Category: Competition
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New Zealand Swimming: Lauren Boyle provides highlights in pool
Read The New Zealand Herald The 26-year-old distance freestyler lives in Whenuapai, having returned after flourishing in swimming and business studies at the University of California. She was looking forward to her holiday break – all three days of it – when the Herald caught up with her at the North Shore’s Millennium Institute. Apart…
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Brooke Bennett returns to competition, calls Janet Evans her inspiration
Read The Examiner Three-time Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett announced that she would return to swimming in an effort to qualify for open water swimming at the 2016 Olympic Games. Bennett was last seen competing at the Olympics in 2000, where she won gold in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle events. Before that, Bennett won…
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Season’s Greetings from Speedo
Featuring Tyler Clary, Michael Jamieson, Daryna Zevina, Mireia Belmonte, Jessica Hardy, Melani Costa and Cullen Jones.
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The Independent: Meet Ruta Meilutyte ‘our secret world and Olympic star’
Read the Independent Robin Scott-Elliot meets the Plymouth schoolgirl who is the fastest breaststroker ever – famous in Lithuania but unknown here.
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2013 Duel in the Pool Interviews
Courtesy of British Swimming, Conor Dwyer, Jeanette Ottesen, Michael Jamieson, Eugene Godsoe, Sophie Allen, Tom Shields, Fran Halsall and Mireia Belmonte being interviewed.
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Dawn Fraser slams Stilnox Six punishment, says Aussie swimming on right track now
Read brisbanetimes Swimming legend Dawn Fraser has slammed the Stilnox Six’s punishment, saying the “eggheads” in Australia’s infamous London Olympic men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team should have copped a two-year ban. “They should have been given a two-year ban because I think the only way you learn your lesson is if you get a ban.…
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DUEL 2013 – Duel in the Pool finale
“Interview with Eurpoean Allstars and Team USA after the Duel in the Pool event 2013!” – Featuring Tyler Clary, Mireia Belmonte, Cullen Jones and Michael Jamieson.
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Duel in the Pool: USA beat Europe by the slimmest of margin
After having been behind the entire meet, USA managed at the very end to win the 2013 Duel in the Pool by one single point, the meet ending with an additional tiebreaker mixed 4×50 medley event that USA won by 0.20 sec, 1:37.17 to 1:37.37 breaking Russia’s 1:37.63 world record set in Herning a week…
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Swimmer Fights Cancer, Earns Three-peat State Title
“Columbia River High School’s Monica Bottelberghe overcomes surgery for thyroid cancer to win her third straight 200-meter freestyle state championship. Reporter: Nick Voll”