Swimmer's Daily

Category: Competition

  • Breaking: No Shanghai World Championships for Hinkelien Schreuder

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    This directly off her own website, www.hinkelienschreuder.nl No Shanghai World Championships In preparation for the World Championships in July, discussion about the cooperation between me and my trainer arise. The confidence in this partnership was terminated by him as of today. Only this, gives the technical director reason to doubt my potential performance in Shanghai.…

  • D’Arcy pips Phelps in the 200 butterfly

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    Nick D’Arcy has become just the second man in nine years to beat American superfish Michael Phelps in his pet event, the 200m butterfly. Phelps was nearly a body length ahead coming off the final turn, but D’Arcy reeled him in to win in 1:55.39 to the 1:55.40 of the American great. Earlier this year,…

  • Swimming New Zealand has ‘no hope’ of medals

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    New Zealand’s Olympic swimming hopes appear dim after SPARC’s damning review of the sport an insistence on change – with insiders saying there is little or no hope of medalling at London next year. Read more here on nzherald.co.nz, via the17thman.

  • Shanghai 2011 – Trailer 2

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    Presenting the official title song for the 14th FINA World Championships. 30 days and counting till I’ll travel there myself :-)

  • Santa Clara 2011 will be streamed live

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    Americans are good at this, providing live broadcast from important meets like the 2011 Santa Clara International Grand Prix starting tomorrow. Read “Five Storylines To Watch” about for instance the return of Brendan Hansen, and more about who attends here on usaswimming.org. I’ll put that webcast window on our LIVE-page too, and start looking for…

  • Poolside interviews at Santa Clara 2011

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    Some media talk before the start of the Santa Clara International Grand Prix this weekend, featuring top names like Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Amanda Beard, Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer and Cullen Jones. Here Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman: Here Ryan Lochte: And here Brendan Hansen:

  • Gaddafi gets 1000 tickets to the London Olympics

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    Troll alert, while swimmers get to buy tickets for only one family member at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre, and others like Rebecca Adlington’s parents have been cheated out of theirs, the Libyan regime has successfully requested close to 1,000 tickets, co-ordinated by the Gaddafi family. The Mayor of London describes is as “successful” that…

  • Gatorade Inside The Edge – Ryan Lochte

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    “I have that killer instinct because I hate to lose. Something switches in my body and I’m no longer that laid-back Ryan Lochte, I’m that racer. And I will go toe to toe, head to head with anyone in the entire world, anytime.”

  • Navy Seals hardcore moment: Scott Spann

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    After having qualified for the Beijing Olympics 2008, Scott Spann had problems with his knees, but thought nothing of it. He had it for several months leading into the Olympics, and swam through the Games with it. Afterwards, it turns out his knee had been broken for six months. And then it got worse. Ouch!…