Category: Competition
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Lawmakers want ‘made in China’ U.S. Olympic uniforms burned
Nice one via ABC News, the U.S. Olympic committee now promise American made uniforms by 2014. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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Buzzfeed Sports interviewing Natalie Coughlin
Read Buzzfeed Sports The Olympics are one of the most exhausting, overwhelming, exciting, crazy experiences you could possibly imagine. There’s a reason I took over a year off after the last one [laughs] — they are draining. There’s so much pressure, so much excitement, and you’re physically exhausted from competition, but there’s just all this…
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Ehm, the Olympic beds are only 172 cm long (5 feet 8)
The London 2012 Olympic Village is now officially open for business, looks okay but the beds are tiny by most standards, some of us would call them ‘kid’s size’. They have arrangement for longer beds for ‘extra long beds’ for basketball players, rowers and the like … but really, 172 cm ?!? Read for instance…
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CC photo #195: Pál being interviewed by Swedish media at Budapest 2010
Pál Joensen being interviewed by the Swedish national broadcasting company SVT at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships.
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CC photo #194: Martina Granström on the Debrecen 2012 medal podium
Sweden’s Martina Granström on the medal podium at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Here from when she won bronze in the 200 butterfly on day 7, she also won a silver medal in the 100 butterfly on day 5.
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Expect rain to play big role at London 2012
Ahh, just like home for some of us ;-) Tennis fans have likely noticed how often the retractable roof has been closed at Wimbledon over the last two weeks. There have been frequent weather-related delays, and the Met office (The United Kingdom’s national weather forecaster) is predicting more of the same for the coming month.…
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WADA chief urges drug cheats to withdraw from the Games
WADA president John Fahey urged drug cheats Tuesday to withdraw from their Olympic teams and stay away from the Games, as they will otherwise face the strictest anti-doping program in Olympic history and stand only a small chance of escaping detection. Read TribLive “I say this in the clearest way possible: If you are a…
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Malawi swim coach and his 50 freestyle hopes
Team Malawi have arrived to UK ahead of the Summer Games, as you can see from the rain :-P Malawi Swim Coach and his 50m Freestyle Hopes from Planet Sport on Vimeo.
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Televising the London 2012 Olympics
Anyone excited yet ? Televisacion de los Juegos OlÃmpicos de Londres 2012 from Swim Crunch on Vimeo.