Category: Competition
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Therese Alshammar at the Dubai 2012 World Cup press conference
Therese Alshammar is feeling good and looking forward to the forthcoming Fina Arena Swimming World Cup. Listen as she reflects on the summer of 2012 and of her recent move to Switzerland.
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Cameron van der Burgh at the Dubai 2012 World Cup press conference
Cameron Van der Burgh shares his thoughts and feelings on the forthcoming Fina Arena Swimming World Cup, his triumphant summer and Dubai. Interesting that his coach apparently still is Dirk Lange, former national coach of South Africa who went back to Germany and then let go again from that position. CVDB calls him ‘
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Help support Anthony Ervin’s World Cup Tour 2012
U.S. Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Anthony Ervin will be competing on the entire World Cup circuit this fall, in Dubai, Doha, Stockholm, Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo and Singapore, his total costs totaling $10,000 USD, which you can help him out with by contributing money here on Indigogo, in return for a whole slew of…
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CC photo #276: Muñoz greets ÄŒavić after the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 fly
Spain’s Rafael Muñoz congratulates Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić after the men’s 100 butterfly at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships. ÄŒavić broke the European record and was very close to the World record, 49.19 to Ian Crocker’s 49.07 from 2004. See result list here
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See all FINA 2012 World Cup final sessions LIVE on FINA TV and your iPhone/iPad
Great news for especially iOS users, all 16 FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup final sessions will be streamed live on FINA TV, starting with the Dubai leg on Tuesday 2 October and ending in Singapore on Sunday 11 November, available also on your iPhone/iPad by using the free Live+ app from Digotel, with live…
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Barry Murphy – Living for London – 2012 Pre-Olympic Games Documentary
“Follow Barry Murphy (Irish swimmer) on his journey to the London Olympic Games. The documentary follows Barry from Dublin to the US as he prepares for the worlds premier sporting event.” Via Alex Hetland on Facebook http://youtu.be/v6yF_a2gis4
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CC photo #275: Boxen, venue of the Herning 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Breaking news from my good friend Jesper Harder at Herning Svømmeklub, LEN has awarded Denmark and the Danish city of Herning the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, to be held in the Jyske Bank Boxen multiarena. Here is a photo of ‘The Box’, taken when Jesper drove me from Holstebro til Billund Airport after the 2012 Aqua…
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CC photo #274: Philippe Lucas at Rijeka 2008
The ‘nomadic’ French coach Philippe Lucas at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships, a year after his split with long-time protegé Laure Manaudou. If I remember correctly, here at Rijeka 2008 coaching Romania’s Camelia Potec. As of September 2008, he is now again coaching Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, along with Amaury Leveaux and others…
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Singapore Swimming Association reprimanded for London 2012 fiasco
In a statement sent to the media on Friday, The Singapore National Olympic Council reprimanded the Singapore Swimming Association for not maintaining due diligence to ensure that the national swimmer Joseph Schooling’s swimwear met FINA regulations. The swimmer was forced to swim with new equipment on his Olympic debut, which the SNOC say cost the…