Category: Competition
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Behold Alm. Brand Bank’s Herning 2013 recap video
Danish bank Alm. Brand was one of the official partners of the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning, Denmark, and decided to stay on as sponsor of the Danish Swimming Federation. The texts towards the end of the video says, “Thanks for a great party in Denmark … The pool has been taken…
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Move refreshes WA swim ace Tommaso D’Orsogna
Read The West Australian Back in Perth for this week’s State swimming titles and next weekend’s BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series, D’Orsogna still has his eyes firmly fixed on this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. “The move to Queensland has been refreshing – it was the…
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Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett and Susie O’Neill asked to help the revival of Australian Swimming
Read couriermail.com.au Swimming Australia president John Bertrand said the sport needed to better capitalise on the experience and knowledge within its own ranks. Bertrand said Hackett and O’Neill were keen to get involved and he hoped to take five-time Olympic champion Thorpe up on his public offer last year to mentor the Australian team and…
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Mie Ø. Nielsen clocks 28.43 and new Nordic record in the 50 back
Tonight at the Skagerrak Swim meet in Kristiansand, Norway, Denmark’s Mie Østergaard Nielsen broke her own 50 meter Danish and Nordic backstroke record (long course), with a scorching time of 28.43. The old record was her own 28.51, from when she won gold a the Antwerpen 2012 European Junior Championships. Post by Mie Østergaard Nielsen.
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Australia’s swim team culture no longer toxic, says Alicia Coutts
Read Canberra Times Alicia Coutts says the Australian swimming team’s much-maligned culture was “so much better” at last year’s world championships in Barcelona and she’s confident it will stand up to its next major test – the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July. The 26-year-old was one of the few shining lights from the…
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Jaring Timmerman, age 104, sets 2 world swimming records
See CBC and WPTV A 104-year-old Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books, finishing two races and becoming the world’s oldest masters swimmer. Pan Am Pool was packed with family members, friends and swimming fans who cheered on Jaring Timmerman as he completed the 50-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle races at a masters…
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Korean officials found guilty of forging documents for the Gwangju 2019 World Aquatics Championships bid
Read Reuters Two South Korean government officials were handed suspended six-month prison sentences on Friday after they were found guilty of forging documents for southern city Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Last September, bidding committee director Kim Yoon-seok and a female official identified by the surname Han were indicted for…
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FINA and Arena reinforce partnership: agreement covers the period 2014-2019
See press release on fina.org FINA and Arena have signed a partnership for the period 2014-2019, by which the global swimwear brand will be the Official FINA Partner for the following competitions: FINA World Championships and FINA World Masters Championships in 2015 (Kazan, RUS), 2017 (Guadalajara, MEX) and 2019 (Gwangju, KOR); FINA World Swimming Championships…
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English swimming told to boost numbers or lose funding
Read BBC, Sport England and the Amateur Swimming Association Sport England has given a funding boost to six sports but has warned that they must make improvements before receiving further investment. […] Swimming: Not enough evidence of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) changing behaviour towards swimming. Sport England has given a further one-year investment of…