Category: Competition
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Record number of swimmers at the Debrecen 2012 Europeans
LEN announces today that the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen have a record entry of 570 swimmers from 44 of the 51 member federations, one federation up from the Budapest 2010 Europeans, then including diving, synchronized swimming and open water swimming. Some federations take the opportunity at the Europeans for another Olympic qualification, while others…
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Olympic trading card the thing this summer
Ricky Berens tweeted yesterday that he’d received copies of his new (and first ever) Topps trading cards, and rated them as awesome. They are nice, yes, but the Danish have even RPG-esque rating of tactics, technique, stamina and strength, as seen on the Mie Ø. Nielsen trading card to the right, presented by her on…
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Leading architects surveying the London 2012 Olympic Park
Leading architects Amanda Levete and Piers Gough and critic Charles Jencks give their verdict on the key venues of the London Olympic site. They are blown away by the beauty of the Aquatics Centre and the Velodrome – but left deeply underwhelmed by the main stadium. Read more here on The Guardian.
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Eamon Sullivan on ESPN Australia/NZ
Russ Barwick talks to Australian Olympic gold medal hope in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay and 50m freestyle, Eamon Sullivan.
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Cullen Jones makes teaching swimming a priority
This year Cullen Jones is juggling his training for the U.S. Olympic trials – he will compete in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events – with traveling around the country for USA Swimming’s “Make a Splash” program, which promotes teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to swim. When I woke up from being completely resuscitated, from…
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CC photo #137: Cheerleaders (and coach?) at the Roma09 waterpolo final
Exciting Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships waterpolo final, Serbia against Spain, final result 14-13 after penalty shootouts.
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Pál cramming between heats at FM 2012
Just a short video from the Faroese Championships this weekend. Pál Joensen had found a quiet spot to read up on history between the 200 freestyle and butterfly heats. I hear that the exam was on Monday morning (Faroese Champs ending at 19:00 Sunday evening, and then, you know, a 2 hour boat ride home…
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Michael Phelps motivated for London
Four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the indisputable star of the U.S. Olympic team. His lone availability at the USOC’s media summit drew a full house, with reporters eager to know everything from what he plans on swimming at the London Olympics to whether he’s climbed the famed…
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CC photo #136: The SuSvim victory sign
If you see this kind of clapping in Faroese swimming, it means that someone from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag won. In this case, gold, silver and bronze in the women’s junior 100 butterfly.