four of England’s brightest swim stars teamed up to take on Scotland and Wales this weekend to complete the British Gas SwimBritain challenge. London 2012 Olympian Aimee Willmott joined forces with British Gas Championship multi-gold medallist swimmers James Guy, Siobhan Marie-O’Connor and breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty for a very special…
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Behold these Awesome Photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014
A selection of photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014, courtesy of swim fan, dad and photographer friend Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger. You can see more of his work here on Flickr.
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For Ryan Lochte, signs of change all around
Read Washington Post Ryan Lochte walks slowly into the room, a bulky brace on his left knee. He’s still got that same goofball demeanor, that same unique sense of fashion (on this day, he’s wearing a fedora with his trademark phrase “Jeah†embroidered across the back). But the signs of change are all around. He’s…
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Michael Phelps brings back swimming
Read Los Angeles Post-Examiner Sports needed this. Swimming needed this. And of course, Baltimore needed this. Michael Phelps is back, which means swimming is back and even more importantly, it means one of the most underappreciated sports rivalries is back: Phelps vs. Ryan Lochte. You can’t have a sport without a rivalry, which makes fans…