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  • Gusmao Suspended For Two Years

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    The FINA Doping Panel has suspended Brazilia’s Rebeca Gusmao for two years, ack to a doping test from July 13, 2007 at the Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro. Sources: SwimNews and SwimInfo

  • Official FINA World Record List Hopelessly Outdated

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    There is not a single 2008 entry in the official lists, even though 41 world records have fallen so far this year and these new better times are listed in the official FINA ranking lists. It cannot be because the records are pending FINA approval, since the individual FINA record pages state that an asterisk…

  • Gusmao Cleared On First Of Three Charges

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    Brazilian Rebeca Gusmao has been cleared on first of three charges of doping, but the next two cases are expected to be more tricky for her. Read: SwimNews

  • Hackett Not Overweight But Waterlogged

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    Unflattering post-race pictures of Hackett had people guessing about his form last Sunday, but already on Wednesday he turned up in fine form again at the pool in Melbourne. Turns out that his pot belly was only because of distance swimming in saline waters. See also: SwimInfo

  • Marteen Beat Cancer, Wins 25K World Title

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    Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden won the men’s 25km open water world title today with the time of 5 hours 4 minutes 1.1 seconds, just 5 tenths of a second ahead of USA’s Mark Warkentin. Great swimming by the 27 year old, who in March 2001 was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia, and given only…

  • IOC Bans Political Statements At Beijing 2008

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    The International Olympic Committee has decided to ban any kind of political protest at the upcoming Olympic Games in Bejing, including waving the Tibet flag, paying tribute to the Dalai Lama, or any other kind of “look, external appearance, clothing, gestures, and written or oral statements.” Source: The Associated Press

  • Hackett DQed At World OWS Championships

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    Olympic pool champion Grant Hackett was disqualified for ‘interfering with another swimmer’ at the 5th Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km race in Sevilla (Spain) yesterday, but only after having dropped of contention by the time the judging decision was made. Russia’s Vladimir Dyatchin won in the time of 1 hour 53 minutes 21 seconds,…

  • Some Athletes’ Genes Allow Doping Without Detection

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    In a Swedish doping study, 55 men were willingly injected with testosterone, before undergoing the standard urine doping test. 17 of them tested negative, because they are missing a gene used to convert the testosterone into a form that dissolves in urine. This gene variation is especially common in Asian men. Source: The New York…

  • Madsen Worried About The LZR Psychological Impact

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    Madsen, who had a long history of coaching in Germany before accepting the DSV offer, is not yet convinced the Speedo suit makes a technical difference but there is no questioning the psychological impact. “There have been 39 world records, long and short course, this year and 90 percent of them were in Speedo,” Madsen…