Category: Competition
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Australian swim chief quits after London 2012 debacle
Swimming Australia chief executive Kevin Neil has quit his post in the wake of the team’s poor showing at the London Olympics, which was tarred by reports of pranks and ill-discipline. Neil has denied he was a casualty of the swim team’s below-par Olympic campaign but he admitted the pressure of the role has had…
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British Swimming’s chief Michael Scott quits after London 2012 flop
Michael Scott has resigned as British Swimming national performance director following a review into Team GB’s performance at the London 2012 Olympics. Great Britain fell two medals short of their target of five podium places, initially Australia-based Scott had stated he would not resign from his post, but, after the five-man review panel recommended he…
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CC photo #329: Gregorio Paltrinieri on the Debrecen 2012 podium
Young gun Gregorio Paltrinieri from Italy on the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships podium, showing his medals to the photographers after winning the men’s 1500 freestyle in a new championships record of 14:48.92. See result list here. So I guess he’s the complete European champion now, having won the 1500 meter freestyle both long course…
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Camille Muffat 3:54.85 and a new World Record in the 400 meter SC freestyle
At the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Championships today, Camille Muffat (FRA) won the women’s 400 meter freestyle in 4:54.85, demolishing Laure Manaudou’s (FRA) championships record of 3:56.09 from Helsinki 2006, and Joanne Jackson’s (GBR) European and World record of 3:54.92 from the supersuited days of Leeds 2009. Splits 26.84 – 29.40 – 29.67 –…
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France still leads the Chartres 2012 medal race, but the Danes closing in
Denmark had a great day at the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships, with Lotte Friis taking the 800 freestyle crown, Jeanette Ottesen the 50 butterfly and Rikke Møller Pedersen the 200 breaststroke, see for instance the report on SwimNews. The Russians are also in the race now, but France and Hungary though still…
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CC photo #328: Vorontsov with the Szczecin 2011 trophy
Not even a year ago, Russia’s then national head coach Andrei Vorontsov with the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships trophy, in the team hotel lobby in Szczecin, Poland. Now national coach of Sweden :-)
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BUCS Short Course Championships – University of Sunderland Swim Story
Already heroes in my book, The University of Sunderland Swim Squad attended their first BUCS National Championships on November 4th, with Sportsbyte’s Aquatics Correspondent, Andy Sixsmith telling the story. They even had a swim review panel show afterwards. Awesome
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Interviews from Chartres 2012 on len.eu
In case you’re interested and haven’t found them yet, there is a series of video interviews on len.eu, with medal winners from the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Championships. Here is Florent Manaudou, winner of the men’s 50 freestyle
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France and Hungary dominate first day of Chartres 2012
Read for instance SwimNews, Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki took down European short course championships record in the men’s 200 meter backstroke, with a time of 1:48.51 besting Stanislav Donet’s 1:48.62 from Istanbul 2009, the European record though still Arkady Vyatchanin’s 1:46.11. The host country France and Hungary lead the medal table after this first day of…