Category: Competition
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Year In Review: Lochte leads list of top 10 Daytona Beach sports stories
Read The Daytona Beach News-Journal 1. Lochte wins five Olympic medals Swimmer Ryan Lochte had a somewhat disappointing London Olympics based on his high expectations. But the Spruce Creek product still enhanced his reputation as one of the sport’s all-time greats, winning five medals, including two gold — in the grueling 400 individual medley and…
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Ricky Berens named NBC Charlotte Person of the Year
NBC Charlotte has named Ricky Berens as its Person of the Year. With 63 percent of the viewer vote, Berens took home the award. The Charlotte native edged out fellow nominees Beverly Howard, Brenda Stevenson, Leon and Sandra Levine and David Marsh. Read wcnc.com, via the17thman
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Hannah Miley on coping with stress of being 2014 poster girl
“Hannah Miley reckons she’s on course for even more glory after learning how to drown out the pressure of expectation. The Garioch swimmer just missed out on a podium place at London 2012 but hit back with medal-laden displays at the European and World Short Course Championships. She won a gold and two silver medals…
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The Daily Show looks back at NBC’s tape delayed London 2012 Olympics
News channels try to avoid spoiling tape-delayed London Olympics results, but only Brian Williams can pull off a news vault with such a high degree of difficulty. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
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Brent Hayden Swimming Psychology
“How would you like to get inside the mind of an Olympic medalist? 2012 London summer Olympic bronze medalist Brent Hayden accomplished one of the rarest feats in sport. He stood on the Olympic podium. Brent’s swimming resume includes both an Olympic bronze medal and world championship gold medal. His mindset is world class. In…
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Beneath360, A Short Film About High Divers Shot in 360°
Beneath360 is a 4 minute short film by British director Amanda Bluglass which shows a 360° panoramic view of Olympic high board medalist Tom Daley, Olympiad Brooke Graddon and under 12 champion Victoria Vincent as they each dive into the water from a 10m board. It was viewed on a 360° projected screen during the…
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CC photo #362: Our flag and its alphabet neighbours at Istanbul 2012
From left to right Spain (España), Estonia (Eesti), Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), Faroe Islands (Føroyar), Fiji (Viti) and Finland (Suomi), at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye).
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Seb Coe talks about FIRST, the official London 2012 film
Seb Coe talks to us about First, the official film of the London 2012 Olympic Games, which is out now on DVD, featuring Missy Franklin and Chad Le Clos http://youtu.be/WYEEN0_WAf4