Category: Competition
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12th FINA World Swimming Championships held in Doha (25m)
Record number of athletes registered to compete in Doha. Hundreds of millions around the world are expected to tune in to see the biggest names in swimming take to the blocks at Hamad Aquatic Centre.
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Natalie Coughlin says she’s ‘all in’ for fourth Olympics in 2016
One would think Natalie Coughlin has accomplished enough at the Olympics, with 12 medals in three appearances in the Games. One would be wrong. Coughlin, 32, told UniversalSports.com that she is “all in†for a fourth Olympics appearance in Rio in 2016: “Going into London [in 2012] and into that season I certainly didn’t think…
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2014 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards: Female Athlete of The Year
Katie Ledecky wins Female Athlete of the Year at the 2014 Golden Goggle Awards in New York.
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2014 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards: Male Athlete of the Year
Michael Phelps wins Male Athlete of the Year at the 2014 Golden Goggle Awards in New York.
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A day with Chad Le Clos – Learn and Share | Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games
The life of an Olympian is a non-stop whirlwind of competing, training and sponsor and social engagements, so the YOG athletes at Nanjing 2014 were pretty lucky to have YOG graduate turned Olympic champion, South African swimmer Chad le Clos spend the day with them. See olympic.org
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Swimming legend Michael Phelps before Olympic success
Trans World Sport filmed with a talented 18-year-old swimmer by the name of Michael Phelps as he trained for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Since then he has gone on to become the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals, 18 gold.
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Gold medals in Europe are in the past, says Stjepanovic
This year’s FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Doha is not only a highlight event in the global sporting calendar but is lining up to be the must-attend event in Qatar this year. Over five days, the world’s fastest swimmers will compete at Hamad Aquatic Centre for the ultimate prize – title of World Champion.…
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Hungarian Swimming Icon Katinka Hosszú to Publish Book in English
World-famous Hungarian female swimmer Katinka Hosszú has announced on her Facebook page that her motivational book “The Hungarian Iron Ladyâ€, the Hungarian edition of which hit the stores on 22 November, will appear in English next April. […] In an interview given to Metropol in September, Ms. Hosszú explains the massive changes she has undergone…
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Olympic Champion Sun Yang Fails Drug Test
Chinese multi-Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang had failed a doping test and been banned for three months, China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) told Xinhua on Monday. Sun tested positive for stimulant trimetazidine in an in-competition doping test on May 17 during the national swimming championships. Sun gave up the chance to have the B…