Category: Competition
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Olympic swim champion Ye Shiwen leads Chinese delegation for EAG
Read People Daily Two-time Olympic champion and world record holder Ye Shiwen will compete in the 6th East Asian Games (EAG) for Oct. 6 to 15 in China’s Tianjin as the country’s sport governing body named a star-studded squad here on Friday. The 6th EAG features 24 sports with 254 gold medals at stake. China…
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Australian Olympic Committee to provide more mental health support ahead of Rio 2016
Read PerthNow The Australian Olympic Committee is set to send more psychologists to the Rio Olympics to meet athletes’ increasing demand for mental support. It comes after sporting stars, including champion swimmers Leisel Jones and Ian Thorpe, spoke out about the mental anguish they endured in pursuit of winning a gold medal. Aware of the…
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Speedo Advisors | How to mentally get into the right mindset to achieve swim fitness goal
“How to mentally get into the right mindset to achieve swim fitness goal by Julie Johnston”
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Swimming New Zealand’s bad boy Daniel Bell diving back in deep end
Read stuff.co.nz Rightly or wrongly, Daniel Bell has been tagged as Swimming New Zealand’s bad boy. The 23-year-old admits he did a few things wrong when he was younger, but he has matured and is keen to resurrect his career in the pool. He talks to Murray Hills about his goals. […] “People have a…
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CC photo #635: Brazil at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Just a photo from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul Turkey.
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Britta Steffen retires
Read Deutsche Welle (in English) Germany’s Olympic double gold swimmer Britta Steffen has decided to end her competitive career. Her retirement follows disappointments for Germany at the London Olympics and the world championships in Barcelona. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and adifansnet
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Doha (QAT) trailer
“Since 1979, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers the best swimmers in a series of meets organised between August and November each year. Normally across seven/eight locations, the circuit is structured in clusters (Middle East, Europe and Asia) and distributes a total of prize money reaching US$ 2 million.”
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CC photo #634: Sindri Thor Jakobsson at Debrecen 2012
Icelandic born Norwegian swimmer Sindri Þór Jakobsson at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He was then struggling with the traumatic experience when Alexander Dale Oen died, and quit swimming for a year. Hopefully back on track now.
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Frans Johannesen handed 3 months suspension for doping at Danish Open
The Danish Swimming Federation today announces that the Danish Anti-Doping Agency has handed Frans Johannesen three months suspension for testing positive with Terbutaline at the Danish Open / World Trials back in March 2013, the suspension starting 12 May 2013 and excluding him from all competition and practice under the Danish Sports Federation in that…