Swimmer's Daily

Category: Competition

  • Kitajima: It will take a world record to win gold in London

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    Yeehaa, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima believes he will need to set a world record to win a gold medal at the London Olympics next year, because of the rise of his rivals. Very reasonable thinking, as Alexander Dale Oen was only 0.13 off the world record of 58.58 seconds in the 100 breaststroke.…

  • FINA publishes Barcelona 2013 and Kazan 2015 teasers

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    Yup, FINA presenting first Barcelona 2013 and even Kazan 2015 World Championships teasers already now in 2011. I don’t know, don’t get the message in the Barcelona 2013 teaser about how swimmers are not part of this world and ‘swim thousands of kilometers for no real reason’, but am happy to see that Phelps will…

  • Bovell pulls out of the Pan American Games

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    George Bovell III wil not represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico next month, due to his ongoing recovery from head injuries sustained in a car crash last month. First day back from George Bovell on Vimeo. Bovell was heading to Mayaro to go spear-fishing following a training session…

  • Handicapped Swede wins Alcatraz Classic in record time

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    45-year-old (Paralympic gold medalist) Anders Olsson says that they laughed at him when he came to compete in the 9th Annual Alcatraz Classic: Swim With The Centurions, as the first swimmer ever without functioning legs to enter this grueling competition. But he nevertheless beat them all, swimming 2.6 kilometers (1.5 miles) in the rough and…

  • FINA must allow underwater video review from officials

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    Good point here on SwimmingWorld Magazine: Debate continues on the current breaststroke turn and finish rules that govern competitive swimming. Video from the 2011 FINA World Championships of Brazil’s Felipe Silva finishing with an illegal dolphin kick to capture gold in the 50 meter breaststroke is proof that FINA needs to take another look at…

  • Coach Hawke writes off Bousquet’s chances in the 50 free

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    Tough talk from Frédérick Bousquet’s coach Brett Hawke, on whether anyone can beat his former protegé César Cielo in the 50 freestyle: Peter Busch: “On the 50 side, can you see anyone touching Cielo right now?” Brett Hawke: “No. Not really. If I’m going to be honest, Cesar is built for that race and he…

  • The Winning Spirit

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    Meet Bryall McPherson, cancer survivor now vying for a place on NZ’s Paralympic Swimming Squad for 2012. Inspirational! The Winning Spirit from Kadambari Gladding on Vimeo.

  • Nobody caught doping at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships

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    The Swimmers Circle predicted this already on July 31, and now FINA confirms that all 362 doping tests were negative, that were collected during the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai. This total represents 311 urine sample (including 43 EPO screenings) and 51 blood samples. No anti-doping violations were reported. Via Hollandswimming.nl.

  • Versus has some incredible inspirational speeches

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    Found these via Matt Abood and Amaury Leveaux on Twitter, Versus TV sport commercials. This one about You vs Them: And this one about being the underdog: “The odds may be stacked against you, fair enough. But what the odds don’t know, is this isn’t a math test” :-)