Category: Competition
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Ghana swimmers qualify for World Junior Championships
Tesano Dolphins duo, Kweku Addo and Ophelia Swayne have made the required time to participate in the 4th FINA World Junior championship in Dubai. The competition comes off from the 26th to the 31st of August, this year. They made the time at this year’s Accra Open Swimming Championship organised by the Ghana Swimming Association.
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CC photo #489: Rijeka 2008 Men’s 50 Back Medal Winners
The men’s 50 meter backstroke medal winners at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. From left to right Lubos Krizko (Slovakia, bronze), Stanislav Donets (Russia, gold) and Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (Spain, silver) See the result list here.
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Winning sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell muzzle embarrassing dad
Read The Age Cate and Bronte Campbell booked their berths for the world championships, with father Eric notably absent from their entourage. […] The girls, you see, are yet to recover from his memorable press conference during the national titles last year when the sisters made the Olympic team. Flush with the excitement of seeing…
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Michael Jamieson wins personality prize at University of Bath Blues Awards
Read This is Bath Michael Jamieson was last night named Sports Personality of the Year when the University of Bath hosted its annual Blues Awards last night. Students, graduates and athletes associated with the university gathered at the Assembly Rooms to receive honours for sporting achievement. […] Swimmer Jamieson was nominated for the personality prize…
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British Gas Swimming Champs 2013 tickets available now
Ponds Forge, Sheffied 26-30 June, see swimming.org
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James Magnussen says jealousy was a factor among teammates in London
Read The Australian In a magazine interview, Magnussen said he believed envy of his high profile led to the claims by some of his Olympic teammates that he was given special privileges. “Jealousy is a common human trait if one person’s getting more attention than others,” Magnussen told GQ. “That was made very obvious to…
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James Magnussen – 2013 100m freestyle Australian champion
He wants to be rid of the ‘alpha male’ tag, btw
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New Aussie swim boss Michael Scott starts with Stilnox ban
Read for instance Brisbane Times and The Australian Swimming Australia’s new high performance director Michael Scott will make the banning of Stilnox by team members one of his first moves in drawing a “line in the sand” after the disappointing Olympic performance last year. Scott, who officially started his first day with the organisation Wednesday,…