Category: Competition
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Erica Morningstar hints at retirement after 200m win
Read The Province She did all she could to help her team come close to a title … perhaps for the final time. Erica Morningstar, a two-time Olympian, won the 200m IM at the 2013 CIS swimming championships at the University of Calgary’s Aquatic Centre and then promptly announced to the crowd that it was…
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CC photo #421: His first real swim meet
Our older son Jákup readying himself for his first real swim competition, a 16 meter freestyle at the FLOT meet in Toftir, Faroe Islands on 23 February 2013. He did well, got a registered time and everything :-)
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Melanie Schlanger calls for Leigh Nugent’s head
Read SwimNews Olympic 4x100m free relay gold medalist Melanie Schlanger has become the first member of the London 2012 squad to call for head coach Leigh Nugent to fall on his sword. In a week that delivered two damning reports that revealed the extent of bad behaviour, members of the men’s 4x100m free relay team…
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Lisa Curry on the Bluestone Review
“Lisa Curry on the Bluestone Review. Drinking by Australian swim coaches during Olympics to be investigated. AUSTRALIAN swim coaches will come under investigation for drinking during the Olympic Games, with revelations it was not the athletes but officials who were accused of drunken behaviour in the cultural review into the sport.”
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Swimmers fom Nairobi meet at Potterhouse School
“Porterhouse School dominated the opening day of the Inter-School Swimming Gala, which brought together swimmers from leading International and Private schools around Nairobi. Meanwhile the National Swimming Federation National Championships kicked off at the Kasarani Aquatic Complex in Nairobi. NTV Sport Warothe Kiru has the details in our local Swimming wrap.” http://youtu.be/n-a-NO_gKZk
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Jacco VerHaeren – Herbalife sponsored swim coach
An interview with the accomplished Netherlands swim coach Jacco VerHaeren. From the start of his career he knew he wanted to help athletes to succeed in the demanding sport of swimming. As part of that effort, he knows the importance of nutrition and has been happy to develop an association with Herbalife who is also…
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D’Arcy says swim team will not heal quickly
Controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy says he fears the fractures within Australia’s swim team will take a long time to mend. http://youtu.be/M2M1-Vf0YAg
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CC photo #420: Father and son at our local FLOT meet 2013
Father and son from Tórshavn at our local club meet here in Toftir, Faroe Islands today, 23 February 2013. I coached him (the father) in this pool back in the 90’s. It is a good feeling.
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CC photo #419: Colbertaldo being congratulated at Istanbul 2009
Italy’s Federico Colbertaldo silver winner in the men’s 1500 freestyle at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Germany’s Jan Wolfgarten in the background, waiting for his gold medal. See the result list here.