Category: Competition
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Swedish SC Champs – Day 4
Web site • Start Lists • Results • Videos Summary Again tonight, a lot of Swedes qualifying for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships. The Swedes now have a full roster of female breaststrokers, 4 swimmers in each of the three breaststroke events, equalling the maximum number that LEN allows for the Europeans. Simon Sjödin set a championships record of 1:54.71 in…
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Yannick Agnel, North Baltimore Aquatic Club
Yannick Agnel talks about winning the 200 freestyle, training at North Baltimore Aquatic Club and the advice Michael Phelps gave him about tonight’s race.
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Fran Halsall previews the 2013 Duel In The Pool
Fran Halsall talks about the 2013 Duel In The Pool and discusses her memories of the previous two Duels in Manchester and Atlanta.
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Michael Phelps’ mom Debbie hopes he competes in Rio 2016 Games
See for instance SI Wire, NBC OlympicTalk and WBAL As for her son, Michael Phelps recently announced he has resumed training at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, but Phelps has not said if he wants to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. “Where that leads him, I don’t know, I’m hoping it leads…
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Swedish SC Champs 2013 – Day 3
Web site • Start Lists • Results • Videos Summary A lot of happy qualifiers again tonight, many of them in their second, third or fourth event. Sarah Sjöström clocked 24.12 in the 50 free with Michelle Coleman chasing in 24.46. Qualified Swedes for Herning 2013 in tonight’s events: 200 fly W – Céline Bertrand 400 free M – Mattias Carlsson…
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Memories of Summer in Barcelona
“We re-live the Speedo highlights from the Fina 15th World Championships held in Barcelona, Summer 2013. We love that winning feeling from Ryan Lochte, Sun Yang, Katie Ledecky, Melani Costa, Missy Franklin & Christian Sprenger”
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Ryk Neethling – “Chad le Clos best swimmer in the world”
Ryk Neethling believes “Chad le Clos is the best swimmer in the world at the moment”.
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The Water Is My Sky
Introducing: ‘The Water Is My Sky,’ a feature length documentary aiming to explore the world of elite competitive swimming. Here interviewing Rowdy Gaines. The Water Is My Sky from The Water Is My Sky on Vimeo.
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Controversy continues to whirl around Chinese swimming star Sun Yang
Read People Daily Despite having finished his seven-day detention for driving without a license, China’s Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang remains the center of controversy. Sun’s relationship with teammates was questioned this time as a local newspaper reported on Nov 17 that the 400m and 1,500m freestyle Olympic champion has become a supercilious athlete after…