Category: Competition
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British Swimming Heroes Tour
“This summer British Gas, in partnership with British Swimming, has given families up and down the country a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet our British Swimming Team Heroes.” Featuring Rebecca Adlington, Keri-anne Payne, Michael Jamieson, Hannah Miley and others.
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Katie Ledecky Exclusive – A Hero Returns with Improbable Gold
Via Swimming World on Facebook At the age of 14, swimmer Katie Ledecky sat down with her coach and set a goal: to get to the 2012 London Olympics. After months of training, waking up at 3:45 a.m. for practice and balancing a full course load at a brand new school, Katie blazed through the…
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Swimming Review – London 2012 Olympic Games
Swimming Review from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games., including the record breaking exploits of Michael Phelps. Must say open water gets a lot of coverage here, compared to for instance Ryan Lochte and Matt Grevers.
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London 2012 Olympics: Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final
Full replay, courtesy of the Official IOC Olympic Channel on YouTube
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Behold the Olympico theme song
Matt Mulholland performing the most awesome theme song of Kiwi comedy show Olympico. Unfortunately their videos are regionally restricted, but if their episodes are only half as funny … :-)
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Mireia Belmonte dedicates Olympic medals to Virgin Mary
Spanish swimmer Mireia Belmonte Friday offered her two silver medals from the London 2012 Olympic Games to Our Lady of Monserrat in Barcelona, saying both were of “equal value” to her. Read for instance Catholic News Agency. “One cost a little bit more effort than the other because it was a longer race,†she recalled.…
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Phelps ‘did nothing wrong with pictures’, says agent Carlisle
There you have it, Michael Phelps’ longtime agent, Peter Carlisle, dismissing any suggestion that Phelps may have violated IOC rules when provocative pictures for a Louis Vuitton ad campaign were leaked on the Internet during the London Games. Read for instance kaaltv.com and All Voices “He didn’t violate Rule 40, it’s as simple as that,”…
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Ian Thorpe’s drinking demons revealed in new autobiography
Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe was battling alcohol problems and depression as he struggled to cling on to his career after the Athens Olympics, his new tell-all autobiography has revealed. The book was written in conjunction with author Robert Wainwright and will be released through publishers Simon and Schuster on October 1. Read for instance Perth…