Category: Competition
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Shanghai pools closed in preparation for the World Championships
As probably a natural result of hosting the event, seven or eight swimming pools in Shanghai have temporarily been transformed into training centers for athletes competing in the 14th FINA World Championships, forcing members there to find another pool until next month. Nearby pools are taking advantage of the situation by hiking the already relatively…
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Magnus Jákupsson in his second European semi-final
So our guy Magnus Jákupsson from the Faroe Islands qualified for his second semi-final at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade today, almost reaching the final with a 26.76 and 10th spot of the 16. He is young, one more year as a junior, so he will get there next year :-)
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Cotterell tips China as major player in the pool
Australian swim coach Denis Cotterell is in a unique position to evaluate the strength of Chinese swimming, given that he has in recent years trained a number of the country’s best swimmers in his Gold Coast-based squad, including fastest man in the world for this year in the 200, 400, 800 & 1500 freestyle, Sun…
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Incredible: Swiss four-way tie for the 50 fly title
At the Switzerland Summer Long Course Championships last weekend, the incredible thing happened that 4 men finished in exactly the same time, resulting in all 4 or them winning the 50 butterfly, with no silver or bronze medalist. The lucky four were Christian Schneiter, Nico Van Duijin, Maximilien Bon and Adrien Perez, all touching in…
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Belgrade 2011 Live Streaming is alive (!)
At last, live video feed from the Tašmajdan pool in Beograd. The speaker announced a moment ago that there were 5 minutes left of the warm-up. Go watch!
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Woohoo, Magnus Jákupsson is in a European semi-final (!)
Our guy Magnus Jákupsson managed to swim a new Faroese record of 25.00 in the 50 butterfly this morning at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, qualifying for the semi-finals this afternoon in 12th best time. He swam in the very first heat, having no official long-course time since last year because of…
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The 2015 World Championships will be in Mexico, Hong Kong or Russia
Three cities have made the shortlist to host the world championships in 2015 and 2017: Guadalajara, Mexico; Hong Kong and Kazan, Russia. FINA will choose the 2015 host on July 15, and the 2017 venue also “if two bids are judged capable of hosting.” China originally entered Guangzhou in the 2015 and 2017 contest, and…
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Steve West qualifies for the U.S. Olympic Trials at age 39
Steve West recently became the oldest man ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympics trials, with a 2:20.65 in the 200 breaststroke. Juggling family, job and sports, he still manages to squeeze in the 3 times 1 hour of training a week that he needs to pull out a 2:20 in the 200 breast. Kudos…
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Canada Cup: Phelps flew in the 100 fly
The king is back, at the Canada Cup yesterday, Michael Phelps posted a world’s best this year in the 100 meter butterfly, 51.32, beating Chris Brady and Wu Peng and others. Read more on for instance SwimmingWorld Magazine and SwimNews.com.