Category: Competition
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Behold everyone cheering on Camille Muffat
A very special moment at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, last weekend, when the French Olympic champion Camille Muffat charged ahead in the women’s 400 freestyle, splitting repeatedly under world record pace, until she just missed it by 1 hundredth of a second. Behold how everyone cheers on her,…
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CC photo #300: A controversial moment at Rijeka 2008
The start of the men’s 50 backstroke final at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Notice the two men without tech suits on lane 2 and 7. If I’m not very much mistaken, they were Germany’s Helge Meeuw (on lane 2) and Thomas Rupprath (on lane 7), opting to swim in…
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Missy Franklin’s Sherpa
Footage from the upcoming feature documentary “Touch the Wall” featuring Missy Franklin. This footage was shot at the Franklin house 10.21.12. Go to touchthewall.com for more. Missy Franklin’s Sherpa from Christo Brock on Vimeo.
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CC photo #299: Tom Shields after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 100 fly
USA’s Tom Shields won a tight tussle with Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin, 50.03 to 50.14, at the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 leg in Berlin, Germany. See result list here
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CC photo #298: Muffat after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 400 free
France’s Camille Muffat after almost breaking the world record in the women’s 400 meter freestyle (short course), at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. Her time was 3:54.93, the world record 3:54.92, and the champonships record was 3:56.24. See result list here.
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CC photo #297: Korotyshkin greets Shields after the 2012 Berlin 100 fly
Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin congratulating USA’s Tom Shields after the men’s 100 butterfly final at the 2012 World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany. Shields won in 50.03, Korotyshkin second in 50.14, Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov third in 50.89, see result list here. Also, I’m back on the internet highway, which means away from that hotel and back…
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CC photo #296: Ervin happy after breaking the 50 free American record
USA’s Anthony Ervin celebrating at the World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany, after winning the men’s 50 meter freestyle in 20.85, breaking the American short course record of 20.88, set by Josh Schneider in Dubai in 2010. Read about the meet here on SwimmingWorld Magazine, I’ll take it easy since we have an early morning…
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CC photo #295: Podium view at the 2012 World Cup in Berlin
Photo taken from the medal podium at the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 in the Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE) in Berlin, Germany.
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CC photo #294: Berlin ready for the FINA 2012 World Cup
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE) ready for the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany. It will be live streamed and everything, see for instance swimmersdaily.com/live