Category: Competition
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Keri-Anne Payne almost quit the sport in 2006
Keri-Anne Payne almost stepped away from swimming after missing out on a medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games but her mum Pat admits it’s a relief she stuck at it with an Olympic gold on home soil her potential reward. Read The Sport Review
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Newham timelapse of the London 2012 Olympic Park
Behold Newham, the youngest borough in London, featuring the largest urban shopping centre in Europe, and oh yes, everything Olympic this summer! :-)
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D’Arcy and Monk apologize for their gun photos
Olympic swimmer Nick D’Arcy has apologized after posting a photograph of himself and team mate Kenrick Monk posing with guns on Facebook. According to SwimNews, the Australian Olympic Committee will punish them by sending them home as soon as the swimming program ends mid-way through the Games, and they will be banned from using social…
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CC photo #220: Cseh Laszlo on the Debrecen 2012 podium
Hungary’s Cseh László, most valuable swimmer at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. (Renumbered from 160 to 220 on August 7, due to bad counting back then)
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When I think of London …
What do the stars of the Australian Olympic Team think of when they think of London? James Magnussen, Anna Meares, Stephanie Rice and the Team share a few surprises… Now when I think of London, I think of mild weather and light drizzle! :-D Via the17thman
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CC photo #160: 2 x Laukkanen at Debrecen 2012
Finland’s Noora and Jenna Laukkanen competing at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. I was told that they are sisters, Noora (1993) Finnish record holder in the 200 breaststroke (2:28.30) and Jenna (1995) in the 100 (1:09.39). In Debrecen they competed fiercely, Jenna leading up until 150 and Noora then edging ahead 2:32.21 to 2:33.33.
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Funny interviews with swimmer Markus Rogan
Hilarious – “Sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical, an interview with Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan is always entertaining to watch.” How is that relationship with Markus Rogan and the individual medley? Well, you know, for 20 years I was always with the same stroke. The backstroke? Ja ja, like being with the same woman for all your…
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Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history
Jättebra! Sweden’s Lars Frölander making history by very possibly being selected for his 6th Olympics (!)
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CC photo #159: Iceland ladies before the 2012 Debrecen 4×100 medley relay
They had a chance of qualifying for the Olympics, Iceland’s Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir, Sarah Blake Bateman and Eva Hannesdóttir. It didn’t go all as planned, but they put an awesome fight, placed 5th and today June 6th it is official that they have qualified. Ãfram Ãsland!