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  • Crippen’s coach: Cancel OW in Shanghai

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    FINA has admitted lack of safety measure in Fran Crippen’s death, shortly after coming under heavy fire from U.S. Open Water Review Commission Chair Dick Pound for lack of cooperation. They have release the Task Force Report with recommendations that there should be minimum and maximum limits for air temperature, air humidity, visibility, air quality,…

  • MSS: Frédérick Bousquet

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    The Morning Swim Show featuring Frédérick Bousquet, discussing his world’s best 50 freestyle at the French Nationals recently, and his threatening to withdraw from the world championships. There is also a quick glimpse of Laure Manaudou, hurrying across the room in the background :-)

  • 3 national records on first day of Japanese trials

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    After having to cancel the Japanese Long Course Championships due to the earthquake and tsunami catastrophe, the Japanese swimming federation still managed to put together a high qualify Shanghai 2011 trials meet in Hamamatsu. Yosuke Miyamoto became the first Japanese to swim under 15:00 in the men’s 1500 freestyle, with a 14:57.56, compared to Ryoji…

  • Swimming Australia relaxes Shanghai selection standard

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    Australia has ripped up the national selection standards for the world championships in Shanghai in July after only 34 swimmers reached the tough times in Sydney this week. That gave 11 swimmers – seven men and four women – unexpected tickets to Shanghai, including Commonwealth Games gold medallist Geoff Huegill. National head coach Leigh Nugent…

  • Lauren Boyle set 800 free record

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    US-based Lauren Boyle set a new kiwi national record at the New Zealand championships last night, winning in 8:33.30, more than 2.5 seconds under the FINA ‘A’ qualifying time, and more than 2 seconds quicker than the record set by Phillipa Langrell at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Interesting to read that she set her…

  • Hocking set Australian 200 backstroke record

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    Belinda Hocking chased down the Australian record in the women’s 200 back today at the Australian Nationals, with a winning time of 2:06.88. Meagen Nay previously held the record with a 2:07.41 set back in 2009. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Sun Yang swam 14:42.52 in Wuhan

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    Breaking news from the Speed Endurance Twitter feed. Accordingly to sports.sohu.com, Sun Yang ‘only’ managed a 14:42.52 in the 1500 freestyle, today at the Chinese Nationals in Wuhan. 8 seconds from his Chinese and Asian record, and about 9 from the world record. The time is well and clearly the best time in the world…

  • Video from the Chinese Nationals

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    At this moment, the holy grail of swim reporting would be an online live video feed from the Chinese Nationals men’s 1500 freestyle final. This is as far as I’ve come … (Video after the break, since it autoplays)

  • Sun is going for the 1500 today

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    Sun Yang won the China Nationals 200 freestyle yesterday in impressive 1:44.99, new Chinese record and almost half a second faster than Yannick Agnel’s 1:45.47 French record and world’s best this year. He won 800 freestyle in 7:44.12 last Sunday and 400 freestyle in 3:41.48 on Tuesday, also clear world leading times this year. And…