Category: Competition
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Herald Sun names Thorpe as top 3 comeback failure, Torres as top 2 success
Ouch, the Herald Sun has apparently given up on Ian Thorpe with the Olympic Trials yet to come, and names him the top 3 most unsuccessful comeback behind tennis player Bjorn Borg and boxing legend Muhammad Ali: 3: Ian Thorpe: We may never know the genuine reasons behind his comeback but to date it has…
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Keri-Anne Payne – Life in the Open Water
Share in Keri-anne Payne’s journey from moving in to the testing and rigorous sport of open water swimming to becoming a 2 time World 10km Champion and Olympic Silver medallist, courtesy of BGswimming.
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Rebecca Adlington – The Journey
“What more motivation do you need than a home Olympics.” Via the17thman
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CC photo #58: The swim pool in LeirvÃk, Faroe Islands
A photo taken during warmup at the “Reka stevna 2008” swim meet in LeirvÃk, Faroe Islands. We have plenty of these 16 meters pools, which are good for the youngest age groups, but only three 25 meter pools and still no 50 meter pool.
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Thorpe wins the Zurich International 400 free in 3:59.48
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine: In his return to longer distance competition, Ian Thorpe won the men’s 400 free in 3:59.48. That swim is well behind the top-ranked times in the world as Ryan Napoleon currently owns 20th this year with a 3:52.43. Thorpe also finished fourth earlier in the day with a 52.28 in the men’s…
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CC photo #57: The Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool
The original Hajós Alfréd National Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, here used as warmup pool at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships. Designed by Hajós Alfréd himself, Olympic champion from the very first Games in Athens 1896.
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CC photo #56: Brunei Swimming at Roma 2009
A Brunei Swimming coach at the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. That gesture is universal :-)
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Thorpe to try out the 400 freestyle this weekend
Ian Thorpe will make a surprise return to his former signature event, the 400m freestyle, in his final hit-out before next month’s Olympic trials. “The 400m is more about experimenting with his racing, not so much about what he would be intending to do at trials,” says Australian head coach Leigh Nugent. Read The Herald…