Category: Competition
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CC photo #180: Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Rijeka 2008
Finland’s Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Barcelona 2003 world champion in the women’s 100 freestyle, here at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships, where she won gold in the 100 individual medley.
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US Trials, Lochte vs Phelps, round 2, tonight
Rivalry so intense that it is a ‘must-see‘ for fellow (busy) swimmers. The Bleacher Report says Lochte will take also round 2. Starting in less than an hour, all relevant links here.
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Giant Olympic rings unveiled on London’s Tower Bridge
Also featuring “the ever enthusiastic London Mayor Boris Johnson” :-)
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US Trials Day 2: Brendan Hansen succeeds in his comeback
Last night, Brendan Hansen won his 3rd successive U.S. Olympic Trial 100 breaststroke, impressive after having quit the sport and then returned only a year ago. He and Eric Shanteau qualified for the Olympics, Dana Vollmer and Claire Donahue in the women’s 100 butterfly, and Allison Schmitt and Chloe Sutton in the women’s 400 freestyle.…
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CC photo #179: Two Norwegians and a Kiwi at Stockholm 2011
On lane 4 Glenn Snyders (New Zealand), lane 5 Aleksander Hetland (Norway) and on lane 6 Alexander Dale Oen (Norway) getting ready for the Stockholm 2011 FINA World Cup men’s 50 breaststroke final. Snyders won in 27.04, Dale Oen second in 27.06 and Hetland third in 27.13,s ee result list here.
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GB swimmer Renshaw appeals against Olympic exclusion
A team behind swimmer Molly Renshaw is appealing against her exclusion from Team GB after the squad for London 2012 was announced on Sunday. At the first stage of trials in London in March, Stacey Tadd won the 200m breaststroke within the required FINA A time to book one spot, but outside the tougher requirement…
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The Antwerp 2012 European Juniors Start Lists are now online
Next week, July 4-8, the Belgian city of Antwerp will host the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships, biggest event for most of the youngsters while some will use it as preparation for the London 2012 Games. The start lists can now be found here, featuring for instance Danish London 2012 medal contender Mie Ø. Nielsen,…
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CC photo #178: Pál and Jón after the 2010 Europeans 1500 freestyle
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason by the warm-up pool at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships, after Pál won silver in the men’s 1500 freestyle. They left for Denmark and then Croatia this morning, to attend the final training camp before London 2012. Won’t come back until after the Olympics.
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US Trials Day 1: Gators rule the pool
Casey Barrett has the best recap from the U.S. Olympic Trials Day 1 here on Cap & Goggles: “On night one of the U.S. Trials, Gregg Troy’s Gators owned Omaha. There were six Olympic spots available. Coach Troy produced four of them. A rather impressive .666 batting average. Even the devil bows in respect.” Ryan…