Category: Competition
-
Program of the Russian Swimming Federation for the young athletes – Vladimir Salnikov
Vladimir Salnikov, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation and four-time Olympic swimming champion, presenting at the FINA 2012 World Aquatics Convention in Moscow, Russia.
-
Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky & Heather O’Reilly: The future of sports
Olympians Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Heather O’Reilly talk about the future of sports with USA TODAY Sports columnist Christine Brennan and USOC Chairman Scott Blackmun at the USA TODAY relaunch event on Sept. 13, 2012, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
-
British Swimming statement – UK Sport Funding
“British Swimming is committed to implementing a streamlined Swimming World Class Programme with minimal impact on the Rio 2016 Olympic cycle following today’s UK Sport funding announcement. The sport of swimming has seen a reduction of around 15% from the £25m it received in the London 2012 Olympiad to a figure of £21.3m for the…
-
Sunrise : Aussies proud of London effort
A now old video but still really nice – The Prime Minister officially welcomes the Australian Olympic team back to Australia and Sunrise chats with some of our biggest stars including James Magnussen.
-
Missy Franklin and the Dolphins – Touch the Wall Film Trailer
A new trailer for the upcoming feature documentary TOUCH THE WALL featuring Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce. TOUCH THE WALL documents the rise of teenager Missy Franklin and 3-time Olympian Kara Lynn Joyce as they work toward’s swimming’s biggest stage – the London Olympics. A film by Grant Barbeito and Christo Brock. More at…
-
2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup season summary
The best moments of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup
-
Professional Swimmer – Ready Room to Pool with Speedo
Find out what the athletes see behind the scenes from the ready room to the pool at the 2012 Istanbul Short Course World Championships with Speedo. Interesting swim when ‘Ryan’ gets into pool, is that 2 butterfly strokes and then a bit of underwater doggy-paddle before finishing at 25 meters ? :-P
-
CC photo #353: Aleksander Hetland after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 50 breaststroke
Norway’s Aleksander Hetland ecstatic after winning the men’s 50 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25) in Istanbul, Turkey. According to him the very last swim of his career, “As I took that last stroke I was actually thinking – this is your last stroke, make it count”. Read Speed Endurance and…
-
Pál Joensen and the Istanbul 2012 theme song
The day before his 1500 bronze medal. We are proud of you, Pal :-)