Category: Competition
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CC photo #678: FS stevna 2013
Swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, 9 November 2013, for our youngest age groups. We time but don’t really record. Seoul 1988 silver medalist Benny Nielsen once swam a demo swim here, back when the starting blocks were in the shallow end. Must have been a cramped experience, swimming in that narrow middle lane.
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CC photo #675: Different body types at Istanbul 2012
So these two must be Germany’s (in orange) Johannes Dietrich and (in black) Marco di Carli (?) preparing themselves for the men’s 4×50 freestyle final at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. A lot bad has been said about the supersuits, but they were also the great equalizer. Behind them Frédérick…
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Le Clos eyes Phelps swimming records after Olympic feat
Read AFP Chad Le Clos famously out-touched Michael Phelps to win Olympic butterfly gold and he said he now wants the great American’s world records after setting a new shortcourse mark in Singapore. The South African caused a sensation last year in London when he beat the most successful Olympic athlete of all time by…
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China suspends Olympic champion Sun Yang from all competition and training
See Xinhua News via SwimmingWorld China’s double Olympic champion Sun Yang has been suspended from all competition and training, announced the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center (CSAC) on Wednesday. Sun was “suspended from all the competitions at home and abroad; suspended from the training of the national swimming team; and suspended from all the social and…
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Ryan Lochte injured in fan encounter
Read USA Today After a run-in with a fan – literally – Ryan Lochte will be taking some time away from the pool. The three-time Olympian suffered a torn MCL and sprained ACL in his left knee on Sunday while he was in Florida. The five-time gold medalist encountered an excited fan, who ran at…
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Australia’s mixed 4×50 relay two world records in one day
At the World Cup meet in Singapore today, Australia’s mixed 4×50 meter medley relay broke the world record twice, with a time of 1:38.02 in the final, beating their own 1:39.08 world record from the prelims the same morning, and before that the 1:39.54 of France from Doha last month. The swimmers were Robert Hurley…
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China View: Olympic swimmer Sun Yang detained for illegal driving
“Sun Yang, a swimmer who took the gold at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, has been detained after local police found him driving without a license following a car accident.” See also CCTV