Category: Competition
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German Trials: Biedermann books London tickets
At the German Championships today, world 200m freestyle record-holder Paul Biedermann secured his spot on the German Olympic squad with a time of 1:46.07 in the 200 freestyle, ahead of also qualifying Clemens Rapp in 1:47.57. Marco Koch and Christian von Lehm qualified in the men’s 200 breaststroke with 2:09.48 and 2:10.07 respectively, while Silke…
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Arab swimmer to represent Israel at Debrecen 2012
Arab-Israeli swimmer Jowan Qupty will represent Israel in the European Swimming Championship. Qupty, 22, was originally denied a spot on the national team. He won a Swimmer’s Association appeal over the decision on Thursday. Read ynetnews.com.
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CC photo #133: Øygarden in my ears, Tórshavn in my eyes
Don’t think I’ve ever been as torn as today, emotionally, as today following the funeral of Alexander Dale Oen while watching the Faroese Short Course Championships’ prelims / junior championships. Beautiful service, thanks for streaming it online.
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5 Faroese records, 5 junior on 1st day of SC champs
The Faroese Short Course Championships started out well today, with 5 national records and 5 junior records being set during prelims and finals. See all results from prelims here and from finals here.
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OK, almost ready for the Faroese Championships tomorrow
Tomorrow morning we’ll dive into the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, I guess they are busy preparing the pool in Tórshavn while others like me are doing other stuff like preparing our live timing and things like that. So, you know, if this site seems dead at times this weekend, it is because we are busy…
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German Trials: Yannick Lebherz first German to secure Olympic ticket
On the first day of the German Championships in Berlin, Yannick Lebherz secured himself an Olympic ticket in the 400 IM, with a time of 4:14.19, the FINA A cut being 4:16.46. See all results here, and read more in German on swimsportnews.de, and in English on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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CC photo #132: Dinko Jukić being interviewed at the Rijeka 2008 Europeans
Dinko Jukić, Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin, being interviewed by HRT at the 2008 LEN European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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The London 2012 Olympic Games flame now lit in Greece
The Olympic Torch has now been lit in ancient Olympia, with British-born Greek 10 kilometre open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis being the first runner on the Torch’s 78 day journey, as it passes through Greece before being flown to Britain, the host of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sorry if you (like…
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Gianniotis first to carry the Olympic torch, follow it live on Ustream
Greece’s British-born open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis will tomorrow become the first Olympic Torchbearer of London 2012, describing it as a “very, very big honor”. Via Inside The Games “Tomorrow is a really important day and for my whole career,” he said, “It is my last Olympics, it is something unique for me.”…