Category: Competition
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CC photo #654: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 50 back medal podium
Medal winners in the women’s 50 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right USA’s silver winner Olivia Smoliga, China’s gold winner Jing Zhao and Poland’s bronze winner Aleksandra Urbanczyk. See the result list here.
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Dubai Swimming World Cup 2013 LIVE stream on FinaTV
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets starts tomorrow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Dubai leg are as follows: Thursday, 17 October: Start Time: 13:30 to 16:30 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 14:00 GMT) Friday, 18 October Start Time:…
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FINA and European Broadcasting Union extend partnership until 2017
FINA and the European Broadcasting Union today announced the extension of their partnership for the distribution of the European media rights until 2017, including the 2015 and 2017 FINA World Championships as well as the 2014 and 1016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25M). The EBU will be the Host Broadcaster for the 2015 FINA World…
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CC photo #652: Paul and Pál at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Germany’s Paul Biedermann and Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen after the 5th heat of the men’s 400 meter freestyle prelims at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They both qualified for the final, where Paul became World Champion and Pál was 5th. See the result list here.
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Efimova, Le Clos, Morozov shine at Swimming World Cup in Moscow
Russian swimmers Yulia Efimova and Vladimir Morozov please the home crowd as Olympic champion Chad le Clos also wins big at the Moscow leg of the short-course Swimming World Cup.
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Aalborg with Mie Ø. Nielsen take down two Danish records in one race
At the Tyrmót Ægis in ReykjavÃk today, the team from Aalborg in Denmark managed to break two Danish records in one race, clocking 1:50.61 in the women’s 4×50 medley, with Mie Ø. Nielsen leading out with a time of 26.96 and new Danish record in the first 50 backstroke. That is less than a second…