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Category: Competition

  • Steffen 100 Freestyle LC European Record

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    Germanys Britta Steffen set a new European Record at the German Olympic trials today, breaking her own and until recently global standard of 53.30 with the new time of 53.20. This was not in a Speedo LZR Racer, but in an Adidas PowerWeb full body suit. Sources: SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • The 100 Is Now More Power Than Technique

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    Bernard broke the opposition and softened up the record with the fierce speed of his first length. “I always went out very fast. If you think before the race that the end will be tiring you’ll never make it,” he said. He acknowledged there had been a change in approach to the classic 100m race,…

  • The Complete Record List Of Manchester 2008

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    Courtesy of www.scmsom.se, here is the complete record list of the 2008 World Short Course Championships in Manchester. 18 World records, 35 Championship records, 28 African, 15 American, 2 Asian, 22 European and 17 Oceanic, plus a lot more national.

  • Eindhoven 2008 Analysis Available At Swim.ee

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    In case you didn’t know, the complete European Swimming Championships competition analysis is available here at swim.ee, alongside LEN competition analyses dating back to Helsinki 2000. An interesting addition this time is the summary statistics, which summarizes tendencies in swimming tactics and technique at Eindhoven 2008.

  • 2 European Records At The German Trials

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    Helge Meeuw set a new 100 meter backstroke long course record at the German Olympic Trials today, swimming 53.10 where his and Liam Tancock’s former record was 53.46. And former South African Sarah Poewe set at new 100 meter breaststroke record in the time of 1:07.10, where the record of Ukranian Anna Khlystunova was 1:07.27.…

  • D'Arcy's Career Over, Now AOC Bans Him From Beijing

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    The Australian Olympic Committee has decided to ban Nick D’Arcy from Beijing 2008, after an investigation following the 20-year-old’s nightclub altercation with former Commonwealth swimming champion Simon Cowley in Sydney last month. Coach Brian Stehr says that this probably has ended D’Arcy’s swimming career. Read more here on AidelaideNow.

  • Review 1984 Olympics 200m Butterfly Final

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    That must have been painful, being so much the favorite and so much in the lead, until the last 25 meters.

  • Last Dolphin Kick Won The Race

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    Some 8 years ago, a wise man at the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg told us students, that he expected the underwater dolphin kicks in backstroke to be where the biggest performance improvements would be made in swimming technique the coming years. Watch this video from the 200 backstroke final in Manchester this weekend, and notice how equal…

  • Tough Choices for Swimmers Without Speedos

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    South Africa’s Gerhard Zandberg has stated that he will rather be fined $4,750 for wearing a Speedo at the Olympics, than sticking with a sponsored Arena that doesn’t deliver. He and Italy’s Filippo Magnini still have hopes for the new Arena R-Evolution, but when FINA wouldn’t allow them to wear it at the World Championships…