Category: Competition
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Japan Swim: Kosuke Hagino sets Asian, Japanese record
At the Japan Swim today, Kosuke Hagino set a new national and Asian record in the men’s 400 IM, with a 4:10.26 clipping Yuya Horihata in 4:10.52, the Japanese Olympic cut being 4:14.72. In the women’s 400 IM, Miyu Ohtsuka and Miho Takahashi qualified in 4:36.64 and 4:37.71, and in the men’s 100 breast semifinal,…
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Mathias Gydesen might get another chance
Danish newspaper Politiken has this article on Mathias Gydesen’s situation now after missing out on an Olympic qualification with only 1 hundredth of a second, when he at the Indianapolis Grand Prix last weekend broke the Danish and Nordic record in the men’s 100 backstroke with a time of 54.41, the FINA A cut being…
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Canadian Trials Day 6: Russell breaks another Canadian record
On the final day of Canadian Olympic Trials, Sinead Russell smashed her Canadian record in the 200 backstroke, managing a 2:08.04 where her record from Shanghai 2011 was 2:08.80. Hilary Caldwell also went under the Olympic qualification standard with a 2:09.14. Brent Hayden qualified in the men’s 50 freestyle with a time of 22.16, Victoria…
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CC photo #94: A smart Greek in Rome
A Greek swimmer giving me a total ‘aha’ moment while cooking in the sun on the athlete’s stand at the FINA 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. They know a lot more about keeping cool in the sun, than us the Faroese. Really.
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Indy Grand Prix 2012: Michael Phelps bows out with a world-best 200 IM
At the Indianapolis Grand Prix yesterday, Michael Phelps scorched the men’s 200 meter individual medley with a 1:56.41 meet record, almost two seconds under Joe Roebuck’s world-leading time of 1:58.16 from the British Olympic Trials. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine Crazy to think it all started 12 years ago in Indy…. And now I…
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Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa sets another Spanish record in Malaga
At the Spanish Open National Championships, Spain’s Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa broke the national record in the women’s 400 freestyle, with a time of 4:05.77 breaking Melanie Costa Schmid’s 4:07.02 from the Shanghai World Championships last year. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Amanda Beard confesses to cutting, bulimia and drug use
In her new memoir “In The Water They Can’t See You Cry,” seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals how she has battled with bulimia and self-mutilation during her astonishing rise to the top. Struggling to cope with her parents divorce and her shot to fame at the age of 14, she began to battle with…
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CC photo #93: Biedermann on the big screen in Rome
A photo taken after the second semifinal of the men’s 200 freestyle at the 2009 FINA World Aquatic Championships in Rome, Italy. Germany’s Paul Biedermann posted the quickest time, en route to his 1:42.00 world record in the final the day after.