Category: Competition
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NCSA Junior Nationals to be streamed live as PPV on Ustream
Interesting concept here: NCSA Junior National Swimming Championships Tuesday, March 20 – Saturday, March 24 Price: $24.95 Ustream is proud to present live coverage of the NCSA Junior Nationals live from Orlando, FL! PPV ticket buyers will get front-row access to see 1500 competitors aged 18 and under competing under Olympic trial standards.
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CC photo #81: Amaury Leveaux with a fan at Rijeka 2008
French swimmer Amaury Leveaux having his photo taken with fan at the 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. First man under 45 seconds in the 100 freestyle … Okay, in a supersuit, but it was excellent nevertheless. And now it looks like he is back, with a 1:46.72, 2nd and Olympic qualifying time…
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Reporters say the darndest things
Video from James Magnussen’s 100 freestyle post race interview at the Australian Trials. Reporter says (@0:30): “Just pause it here as you’re coming into the wall, we’ll just get the boys to pause it. How important is the turn at this stage?”. Magnussen is being all polite and talking about ‘momentum’ and stuff … but…
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Video: Ian Thorpe’s 200 freestyle semi at Australian Trials
Here it is, Ian Thorpe’s 200 meter freestyle semi-final at the Australian Olympic Trials, in full length. Painful to watch, and to listen to those reporters going “Ian-Ian-Ian” even though they have 7 other great Aussies in that pool. Found by Ricky Berens [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/RickyBerens/status/181891905427226624″]
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Klim: D’Arcy should apologize
D’Arcy pleaded guilty in a 2009 criminal court case to recklessly causing grievous bodily harm and was given a suspended 14-month jail sentence. He is yet to apologise to Cowley over the incident and veteran swimmer Michael Klim on Monday said it would be “nice” of him to do so. Read more here on ninemsn,…
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Camille Muffat sets 400 free textile record at French Olympic Trials
At the French Olympic Trials today, Camille Muffat set a new French national in the women’s 400 meter freestyle, with a time of 4:01.13 besting Laure Manaudou’s 4:02.13 from the European Championships in 2006, and the world textile record of 4:01.97 set by Federica Pellegrini at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. She and Coralie Balmy…
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CC photo #80: Flags around the Istanbul 2009 pool
Photo taken during the opening ceremony of the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.
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James “The Missile” Magnussen rockets to a 47.10 in the 100 free
On the 5th day of Australian Trials, James Magnussen scorched the men’s 100 meter freestyle final with a 47.10, obviously qualifying for the Olympics ahead of also qualifying James Roberts in 47.63, with Matt Targett (48.32), Eamon Sullivan (48.53), Cameron McEvoy (48.58) and Tommaso D’Orsogna (48.64) also qualifying for the London 4×100 relay. Magnussen’s time…
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Peacock breaks 22-year-old NCAA record set by Janet Evans
Yesterday evening at the NCAA champinships in Auburn, North Carolina swimmer Stephanie Peacock won the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:38.79, breaking the existing NCAA record of 15:39:15 set by Janet Evans on March 17, 1990. Via newsobserver