Category: Competition
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CC photo #555: Jakabos and Li at the Berlin 2012 World Cup meet
Hungary’s Zsuzsanna Jakabos and USA’s Celina Li readying themselves for the women’s 200 IM at the FINA 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. There was a slight difference in height, also without Jakabos stretching out. See the result list here.
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Chris DeSantis moves on to Gentofte Swim Club
Gentofte Svømmeklub announces today that Chris DeSantis will be their new head coach starting 1 August 2013, now with their current head coach Stefan Hansen moving on to become assistant head coach at the National Training Center. DeSantis is well known also as blogger for instance at The Swim Brief. ‘Chris will get to use his…
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CC photo #554: Stefan Nystrand at Debrecen 2012
Sweden’s Stefan Nystrand ready for the men’s 100 meter freestyle semifinal at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He was joint ninth with Italy’s Michele Santucci, see the result list here.
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Universiade Faces #33. USA
“This year Americans will be expecting a lot from its swimming team”. Featuring Andrea Kropp, Adam Small, Megan Romano and Stephanie Peacock.
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Melanie Schlanger withdraws from Barcelona 2013 due to a broken rib
Read NoosaNews Sunshine Coast swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Melanie Schlanger has withdrawn from this month’s FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Schlanger, who bagged one gold and two silver medals at the 2012 London Olympics, said an ongoing rib injury would keep her from travelling to Spain. “I got a fractured rib about three weeks…
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CC photo #553: Draganja after the Rijeka 2008 men’s 50 free
Croatia’s Duje Draganja after winning bronze in the men’s 50 freestyle at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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CC photo #552: Team Serbia and SwimVille on deck at Rijeka 2008
Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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Check out “Secret Swims” and “Swim the Costa Brava”
See swimthecostabrava.com, they have an interesting open water swimming event coming up in 76 days (21-22 September 2012), and regular “Secret Swims” training sessions every Saturday and Sunday. This season our technical team offers all open water lovers the possibility to indulge in a different type of training in the most spectacular spots off the…
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31-year-old Thorpe thinks of himself as a 26-year-old athlete
Read Hürriyet Daily News Upon a question about how he felt while swimming, Thorpe said he did not consider himself 30 years old in sport because of the four years of retirement, in which he did not compete in any races. Rather, he said he thought of himself as a 26-year-old athlete. “I kind of…