Category: Competition
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Glasgow final will be the biggest race of my career, says Michael Jamieson
Read Metro The 25-year-old was one of the few British swimmers to shine at the Games, where he won 200metres breaststroke silver, one of just three medals won by Team GB in the pool. Like many athletes, he said 2013 was hard, but that Glasgow 2014, for whom the Scot is an ambassador, enabled him…
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Robbie Renwick: I might be an underdog but I’ll do everything I can to win gold at Glasgow 2014
Read Herald Scotland Renwick, 26, from Glasgow, won gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2010 games in Dehli and now hopes to repeat his winning performance in his home city. Talking about his journey to the Games in a video for Strathmore, official water supplier of Glasgow 2014, he said: “I might be an…
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Video: Chad le Clos Wanted to be a Soccer Star
See Penguin SA Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos, whose memoir Unbelievable! is out now, reveals that he would have chosen to be a South African soccer star. In an interview with SABC News, Le Clos’ dad, Bert, who played youth football with current Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, recalls how his son started out playing football, and…
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Alabama swimmer John Servati killed by Tuscaloosa tornado
See ESPN University of Alabama officials confirmed Tuesday that a member of the school’s men’s swimming and diving team was killed Monday night when violent storms and a tornado struck the Tuscaloosa area. John Servati, 21, a junior swimmer and dean’s list student at Alabama, was killed, according to school officials. “John Servati was an…
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Chad Le Clos pushed down rankings by Michael Phelps
Read BusinessDay Michael Phelps might not have been good enough to win a comeback race in the US at the weekend, but he did shunt Chad le Clos down the world rankings. Ryan Lochte out-swam the American legend at a gala in Phoenix, Arizona, winning the 100m butterfly final in 51.93sec.
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IOC Vice President: Rio 2016 Preparations ‘The Worst I Have Experienced’, And There’s No Plan B
See The Australian Olympic Committee The AOC President and IOC Vice President, John Coates, has described Rio’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics as “the worst I have experienced†and “worse than Athens†(2004). #185023593 / gettyimages.com http://youtu.be/95_u72XT0Mo
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Michael Phelps taking different training approach in swimming comeback
Read The Republic Phelps has slowly started back and now trains just once a day in the afternoon. No double or triple sessions or plowing through thousands of meters a day. Call this comeback Phelps 2.0. While his workload will go up eventually, for now Phelps is doing half the amount of training he did…
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Ryan Lochte Working On A New Freestyle Stroke
See Swimming World Despite winning the 200 freestyle at the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, Ariz., Ryan Lochte was not happy seeing “1:49” on the scoreboard next to his name, and voiced that disappointment in this video interview. Lochte also talked about changing up all four of his strokes, including his new straight-arm freestyle, and…
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Becca Mann Enjoying Training In “Swimming Heaven†North Baltimore
See Swimming World Becca Mann talks about her move to North Baltimore Aquatic Club and the big changes in training she’s experienced with the elite squad there.