Category: Competition
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Norwegian SC Champs 2013 LIVE on Livestream
Behold, the Norwegian Short Course Championships 14 – 17 March 2013 can be followed live on Livestream as we speak, with live timing, results and stuff also on medley.no. There is an interesting “Smørdal Sport og Media” icon at the bottom of the page, could very well be that guy who writes on simma.nu/no and…
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CC photo #438: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 200 breast medal podium
Medal winners in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Laura Sogar (USA, silver), Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN, gold) and Kanako Watanabe (JPN, bronze). See the result list here.
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Olympic Hopeful Feature Stories
A bit late, but really nice 0:00-2:32-A piece of former University of Arizona swimmer Marcus Titus, who is deaf. Prior to Olympic Trials, Marcus created a movement on social media which convinced USA Swimming to allow him to be aided by hand signals. 2:33-4:47-A piece on shot putter Jill Camarena-Williams, whose husband Dustin also serves…
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Michael Phelps joins young swimmers from favela on visit to Rio
American swimming legend Michael Phelps, the winner of 19 Olympic gold medals, joined children from the Rocinha favela in the pool in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
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CC photo #437: Badem eyeballing me at Istanbul 2012
“Badem”, mascot of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They are endangered, the monk seals, only 600 or thereabout left.
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CC photo #436: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 fly medal podium
Medal winners in the men’s 200 meter butterfly at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Laszlo Cseh (HUN, silver), Kazuya Kaneda (JPN, gold) and Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS, bronze). See the result list here.
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The surprise from Suriname – Anthony Nesty – Seoul 1988
“Anthony Nesty was brought up in a country whose population was a little over 350,000 and boasted just one 50-metre swimming pool. The lack of facilities and competition forced him to relocate to the United States where he trained at the University of Florida.” See Olympic on YouTube
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2013 British Gas International Swim Meet LIVE on Ustream
How far we’ve come since I called GB ‘the black hole of live streaming‘. I bow to you, Brits !! :”-) (Oh well, not embeddable here, but see swimming.org then) Live Video app for Facebook by Ustream See swimming.org for results and details about this meet They are racing as we speak
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CC photo #433: Ilaria Bianchi on top of the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi gold winner in the women’s 100 meter butterfly at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. I sat beside her mother, which might explain why she’s looking this way. See the result list here