Category: Competition
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CC photo #107: Flags in the Rijeka 2008 competiton pool
A beautiful swimming pool, this Kantrida swimming complex in Rijeka, Croatia, here dressed for the 2008 European Short Course Championships.
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CC photo #106: Overdressed medal presenter at a swim meet in KlaksvÃk
Way back in January 2008, at a meet in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, arranged by the local swim club, Ægir. The presenter is quite the prankster by now, member of our 1996-relay ;-)
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Women’s 200 yard backstroke final at the 1963 US Nationals
Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist Ginny Duenkel wins the 200 yard backstroke at the 1963 US Nationals, according to the commentator featuring ‘flashy, somersault turns’.
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Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chats – Kate Ziegler
Get to know some of USA Swimmings best and brightest athletes, here long-distance swimmer and current world record holder in the 1500-meter freestyle (long course), Kate Ziegler.
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Eindhoven Swim Cup: Inge Dekker qualifies for the Olympics in the prelims
At the Eindhoven Swim Cup this morning, Inge Dekker clocked the quickest time in the women’s 100 butterfly prelims, 58.22 under the Dutch Olympic cut of 58.32, and easily under the FINA A cut of 58.70 also. Sarah Sjöström followed in 58.36, top-ranked swimmer in the world this year with a 56.79 from the British…
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When those four in the relay is all you’ve got
So two of our age group swimmers are doing well at the Icelandic Long Course Championships these days, Óli Mortensen twice posting a Faroese 400 freestyle junior record (now 4:06.74) and a 16:18.15 Faroese 1500 freestyle junior record in the shadow of Pál Joensen, and Markus Joensen managing a 2:37.87 Faroese senior and junior record…
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South African Nationals 16 – 22 April 2012
The Kings Park swimming pool in Durban will host the week-long South African National Swimming Championships, starting on Monday, which doubles as the final chance for South Africans to swim inside the strict FINA A qualifying times. 12 swimmers have so far achieved the necessary standards, but need to do it again this week, according…
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Eindhoven Swim Cup: Kromowidjojo sets 52.75 world textile record
At the Eindhoven Swim Cup tonight, Ranomi Kromowidjojo crushed the competition in the women’s 100 freestyle, posting a new world textile record of 52.75, ahead of Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström in 53.30 and Marleen Veldhuis in 53.95, both Dutch females under the Dutch Olympic cut of 54.30 (FINA A cut being 54.57). Sweden’s Stefan Nystrand won…
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Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir (ISL) qualifies for the Olympics
The Icelandic Swimming Federation announced tonight that 17-year-old Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir is their first swimmer to qualify for the London 2012 Games, with a 2:10.38 in the women’s 200 backstroke at the Icelandic Championships right now, the FINA A cut being 2:10.84. This is also a new Icelandic record, the old one Eygló’s 2:12.33 from…