Category: Competition
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CC photo #89: Dániel Gyurta after his 200 breaststroke win in Rome 2009
Hungary’s Dani Gyurta very happy after his men’s 200 meter breaststroke win at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Winning time 2:07.64, Australia’s Christian Sprenger had set the 2:07.31 world record in the semifinal the day, but swam 2:07.80 in the final, joint 3rd with Lithuanian Giedrius Titenis, USA’s Eric Shanteau in between with a…
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Canadian Trials Day 1: Brittany MacLean sets Canadian record
At the Canadian Olympic trials yesterday, Brittany MacLean clocked 4:06.08 in the women’s 400 freestyle to lower the previous mark of 4:07.32 set by Brittany Reimer at the 2005 world championships in Montreal. MacLean qualified easily for the Olympics, along with Savannah King in 4:07.02. Scott Dickens qualified with a 1:00.42 in the men’s 100…
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German broadcasters send “mammoth” team to Debrecen 2012
At the “Broadcasters’ Meeting” yesterday, it was revealed that the surroundings of the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships pool will be covered with temporary grandstands for the athletes and media, as part of the struggle to have as many seats as possible for the fans. László Szakadáti, director of LEN said: “The pool is not…
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CC photo #88: Frédérick Bousquet at the Roma 09 World Championships
A smart looking Frédérick Bousquet on deck at the FINA 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. Jeez, I can’t get over that he missed out on the London 2012 Olympics.
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Watch Canadian Trials LIVE on SwimCanWeb.TV
The Canadian Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials started today, and will be streamed live here on swimcanweb.tv until Sunday, April 1, prelims from 10 AM and finals from 7 PM local time in Montreal (that’s 14:00 and 23:00 UTC), with video on demand available also. Visit www.swimtrials.ca for all kinds of details, including schedule, live…
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New Zealand men 7:14.05 in the 4×200, push Denmark to 14th
In a remarkable performance on 3rd night of the State New Zealand Swim Championships, Matthew Stanley, Steven Kent, Dylan Dunlop-Barrett and Andrew McMillan smashed the New Zealand record and gave themselves an outstanding chance to earn an invitation to the London Olympics. The quartet, the fastest four individuals in the 200m freestyle final, went 7:14.05…
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Mie and Pál mentioned in the Streamlined News today
Sweet, Mie Ø. Nielsen mentioned as a serious London 2012 medal contender, and Pál getting a nice, detailed mention also.
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France aims for 8-10 swimming medals in London
“We’re really satisfied. We have the potential for 8 to 10 medals,” French swimming federation president Francis Luyce told reporters on Sunday. France’s biggest hopes are Camille Lacourt, the 100 backstroke world champion in Shanghai last year, and Camille Muffat, who broke 200 and 400 freestyle French records to qualify, national technical director Christian Donze…
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NZ Champs: Matt Stanley takes down another Loader record
20-year-old Matthew Stanley rewrote the record books for a second straight night at the New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight, which doubles as the Olympic Trials. In a class of his own in the 200 freestyle, Stanley qualfied for the London Olympics in 1:47.57, 6/100ths of a second inside the 16-year-old national record set…