Category: Competition
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Deaf swimmer Marcus Titus gets hand signals reinstated at US Trials
This is great, USA Swimming decided Thursday to allow hand signals at the U.S. Olympic Trials to accommodate deaf swimmers at the start of the races, reversing the organization’s decision issued less than 48 hours earlier, more or less because of campaign on Facebook started byone of the nation’s top breaststroker and deaf athlete Marcus…
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CC photo #111: Oussama Mellouli after the Dubai 2010 men’s 1500 freestyle
A memorable moment on TV in our hotel room in Dubai, from when Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli had swum his 1500 freestyle at the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Championships morning session, ending up winning in the impressive time of 14:24.16.
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British Gas GBR Swimming Team – 100 Days to Go
A video from yesterday, now on YouTube with 99 days to go ! :-)
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South African trials: Crous, Le Clos qualify for the Olympics
At the South African Nationals today, Charl Crous confirmed his qualification in the men’s 100 backstroke by winning the final with a time of 54.18, well under the FINA A cut of 54.40. Chad Le Clos qualified for a third swim in the Olympics with a time of 1:55.30 in the men’s 200 butterfly, third-ranked…
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Russian Trials: Korotyshkin, Vyatchanin qualify for the Olympics
At the Russian National Championships today, Alexander Tikhonov qualified for the Olympics with a 4:15.25 in the men’s 400 IM, Evgeny Korotyshkin and and Nikolay Skvortsov with a tight 52.07 to 52.08 in the men’s 100 butterfly ahead of Nikita Konovalov in 52.15, and Arkady Vyatchanin and Vladimir Morozov with 53.91 and 53.93 respectively in…
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Trickett’s advice for Olympic debutants: Expect the unexpected in London
“I’ve had roller-coaster rides at both of the Olympics (I’ve competed in), I understand to some extent how Olympics can pan out, generally it’s not the way we expect them to pan out,” Trickett said. “The biggest advice I would give to any athlete is to expect the unexpected – because the Olympics (are) everything…
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Ryan Lochte – TV4 Sport Sweden
TV4 Sport Sweden met Ryan Lochte at the Dual in The Pool in December 2011, apparently you have to wait three months to get a 10 minute interview with the American swim star.
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Russian Trials: Yana Martinova first Russian to earn ticket to the London Olympics
Disclaimer: I don’t understand Russian well enough to be absolutely sure in my translation here, but it looks like Yana Martynova from Tatarstan was the first and only Russian to qualify for the Olympics yesterday, with a winning time of 4:38.69 in the 400 IM, exceeding the FINA A selection cut by 3.06 seconds. Egor…