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Category: Competition

  • Arnarson 1:51.56 and European junior champion back in 1999

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    Iceland’s Örn Arnarson wins gold here in the 200 freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Moscow 1999. His time 1:51.56 was almost a second off his then personal best time 1:50.63 from when he won silver at the European junior championships in Antwerpen the previous year, but still good enough to place him on…

  • Popova sets Russian records in 100 and 200 free

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    Last Tuesday April 19, Veronika Popova crushed the Russian record in the women’s 100 freestyle with a winning time of 54.22, clearing Anastasia Aksenova’s 54.70 from the World Championships in Rome 2009. And then yesterday April 22, she again improved greatly upon the 200 freestyle Russian record, with a 1:56.94 clearing the 1:57.96 set by…

  • Mack Horton, 14 and 15:37.71 in the 1500 free

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    At the Australian age group nationals in Adelaide yesterday, 14-year-old Mack Horton set an impressive Australian age group record, clocking 15:37.71 in the 1500 long course freestyle. This wiped 10 seconds of his previous age group record in the age-group 14 and below. In comparison, Grant Hackett in 1996 clocked a very impressive 15:30.63 a…

  • The Shanghai 2011 trailer

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    Complete with a Chinese crooner and everything. We’ll be there :-)

  • The Shanghai food safety information video

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    FINA and the Shanghai 2011 World Championships organizers have released this video, describing the five measures that the Chinese government and Shanghai government will attend, in order to ensure the food safety for athletes and spectators. Via fina.org.

  • Fran Crippen drowned

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    FINA’s Open Water Swimming Technical Committee is to work with the International Triathlon Union and the International Olympic Sports Medicine Committee to fine tune the detail of recommendation made by two inquiries into the death of American swimming Fran Crippen in a 10 K marathon race in Fujairah, UAE last October. Read more here on…

  • Boyle gets Regan a ticket for Shanghai

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    Senior high performance coach Mark Regan was not ranked high enough to be selected as part of the New Zealand team for Shanghai 2011, after having resigned as national head coach after Commonwealth Games 2010. But star performer Lauren Boyle spoke out, saying she has no other coach now she is out of the US…

  • China will ensure food safety at Shanghai 2011

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    With a variety of concerns being voiced regarding food safety issues in China, the Shanghai World Championships have announced a five-part response to better food security for the World Championships this summer. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Gary Hall Sr interviewing Ryan Lochte

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    It doesn’t get much more laid back than this. They talk about height and the myth that you need to be tall to be a swimmer, about Lochte’s knee surgery and about eating heathy, and other stuff.