Category: Competition
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Nathan Adrian’s favorite Olympic trials memory
Olympian Nathan Adrian recalls his fourth place finish in the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Omaha, courtesy of USA Swimming.
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Eamon Sullivan floored by mystery illness
Eamon Sullivan has quit the Asian leg of the FINA World Cup series as a precautionary measure after suffering a mystery illness. He was floored by the bug with flu and gastrolike symptoms for six days during the World Cup meet in Moscow two weeks ago, finished sixth in the 50m freestyle final last night,…
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Ian Thorpe relieved to have avoided embarassment
Yup, that is right, 7th spot in a World Cup final is OK if you’ve been out of the sport for 5 years and are participating in a for you ‘weird‘ event. Or as he puts it himself: “(I was) not as bad as I thought I would be though, I didn’t vomit or anything”…
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Ryan Cochrane is Canada’s aquatic athlete of the year
Swimmer Ryan Cochrane and diver Jennifer Abel have earned male and female athlete of the year awards from the Aquatic Federation of Canada. Cochrane captures silver medals in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle events at the world aquatic championships in Shanghai, and is ranked No. 2 in the world in both events. Via cbcsports
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USA announces its 2011 Duel in the Pool roster
USA Swimming is lining up a lot of its very best swimmers, to compete against an European All-Star team at the 2011 Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool on December 16-17. For instance Amanda Beard, Natalie Coughlin, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer and Kate Ziegler, and Tyler Clary, Mark Gangloff, Brendan Hansen, Ryan…
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Geoff Huegill on Ian Thorpe’s comeback
I’ve been in a minibus with this guy and Eamon Sullivan as late as in Stockholm in October, it was even more mini with them in it :-) VIDEO: Can Thorpe beat Huegill? Also in these news, Eamon Sullivan is surprised that he maybe gets to race Ian Thorpe already now … and calls butterfly…
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Magnussen skips World Cup to keep rivals guessing
World 100-meter freestyle champion James Magnussen launched his Olympic campaign with a victory in the men’s 15-years-and-over race at a humble meet in Sydney yesterday, and revealed that he’s skipping the World Cup meets because he wants to keep his rivals guessing. Read Port Lincoln Times. ”The best thing for me at the moment is…
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Pellegrini, Payne, Lurz and Alex are the 2011 LEN swimmers of the year
The European Swimming Federation LEN today announced the 2011 Len Athletes of the Year, elected by representatives of the 51 LEN Member Federations as well as aquatic journalists from all over Europe. In the pool swimming category, the men’s award was decided by a margin of very few votes in favour of Norway’s Alexander Dale…
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Missy Franklin might turn down $50-70,000 to stay NCAA eligible
Ouch, read SwimmingWorld Magazine: “Even if Franklin fades to second or third, she will be looking at bypassing anywhere from $50,000 to $70,000 in winnings to maintain NCAA eligibility. She has already compiled $21,500 in two meets, including a $10,000 world record bonus, that she will have to forgo to remain recruitable.” (Missy Franklin at…