Category: Competition
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The Duel in the Pool 2011 in 21 seconds
Finally, the Duel in the Pool online for also us Europeans to see. Could you slow it down a bit, please ?
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Building of the Duel in the Pool 2011 Arena
Now that is a lot of effort put into what ultimately ended as a 181.5 – 80.5 trashing of the Europeans (hey, I’m European, I’m allowed! :-)
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Ian Thorpe has left it a year too late, says Denis Cotterell
Leave it to legendary coach Denis Cotterell of Grant Hackett and Sun Yang to say what many have thought, that Ian Thorpe is too late with his comeback. Via The Australian. “”He’s trying to pack into a year what in reality is a two-year assignment. No matter how good you are … he’s been out…
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CONI president Petrucci (now) praises Pellegrini
You might remember the story about Italy’s olympic committee president, Gianni Petrucci, mocking Federica Pellegrini for declining to be flag bearer at the London 2012 opening ceremony because of competition the day after, calling her immature and saying “to carry the flag is not the Way of the Cross”. Well, they’ve made up since then,…
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Mellouli named best athlete of Arab Games, earns $140,000
According to gulfnews.com, Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli was named the Super Star and Best Athlete of the 12th Arab Games Thursday, winning a cash prize of $75,000. Mellouli won the title in style, having claimed 13 gold medals in the different swimming races during the Games, and being one of the main reason that Tunesia…
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Pellegrini disappointed of her Szczecin form, blames coach Bonifacenti
Wow, Italy’s star swimmer Federica Pellegrini has certainly taken off her gloves here on her blog, blaming now former coach Federico Bonifacenti (who according to other news dumped her) for her poor form at the Szczecin 2011 Europan Short Course Championships. And boyfriend Magnini agrees, that “I think it’s offensive both for me and for…
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2011 Salnikov Cup medal winners
So, tired of waiting for the results in English on www.saknikovcup.ru, I’ve fought my way through the result list in Cyrillic letters on russwimming.ru this evening, listing the medal winners in English by using the little I remember of Russian from high school. Most noteworthy results are Nikolay Skvortsov’s (RUS) 1:50.55 in the 200 butterfly…
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Stephanie Rice suffers shoulder infection following surgery
Triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice has had a minor setback in her recovery from shoulder surgery last week, with an infection now forcing her to miss training. Rice’s doctor ordered her to avoid training today, “Doc said it was slightly infected. Got some antibiotics and can get into xtraining again tomorrow,” Rice tweeted. Coach Michael…