Category: Competition
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CC photo #382: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 back medal podium
The men’s 200 meter backstroke medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, see the result list here. From left to right Ryan Lochte (USA), Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) and Ryan Murphy (USA). Oh wait, it gives away who wore those shoes.
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Missy Franklin high-school rivals view her as a pain in the pool
Sheesh, read The Wall Street Journal “The best part of staying amateur is that I am still able to do things like this,” Franklin said after winning all four races in a high-school meet last week. “I have given up so much for that.” Remaining an amateur will also let Franklin swim next year for…
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Natalie Coughlin says ‘Stay Focused’
Elite training tips in The New York Times via the17thman Like many distance swimmers who spend endless hours in the pool, Natalie Coughlin, 30, used to daydream as she swam laps. She’d been a competitive swimmer for almost her entire life, and this was the way she — and many others — managed the boredom…
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CC photo #381: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 100 back medal podium
The men’s 100 meter backstroke medal winners at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Stanislav Donets (RUS), Matthew Grevers (USA) and Guilherme Guido (BRA). See the result list here
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Job Kienhuis retires
After having taken half a year off to contemplate his swimming future, 2010 European SC bronze medalist and 2012 Olympic finalist Job Kienhuis (NED) has decided to put an end to his sports career, to focus on his studies and social life. Read Hollandswimming.nl ‘In 2007 I went to Eindhoven with the aim to go…
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African swimmer, 18, claims asylum after fleeing London 2012 Olympic village to escape arranged marriage with a 60-year-old man
Read MailOnline Swimmer Ayouba-Ali Sihame, 18, represented the tiny African island nation of Comoros during the London Games. But she ended up in a prison cell after fleeing the athlete’s village in a desperate bid to avoid being wed to a twice-married 60-year-old man. Her mother told her she was being sold and must give…
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CC photo #380: ‘Guess who’ at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
A well-known swimmer on top of the medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Most awesome shoes ever!
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British Swimming to stream 2013 British Champs
Following the successful trial of live streaming at last year’s British Gas Diving Championships, British Swimming will stream live coverage from the 2013 Champs, February 8th – 10th, with commentary for each of the finals sessions as well as the prelim sessions on Saturday and Sunday, as well as live text updates from every session…