Category: Competition
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Mobile phones may be banned at the London 2012 Olympics
According to The Independent, phones are unwelcome at the London 2012 Olympics, “as they may disturb the action, along with banners, horn, whistles, drums, rattles and musical instruments”. The ban is mentioned as security measures produced by the Games organisers, included in a “non-exhaustive” list of banned and restricted items in the terms and conditions…
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Strasbourg is the place to be this week
SwimNews.com describes the upcoming French nationals and World championship trials as “a firepower in men’s freestyle events that is hard to find just about anywhere else in the world”, with Alain Bernard, Amaury Leveaux, Fred Bousquet, Fabien Gilot, William Meynard and Yannick Agnel in the short to middle distances, and Sebastien Rouault, Anthony Pannier, Xavier…
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Alshammar has a “Diva” tattoo to remind her not to be a diva
Interesting detail about Sweden’s Therese Alshammar, 33-year-old World Cup winner 2010 and Dubai 2010 World champion in the 50 butterfly. Source SwimNews.com: “I lived in London for a number of years, so it’s like my second home. I really, really like the city so it would be nice to have a little bit of ‘homeground’…
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Is David Nolan the next Superfish?
17-year-old David Nolan set two individual USA high school and age group (17-18) records during the PIAA Swimming Championships this weekend, improving upon his own 200 yards medley record from 1:43.43 last year to 1:41.39 now, and swimming 45.49 in the 100 yard backstroke, where the age group record was 46.11 and the high school…
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Danish Open 2011 Start List
The Danish Open 2011 start list is ready, promising quite a few high quality races, especially in the long distance events. In the women’s 1500 freestyle, we have Norway’s Elin Slaatmo trying to take on European champion and World silver medalist Lotte Friis, and in the men’s 1500 freestyle, Faroe Islands’ European silver medalist Pál…
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Now is the time to buy tickets for the Olympics
If you are contemplating on going to the Olympics in London 2012 as a spectator, it is now between 15th March and 26th April that you have to apply for a ticket. They are quite expensive, from £20 to £450 to see the swimming, depending on where you sit and if it is prelims or…
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Now only 99 days until the Island Games 2011
The Natwest Island Games are sort of the Olympic Games of small island countries, including islands like Ã…land, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Frøya, Gibraltar, Greenland, Jersey, Menorca, Prince Edward Island, Rhodes, Saaremaa and St Helena. Faroe Islands won the last games in Ã…land in 2009, primarily because of Faroese swimmers winning 21 of the total 34…
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Thorpe won’t make the 400 freestyle
Ian Thorpe wishes he would have made his mind up sooner, saying there is no time now to the in shape for his signature 400m freestyle before London 2012. Also, he has to work harder one the underwater part, stating “I have to get used to the idea that swimmers today are staying under the…
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The World Cup 2011 schedule is ready
Swedish swimsite www.simma.nu/se informs us that the World Cup 2011 tour will consist of two rounds, one in Europe in October, and one in Asia in November. October 15-16, Stockholm (SWE) October 18-19, Moscow (RUS) October 22-23, Berlin (GER) November 4-5, Singapore (SIN) November 8-9, Beijing (CHN) November 12-13, Tokyo (JPN)