Category: Competition
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Olympic swim coach David Marsh: Charlotte has severe shortage of water space
See WBTV Michael Phelps is in Charlotte swimming in the Arena Grand Prix. The sport of swimming is increasing in popularity in Charlotte with Olympians paying regular visits for meets and some training here year round. But Ryan Lochte’s coach says there is a severe shortage of water space in the Charlotte region. WBTV 3…
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Michael Phelps chalks up first win in comeback
Read for instance stuff.co.nz Michael Phelps was back in familiar waters and on top of the winner’s podium in his comeback to competitive swimming at the U.S. Grand Prix in Charlotte on Friday. Competing for just the second time since retiring after the 2012 London Olympics, Phelps ticked off all the important boxes he needed…
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Pál 100 Times Faroe Champ
Yesterday evening at the 2014 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, Pál Joensen reached his 100th championships gold medal. Here counting also relays, tonight he might reach it in individual events. So yeah, #notenoughfingers ! :-) Bartal is keeping tabs 2004 (VS): 1 silver 2005 (VS): 3 silver, 2 bronze 2006 (VS): 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze…
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Katie Ledecky to attend Stanford
Read The Kansas City Star Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky plans to swim for Stanford after she graduates from high school next year. The 17-year-old from Bethesda, Maryland, announced her commitment Thursday. She is a junior honors student at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in her hometown. Ledecky will join Olympic champion Missy…
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Eamon Sullivan very much still active and chasing gold in Glasgow
Read Herald Sun Despite most people, and even a few of his sponsors, assuming he’d hung up his Speedos, turns out Sullivan never actually uttered the “R†word. “Even to this day people go: ‘Oh are you still swimming?’,†Sullivan says. “It’s like: ‘yeah, got the Commonwealth Games in a couple of months, actually’.â€
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Lotte Friis Almost Retired After Euro Short Course
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Faroe Champs 2014 Underway
The Faroese (Short Course) Championships started this morning, Live Timing here and in the evenings also finals live television on our national broadcasting network. We’ve already had one Faroese record, and that guy in the picture is closing in on his 100th national gold medal. Busy busy! :-)
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Sun Yang’s return sets up potential legendary race
Read NBC Olympic Talk Comparing early season times can be dangerous, but note that Lochte won the 200m free at the Mesa Grand Prix in 1:49.48 on April 25. Lochte finished fourth in the 200m free at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships and is currently the top rival to Sun as the world’s best…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen: The experience was taken away from me
Read SwimmingWorld While many in the Russian swimming community found relief that Yuliya Efimova’s doping ban will end in time for her to make a run at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, not everyone in Europe is totally happy about the situation. Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark, who now officially stands as the European Short…