Category: Competition
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Seebohm blames social media fixation for failing to win gold in the 100 back
A world’s first, when Aussie swimmer Emily Seebohm failed to take gold in the Olympic 100 backstroke, Monday, she gave an excuse few had expected. Read The Sydney Morning Herald via Digital Trends “I guess when you swim that fast in the heat, then people put pressure and more pressure on you, saying, ‘Oh, you’re…
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President Obama congratulates Phelps for his Olympic medal record
See Mr Coe, this is how to do it, via the Los Angeles Times: Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You’ve made your country proud. -bo — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2012
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Lord Sebastian Coe says Phelps ‘up there’ but not the greatest Olympian of all
Ahh, I remember the days when Seb Coe and Steve Cram fought for glory, Coe the born runner while Cram was more a hard working kind of guy (and therefore, naturally, my kind of guy). My childhood memories say Coe always won, but today he’s just totally WTF. Read The Washington Post
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London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records
Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a…
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Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets
With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal…
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CC photo #214: MankoÄ and Konovalov at Debrecen 2012
Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ and Russia’s Nikita Konovalov ready for the men’s 100 butterfly prelims at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Konovalov’s tribal tattoos are pretty awesome. They ended up 6th and 7th in the final, the day after.
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FINA officially rejects Ye doping ‘insinuations’
Press release from FINA: Following recent comments reported in the media, FINA would like to clearly state that there is no factual basis to support this kind of insinuations related to the performances of the Chinese swimmer, Shiwen Ye. This athlete has fulfilled all of the FINA Doping Control obligations, having been tested on four…
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London 2012 day 5 prelims: Lochte safely through towards his 200 back/IM epic double
At the London 2012 Olympic prelims this morning, China’s Yi Tang posted best time in the women’s 100 freestyle, 53.28 ahead of Melanie Schlanger (AUS) in 53.50 and Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) in 53.51, notable omission Russia’s single participant Veronika Popova and non-starting Cate Campbell (AUS) and Therese Alshammar (SWE). Rebecca Soni (AUS) posted the…